The Sovereign

This novel is complete.

Please add the companion novel, The Dowager Empress Has Good News, to your reading list.

I, the ruler, have two secrets. First, I am impotent. Second... I've lived two lives.

I died a pathetic death in my previous life. When Qin Suyu led his army toward Haojing, I was helping my beloved consort taste the crispy yam cakes she'd just made. The news made me so angry that a piece got stuck in my throat, and I choked to death.

So this time, I did something big!

Just before my father, the emperor, breathed his last, I asked him to make Qin Suyu, that little bastard, my adopted son.

That night, I slept especially soundly with my beloved consort in my arms.

That bastard Qin Suyu barged into my bedchamber with a sword. He stuck it beside my pillow and smiled coldly at me. "Father, your son has come to pay his respects."

Curled up in my beloved consort's arms, I gave him a kindly smile. "Good boy, my son."

Later, when Qin Suyu tried to force me to submit, I blurted out in desperation, "I would rather break than bend."

But Qin Suyu was an absolute menace. He pinned me to the dragon throne. "You call yourself 'I, the ruler,' and I call myself 'I, the sovereign.' Put us together, and we're a lonely pair. We're a match made in heaven. No one can tear us apart, not even you, Father."

Important warnings!!!!!!

(1) The main story is in first person!!!! The female lead refers to herself as 'I, the ruler.' This is a silly comedy.

(2) A female impersonating a man, a goofy emperor x a prince-general who commands the army

(3) The leads are not related by blood!!!

(4) The male lead is five years older than the female lead.

(5) Both are sexually inexperienced! 1v1!! Happy ending!!!

Completed works:

Historical romance, the scumbag chases his wife to the crematorium: The Nobles' True Love Crematorium

Historical romance, sweet fluff: After My Family Was Ruined, I Married the Eunuch in Power

Historical political intrigue: The Powerful Minister

-----------Companion novel: The Dowager Empress Has Good News---------

I entered the palace at fifteen and got absurdly lucky: I became the empress dowager on my very first night there.

My life over the years hasn't been easy. Outsiders think I'm living in splendor, and the young emperor has to show me respect whenever I sit behind the curtain.

But I've suffered, too.

Every day I have to pretend to be old. When I see a young, handsome man, all I can do is drool a little. I absolutely mustn't reach out and seduce him.

Maybe even Heaven couldn't stand to watch anymore, because at the Qionglin Banquet I met Pei Yuanhuai, a fresh-faced, delicate top scholar, so young he looked like you could squeeze water from him.

I lost my head once and had him tied up and brought to the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility. Then I asked him smugly, "I've heard that human nature is evil from the start."

Pei Yuanhuai trembled like a leaf. "I, I have never heard that, Your Majesty."

I lifted his chin and teased him. "Then let me teach you what it means to be treacherous."

Later, I grew tired of him and, out of the last scraps of my conscience, set him free.

But who would have thought he would stage a rebellion one day?

When he burst into the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, I was drinking medicine for my pregnancy.

He grabbed my chin and scolded me coldly. "Wicked empress, you have bewitched the court. Today, I will punish you in the name of Heaven."

I calmly stroked my belly and smiled at him. "I have good news."

Warnings!

(1) A laugh-out-loud, silly comedy told in first person

(2) Both are sexually inexperienced, 1v1, happy ending

Premise: Even in adversity, if you keep your heart turned toward the sun and meet the world with a smile, you can carve out a place for yourself