The Empress Can't Be (GL)

Xie Shiyun, a rabbit spirit, was demoted.

When she woke up, she had become the crown prince of the Great Ming, disguised as a man, and had witnessed her father, the emperor, being killed by her mother.

To stay alive, Xie Shiyun pretended to be crazy and dim-witted, hiding her talents and treading carefully at every turn.

But one day, after eating a dish she'd made, her mother, who was supposed to usurp the throne, suddenly stopped having aches in her back and legs, and gave up on seizing power.

Watching the peerlessly beautiful woman who had made herself at home in her palace, Xie Shiyun quietly slipped into a corner and pulled out a carrot to nibble on...

Wasn't her mother supposed to be a cruel, heartless witch?

Then who was this woman acting all coquettish with her?

Wasn't her mother's face, hidden beneath a mask, supposed to be hideous?

Then who was this woman, ten times more beautiful than she was?

Wasn't her mother supposed to chop people down at the drop of a hat?

Then who was this helpless woman who couldn't even truss a chicken?

Wasn't Xie Shiyun her mother's "son"?

Then who was this woman feeling her up from head to toe?

Xie Shiyun couldn't understand why, overnight, all the court officials had memorialized her, urging her to marry the former empress. They even claimed it was necessary to stabilize the court and prevent the consort's family from usurping the throne...

Even the empress... didn't object. She even said something about how a widow should follow her "son." But that wouldn't work either. She was a woman disguised as a man, not a real man!

Empress: Wouldn't that make it even better?

Xie Shiyun: ?

Theme: When you get to the bridge, you'll find a way across!