The Empress Dowager

For what happened before, please click The Empress.

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I will spend the rest of my life making amends for the wrongs I and my family have done to you. I will give everything I have, my body, my feelings, even my soul... Uh, wrong blurb. This time, I'm going to live for myself!

After three years of life in the imperial palace and surviving a palace coup, the heroine becomes a career-driven, formidable woman and ushers in the longest era of an empress dowager ruling from behind the throne in the empire...

Jiang Shuang had two men in her life. One was a man she loved, but could never be with. The other began with lies and ended in loyalty.

Ao Huan taught her how to navigate love; Ao Mian taught her how to wield power. In the end, she could deftly handle every feeling and matter that began with love and ended with the lust for power.

The first book in this series, The Empress:

It was only a political marriage destined for tragedy, and she nearly lost from the start.

With a blade before her and an abyss behind, pressing forward meant being drenched in blood, while retreating meant being shattered to pieces. After all the glitter and extravagance, whose hand would she hold?

Ouyang Jiangshuang, princess of Nanzhao, married far away to the empire with a heart full of love, only to find herself caught in one power conspiracy after another.

From princess to crown princess to empress, three short years consumed all the passion of her life. Fortunately, in the end, she found love.

Awakened from the lies, she also began another transformation of the self...

A note on The Empress and The Empress Dowager: The heroine longs for love, but she's no lovesick fool, and she always knows what she wants. When she longs for love, she's sincere and passionate; when she wants power, she can be utterly ruthless. Her opponents include the emperor, the crown prince, the empress dowager, court officials, vassal kings, and even her own family. This is a coming-of-age story about falling into a game through love, then breaking out of it by letting go.

One Certain Guan's ongoing series: The Gods

The opening novel, Meeting a God, and its sequel, The God Venerable Is Still Pursuing His Wife, are complete. The finale, Becoming a God, is currently ongoing. Thank you for your support!

Theme: Women should be self-reliant and pursue their careers.