The Imperial Capital (Women Reign Supreme)

Completed. Feel free to read it, and thank you, sweet readers.

Everyone says that Su Jin, Lord Su, is the most ungrateful person in the world.

Born a man, yet holding the position of Imperial Tutor: an unprecedented honor bestowed upon him by the royal family.

And yet he was the one who protected the young, vulnerable empress and helped her survive, step by step, surrounded by wolves. Just as victory seemed within reach, he turned around and stabbed her in the back, joining forces with the rebels.

After his plot was exposed and he was captured, he knelt in the great hall, still smiling. "All these years by your side, I was only there because it made things convenient. The court officials all fear me. You were the easiest one to deceive."

The empress showed mercy and spared his life. All she demanded was that he leave the court and spend the rest of his days in the inner palace as her consort.

Everyone thought Lord Su ought to be grateful.

But on the day of his investiture, dressed in brilliant red wedding robes, he leapt to his death right before the empress's eyes, splattering blood across the palace walls...

Chu Ying woke up one day and found herself back at fifteen.

That year, she was not yet a wise ruler, and the man who had made her miserable until the day he died was still alive.

Rumors around the court said that Lord Su assisted the new emperor by day and worked to produce heirs for the royal family by night. Truly... diligent and admirable.

Content warnings:

1. Female-dominated society, reborn, male pregnancy, mutually faithful leads

2. The male lead is ten years older than the female lead

3. In this setting, Emperor Taizong was enlightened and decreed that men could also hold government office. However, society remains female-dominated, with men ranked below women. Men face much discrimination and have a very difficult time.

4. The author likes a mix of sweetness and angst. Most of the angst is in the past life, while the present life is mostly sweet. A happy ending is guaranteed, or may my life be forfeit.

Please add my next contemporary fantasy, Falling in Love with My Contact Lens, to your reading list.

When Jiang Tao woke up one day, she realized the world was huge.

Huge in the literal, physical sense.

A young, handsome man felt his way toward her, carefully picked her up, and placed her on... his beautiful, sightless eyes.

Police officer Lu Xun was young, talented, and dedicated to his work. During a pursuit, he injured his eyes.

The doctor made him a custom contact lens to help restore his vision.

On the first day he wore it, he heard the lens say, "Remember to close your eyes when you change into your uniform later."

Lu Xun: "The world is material, and the sole characteristic of matter is objective reality."

At a murder scene, Officer Lu kept his eyes tightly shut.

His colleague asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Lu Xun replied, "My eyes say they feel like throwing up."

His colleague said, "...I never would have guessed you were such a delicate flower."

A light crime investigation story, not scary. The author isn't very brave, either.

There's also my female-dominated historical novel, After Marrying into the Enemy Nation, on my reading list. I may start it first.

In a time of chaos, one's life is like a drifting duckweed.

Overnight, Cui Ran went from a pampered prince to a prisoner in an enemy nation. Stripped of his finery, he was shoved into the mud and trampled underfoot.

With his hair disheveled and his eyes vacant, he was trying to decide whether to hang himself or jump into a well that night when the military woman abusing him was pierced through with a blade and tossed aside on its tip.

On horseback, the princess of the enemy nation said coldly, "This one is mine."

Later, in the dead of night in the northern kingdom, he bit down hard on his lip and held the tip of a blade to her throat.

She did not even open her eyes, only scoffing. "If you've got the nerve, do it."

Theme: This story portrays loyalty and trust in love, and celebrates the beauty of love.