[Female Emperor Story / White Moonlight Trope]
There are thirty-six provinces under heaven, and I will set foot in every one of them.
Who says I cannot take this realm in my hands?, Yan Huaining
In the final years of Dongyou, the realm was split into thirty-six provinces.
The foolish emperor caroused day and night, lost in wine and women. On the eve of New Year's Eve, he was found dead drunk beside the wine pool in Yongchao Palace.
He had no children, and overnight, members of the imperial clan began stirring with ambition.
They all wanted to pierce the veil of uncertainty, ascend the throne, and seize this perfect moment to make their move.
As a bloody storm began to unfold, inside the princess's residence, unnoticed by all, the young princess with bright eyes and pearly teeth leaped down from a rockery. She had lost her flower hairpin, and beneath her childish features, a hint of sharpness was already emerging.
She turned to the attendants and smiled brilliantly. "Should I go and fight for it, too?"
Back then, no one could have imagined that this innocent-looking, spirited little princess, not yet sixteen, would become the one and only emperor of Dongyou, unmatched throughout the ages.
The first year of Zhengqi, the realm was at last secured.
Yan Huaining's imperial robes trailed along the ground as she climbed to the summit of Mount Tai. The wind whipped her sleeves, and all under heaven lay at her feet.
At last, she tasted the exhilaration of surveying the land and its rivers.
But everything was only just beginning...
1. The heroine endures countless hardships before finally ascending the throne. After becoming empress, she expands the borders and brings the realm under her rule, devoting her whole life to her ambitions.
2. In the heroine's eyes, nothing matters more than the realm and power. Men are no exception.
3. The reason I started writing this: Why shouldn't she be able to do it?
4. Alternate universe / no historical research / satisfying wish fulfillment / if it's not your thing, click away.
5. White moonlight. I will definitely write it, but because of the subject matter, I want to be fully prepared before starting. I don't want to let it down.
Theme: Nothing is impossible for those with the will to see it through.
