The Hostage Prince Becomes Emperor

* The fifth prince: so clever as to seem almost supernatural, excelling in both civil and military affairs * Disguised as a man / multiple identities / a woman becomes emperor Yue Mingyi was born into the imperial family. Her status as a legitimate heir made her a thorn in many people's sides. Her mother, the empress, died young, and her father, the emperor, was a scoundrel. Though she was the legitimate child of the first empress, she was sent to an enemy kingdom as a hostage. Hellish circumstances from the start, but Yue Mingyi said: "This is no challenge at all." With Great Yan beset by internal strife and external threats, Yue Mingyi schemed to build up her strength in secret and rebel against her father. She arranged to be sent to the enemy kingdom, where she worked tirelessly to establish herself. The enemy kingdom's tyrant regarded her as his strategist and treated her as an honored guest. "If Xu Zhi were a woman, I would give up my kingdom itself to keep her by my side." The handsome, tall young emperor leaned back in his chair, his dark robe half open, a rare sincerity in his dark eyes. Yue Mingyi knew exactly what was going on. She clasped her hands and bowed. "Your Majesty must be joking." "How could Xu Zhi possibly be a woman?" The chancellor was aloof and proud, supremely rational and secretly cunning, wanting nothing to do with worldly affairs. Yet time and again, for her sake, he broke his own rules and descended into the mortal world. "A Wan, having fun?" The young woman's dark eyes sparkled like stars. She made no attempt to hide her ambition. "It's fun, but not enough." "I want the whole world under my control." "As you wish." The chancellor's lips curved as he set out to help her reach the pinnacle of power. The young general met her on the battlefield. He had a strong nose, his lips pressed into a tight line, and his love and hatred were written all over his face. "Li Xuzhi, I'm giving you one last chance." "Surrender, and I won't kill you." Yue Mingyi's black hair was disheveled, and blood stained her hem. "Thank you for your mercy, General." "But Li Xuzhi would rather die than surrender." * All anyone knew was that Murong Shu, the fifth prince of Yan, was frail and sickly, with unmatched intelligence. But they didn't know that the dashing young general Li Xuzhi, whose martial skills were peerless, was her; that the gentle, lovely Holy Maiden of the Sanxian Sect, Huo Weiyang, was also her; and that the aloof, proud, ambitious Yue Mingyi was her as well. In this chaotic age, power was the only thing she could hold on to. Her goal had been clear from the very beginning: she would become emperor. Theme: Master the tides of power and shape a chaotic age [Reader's Guide] * The female lead is not chaste, but the male lead is extremely chaste! This is a multiple-love-interest story, but there will be only one male lead in the end. That has yet to be decided. Theme: Master the tides of power and shape a chaotic age