The Empress's Every Move Is Calculated

Blurb

Nan Zhiyou has always thought that she and Liu Xianyue share not only a bond as sisters-in-law, but also a friendship as close as sworn sisters. They are the best friends in the world.

Until Liu Xianyue confesses her feelings.

Nan Zhiyou is stunned. "When did you start feeling this way?"

"If you mean love, it was the seventh day of the fourth month of the fifty-seventh year of Mingde. If you mean desire, it was the twenty-first day of the tenth month of the second year of Zhenyuan."

The seventh day of the fourth month of the fifty-seventh year of Mingde was the day Nan Zhiyou came down from the mountain.

The twenty-first day of the tenth month of the second year of Zhenyuan was the day before Liu Xianyue's wedding.

"?!"

"I've been plotting against you for a long time, with every intention of doing you wrong."

Liu Xianyue has always known what kind of person she is: how selfish and hypocritical, how vile and shameless.

So she does a good job of disguising herself as gentle, kind, and well-mannered.

She thinks that if she's patient enough with her act and her schemes, winning Nan Zhiyou's heart is only a matter of time.

But in the end, Nan Zhiyou tells her: "I don't like women. No matter what you do, I will never like women."

#SteelStraightGirlXWellbredLady# (wrong)

#A filthy, crooked, lazy fish bent like a mosquito coil X A sweet on the outside, scheming within, who carefully seduces her# (right)

Reader's guide

Both leads are sexually inexperienced.

The emperor is gone from the start, and the empress is widowed on the spot.

Angst in the middle, happy ending.

A story about two young people. The reasons are explained in the novel.

Revised twice, so the settings differ between the beginning and end.

A fictional setting, so fictional it's practically empty.

This is my first novel, and it has many, many flaws. All criticism and suggestions are welcome as long as they're not personal attacks. And thank you to all the lovely readers who stuck with it to the end. Sending love (ˊ?ˋ*)?

Completed novel: Green Tea Is Sweet and Flirtatious (GL)

Frank, kindhearted country woman X delicate green-tea courtesan

Coming soon: The Silly Beauty Is the Villain's One and Only

Simple, kindhearted silly beauty X volatile villain

Upcoming: The Scumbag Alpha's Guide to Flirting and Studying

Straightforward, transmigrated interstellar princess Alpha X flirtatious, reborn female lead Omega

Master (GL)

"So I really am gay." A dark, possessive, scheming master X "So I was never really straight." An enthusiastic, sunny, innocent disciple

Theme: Love means supporting and trusting one another