A Catastrophic Start, but I'm the Runaway White Moonlight!

When Lady Official Qiao Xiao woke up, she discovered she had been reborn. The good news: She had plenty of experience from her previous life. She could keep posing as a man and rise through the ranks, with wealth and glory within easy reach. The bad news: There was a reason she couldn't keep up the disguise. Emperor Li Xuanchen hated having women near him. Even writing a single memorial meant rewriting it 108 times. She left early and returned late every day, living in misery. The court was soon buzzing with gossip, but Qiao Xiao always met it with a smile. Then Emperor Li Xuanchen clashed with his ministers and skipped court for several days in a row, all so he could insist on halving the officials' salaries and pushing through new policies. Yet the usually diligent and gentle young female official did nothing more than enter his bedchamber and calmly say three short sentences. The emperor, who had been determined to have his way and fight the ministers to the bitter end, immediately backed down. From then on, he rose earlier than the chickens and went to bed later than the dogs, even spending his days off hunched over his desk, frantically handling urgent affairs. The ministers: ??? Wait, is something wrong here? Wasn't His Majesty supposed to hate having women near him? Why does he seem madly in love with her? Li Xuanchen was an emperor who had come to the throne by an unconventional route. When he was forced onto the throne, the realm was in ruins, the court was unstable, and the sword that could take his life hung over his head at all times. So he acted unpredictably, ruthlessly, and recklessly. Yet he still worried all day and tossed and turned through sleepless nights. Until one day, from behind the heavy curtains, he accidentally heard the National Preceptor's servant quietly pleading with someone: