Why Not Let Me Be Emperor Instead?

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[Harem rivalry and a battlefield of suitors · A beloved female emperor · One-on-one romance in stages · Male leads are virgins]

One moment she was there, the next she had transmigrated into the role of the villainous female lead, the Grand Princess of Liang, in a groveling-regret romance.

The original owner had a powerful princess's life within reach, but instead got caught up in a domestic battle with the heroine and died miserably in the wilderness.

Li Zhao couldn't understand it.

She had soldiers, money, and an obedient, clingy young emperor, plus a romance System. It was an incredible start from the start.

The young emperor had even told her where the imperial seal was. She might as well take over as emperor herself.

She used the romance System to recruit talented people, copying their attributes as she went, while also building up the country.

From then on, she overcame every obstacle and took the throne step by step.

System: You're supposed to fall in love. Why did you kill him?!

Li Zhao: He was in my way. How could I take the throne without killing him?

But the System couldn't declare Li Zhao's mission a failure, because there were always people crying and begging to be with her for life, loving her desperately and refusing to leave no matter how often she sent them away.

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After Li Zhao took the throne, people inside and outside the palace speculated endlessly about who would become the empress.

The aloof and proud Grand Tutor listened to one familiar name after another, but his own was never mentioned. He crushed the teacup in his hand and stormed into Li Zhao's bedchamber--

The deposed emperor on the chaise longue looked at him provocatively. "Grand Tutor, what is the punishment for trespassing in His Majesty's bedchamber?"

A guard leaped down from the roof, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes. "Disrespecting the sovereign is a capital offense."

A bright-smiling young man wielding a sword crawled out from beneath the bed. "What kind of manners are these, resorting to violence?"

The deposed emperor: Where did you all come from?!

The Grand Tutor had no time for them. He stared straight at Li Zhao and knelt before her. "From beginning to end, you were only using me, weren't you?"

Li Zhao nodded. "Yes. I have the Grand Tutor to thank for..."

"Then did you ever love me?"

[Reading Guide]

1. The deposed emperor and the heroine are not related by blood.

2. There are countless intense one-sided crushes. Romance and career share equal focus, with lots of love-struck men fighting over each other. Includes dog training. Every man the heroine dates is a virgin, and after she dumps them, they won't be with anyone else.

3. Male characters who have appeared so far: a loyal guard dog, a powerful minister who is all hate, a sickly strategist, an aloof and proper Grand Tutor, a gloomy and clingy young emperor, a chaotic troublemaker, and brothers who share each other's senses.

Upcoming novel: "The Tragic Romance Heroine, but She Becomes Emperor"

[Harem rivalry and a battlefield of suitors / melodrama / dog training / becoming emperor]

One moment she was there, the next Xie Mingzhu had transmigrated into the tragic romance heroine with the same name. Not only was she fated to suffer emotional and physical abuse, she was also supposed to die for the male lead, who would then rule a vast empire.

System: Host, you only need to follow the plot and collect heartbreak points to return to reality and receive one hundred million.

Xie Mingzhu: What a deal!

So she decided to take the male lead's path and leave him with nowhere to go.

She treated him as a stand-in for her late adopted brother, then abandoned him when he lost his power, linking arms with someone else right in front of him.

"Pei Qinghe, you're only a stand-in. I never loved you."

The male lead's heartbreak points shot straight to the top. Just as she was about to leave, the System went offline.

But she refused to back down and carried on with her own happy life.

Later, with enemy troops at the gates, the male lead sat on his horse and looked up at her on the city wall, dressed in finery. His gaze was dark and menacing. "Long time no see, Xie Mingzhu."

Everyone knew how much he hated Xie Mingzhu.

But only Xie Mingzhu knew that late at night, with his head resting on her lap, he would ask carefully, "Mingzhu, did I seem a little more like him today?"

Theme: Independence and self-reliance