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Content warning: Not a one-and-only pairing

Empress You of the Xiaowu Emperor, née Lü, was from Longcheng and the daughter of Lü Qi. Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, Lü Lianti, selected her for the palace, and she entered the inner court. Later, she was clever and beautiful, with natural talent, but she was willful and domineering. Empress Dowager Xiaoduan despised her and sent her to a convent. After Empress Dowager Xiaoduan died, the emperor missed her terribly and sought news of her. He sent a messenger to summon her back and made her Left Zhaoyi. She was greatly favored and enjoyed the emperor's exclusive attention. Later, she was made empress...

Before Lü Yi was even born, her life had already been mapped out for her. Though she was a concubine-born daughter, her mother came from a great Han family, her father was the elder brother of the empress dowager, her elder brother was a grand tutor, and her eldest sister was an imperial consort. By all rights, her life should have been smooth sailing. Unfortunately, she met Tuoba Jia.

For him, she defied her aunt, passed along information, and even went to the battlefield. In the end, an imperial decree banished her to a nunnery, and that dog of an emperor made her younger sister empress.

Lü Yi thought bitterly that he'd better keep one eye open while he slept and stand guard, or she would turn his imperial palace upside down.

"They all say I'm the wicked consort who brought ruin to the kingdom beside an eternal sage emperor."

When the male lead of a leveling-up story aimed at male readers meets an off-the-grid heroine who has let go of it all.

Theme: Be a flower that walks freely