Your Majesty, Please Don't!

(I definitely plan to write this!!!)

Xiao Yu transmigrates into the body of a poor family's daughter. To survive, she disguises herself as a man and takes the imperial exams, only to accidentally place first and become the top scholar.

Fortunately, the current emperor has no princesses, so she escapes the fate of becoming a "female prince consort."

Unfortunately, the emperor has only recently ascended the throne. He is ambitious and full of grand plans, but wary of the veteran officials at court, so he relies heavily on her, the newly crowned top scholar, and often summons her to the palace to discuss state affairs.

As they talk and hit their stride, the emperor gets carried away and takes her hand.

Xiao Yu's face turns deathly pale. "Your Majesty, please don't!"

The emperor smiles faintly, lets go of her hand, and carries on chatting as though nothing happened.

When Xiao Yu gets home, she is terrified. She asks to be sent away from the capital to serve as a county magistrate, but instead of being allowed to leave, she is appointed Secretariat Drafter. It may only be a fifth-rank post, but it puts her among the emperor's close attendants. She has to report to him every day, and even on days off, she has to come whenever he calls...

One day, after a discussion that lasts until nightfall, the emperor keeps her in the palace to talk by candlelight.

Xiao Yu stays up until midnight and accidentally yawns. The emperor pulls her into bed to sleep beside him.

Xiao Yu draws in her shoulders and trembles. "Your Majesty, please don't!"

Before long, a doggerel quietly makes its way around the capital.

"Three thousand officials fill the court, yet all the emperor's favor falls on one. The first thing the people say to any new father: May your son be like Young Master Xiao!"

Afraid that her true identity will be exposed one day and bring disaster, Xiao Yu slacks off and shirks her duties every day, hoping to be demoted to some far-flung place where she can live in peace.

But things go the opposite way: she keeps rising through the ranks, from Secretariat Vice Minister to Secretariat Director... until she is appointed chancellor.

On the day she takes up her new post, her residence is decked out with lanterns and decorations, and officials from all over the court come to congratulate her. Even the emperor, Li Changzhao, comes to celebrate.

Xiao Yu is fretting so much that she drinks herself into a stupor. When she wakes, she finds herself lying on the imperial bed.

She rolls right off in fright. "Your Majesty, please don't!"

But then the emperor pulls out the hairpin on her head. Her long black hair spills down, her skin is as white as snow, and before Xiao Yu stands a woman of celestial beauty.

The emperor is a woman!

Xiao Yu is stunned.

The empress says nonchalantly, "No need to panic, Chancellor Xiao. I have known about your true identity for a long time."

Xiao Yu asks cautiously, "Then... may I leave?"

The empress lifts her chin, her gaze inscrutable and her voice low and soft. "Chancellor Xiao, you pledged yourself to me last night. Are you going to go back on your word?"

Xiao Yu is horrified. "Your Majesty, please don't!"

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Theme: Love should be sincere.