Undercover in Enemy Territory, About to Ascend the Throne

[Gender-bender + melodramatic undercover-agent story]

My name is Qian Ji. I transmigrated into Jing as a woman disguised as a eunuch. Worst of all, this eunuch is an undercover agent for an enemy country. If I don't do my job properly, my superior will have me executed!

So I resolved to become the greatest double agent ever, doing everything I could to help my not-too-bright superior get promoted, so he could take me along to the very top of the power ladder!

I just got a message from my superior saying he appreciates me. Once Jing falls, he'll make me a high minister!

*

My name is Chao Yujun. I'm the emperor of Jing, newly enthroned, surrounded by enemies and beset by troubles at home and abroad. Then I learned that Yue had sent an undercover agent into the imperial palace.

With no one else I could trust, I disguised myself as his superior and met him in person, tricking him into passing along false information for me. Who could have guessed he was a once-in-a-generation genius, a man of extraordinary talents, brilliant with words, able to plan a thousand miles ahead, and full of unique insights on governance, people's livelihoods, laws, alliances, military formations, commerce, and invention?

With his help, I secured my throne and conquered the world. Then one day, I discovered her true gender.

*

Years later, with the realm united, Qian Ji gazed at the thriving Jing dynasty and fell silent.

She looked up at the "superior" seated on the throne, who had broken his promise and reneged on the high minister post, wanting to make her empress instead.

Enough! Who are you trying to fob off? Get out of my way, I'm taking the throne!

She raised her arm, and a million troops surrounded the capital. The court officials draped a dragon robe over her shoulders. Standing in the court, Qian Ji pointed at a deer and asked, "Your Majesty, is this a deer or a horse?"

The emperor, heart brimming with joy, replied, "Obviously, it's a deer. Was it a gift from the Ninth Thousand Years?"

The officials cried out in shock, "Your Majesty, you must be mistaken! This is clearly a horse! A horse! What a fine steed! Truly a divine horse!"

The emperor suddenly grew bashful. "I... can I be the empress?"

"Don't pick up women off the street. You'll bring misfortune." "I'm picking her up, I'm picking her up! Women this wonderful are hard to come by. If I don't take her in, plenty of others will. You're just jealous I'll get to be her kept man!"

Hardworking heroine determined to rise above everyone x sensitive, starved-for-love emperor who overthinks everything

*Gender-bender, pay attention, it's gender-bender! And it's probably going to be a harem story for the heroine, since Jinjiang has loosened its rules, so plenty of people will be lining up to claw at her.

--- First version of the blurb, June 14, 2023 (saved as proof)

Message: Stay true to your original mission