Power Is a Woman's Best Beauty Treatment

An ambitious prince as my lover A powerful general as my father An emperor son who depends on me And I am the regent empress dowager caught between them My lover says, “When I become emperor, you’ll be the most honored empress in the realm.” My father says, “When I become emperor, my daughter will be the most favored princess in the realm.” My son says, “Your son will always honor and respect you, Mother.” They all swear their devotion, trying to move me with love and family bonds so I’ll hand over the power in my grasp. But who can guarantee that a lover will never betray me, that family will never turn against me, or that mother and son will never wrong each other? Only power. Only the power I truly hold in my hands will never betray me. I crave power just as they do. What have I done wrong? The realm is a hunting ground for power. Those who steal my authority deserve death. * “In this world, there is only one thing that can nourish my life and water my soul.” “Power.” “Beneath my beautiful exterior burns an ambition that will never be extinguished.” “I will stand atop the realm, watch thousands bow their heads, and hear ten thousand voices cry, ‘Long live the emperor!’” [Reader’s Guide] 1. “Lovers turn against each other, family becomes enemies, mother and son betray one another. You must sit alone upon the high throne.” The novel has four volumes: The Hunting Ground of Power, Family Turned Against Family, Mother and Son Betray Each Other, and the bonus volume Sitting Alone Upon the High Throne. The heroine becomes empress dowager at the end of Volume One. She follows Wu Zetian’s script. 2. The emperor son in the blurb is her biological son. 3. The heroine is a native of this world. No transmigration, no rebirth, no System. The heroine is ambitious and puts power above all else. Power will always be her first choice. 4. This is about power, not rights. 5. Thanks to my friends Taohua Chuizi and Lin Xizhou for their help, and to my friend Tang Mi for her help and patient encouragement. Theme: The realm is a hunting ground for power. If you are not the hunter, you are the prey. Hold power in your hands, and you can hunt.