After Emperor Lingzong died, the court was thrown into disarray. All that remained was a little emperor who had been raised elsewhere and knew nothing. The officials lamented that eunuchs held power, the young emperor was emperor in name only, and the nation was on the verge of collapse!
Shen Yanzhou looked at the future ruler of the realm, crouching under a tree to eat a peach and watch ants carry things around, and sucked in a breath. This was a God-given opportunity. As long as she could get this kid under control, her revenge would soon be within reach.
At the palace banquet, the emperor was attacked.
The officials: "It looks like Chief Eunuch Shen can't wait any longer. The young emperor is done for."
Yanzhou Zhou descended from above, drew her sword, and stepped forward to engage the assassin.
The officials: "A ruse! It must be a ruse! That villain Shen is truly devious."
Shen Yanzhou killed the assassins on the spot, and blood splashed across the hall.
The officials: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could she fight off so many assassins alone? She's definitely trying to intimidate us."
They watched the mysterious, ruthless Chief Eunuch Shen pull the young emperor out from behind her. She bent down and, with a hint of impatience, wiped the blood from the girl's face.
"Why are you trembling? What did I teach you? Stand up straight!"
Her voice was harsh, but her touch was gentle.
The ministers surrounding them all felt uneasy. "As expected of that villain Shen. You can never tell what she's up to."
No one noticed the strange light in the young emperor's eyes.
Shen Yanzhou was jointly impeached by the court officials, who listed dozens of major and minor offenses. The emperor was furious and sent her north to oversee the army. On the day she left the capital, no one saw her off. They all watched, waiting for a joke.
"She spent her life hunting eagles and got pecked in the eye at last. The emperor has spread her wings and grown more suspicious. Chief Eunuch Shen will surely never be appointed again after incurring such distrust. Life's about to get hard for her."
Unexpectedly, Shen Yanzhou marched north and won every military campaign, even recovering territory that the previous dynasty had failed to reclaim.
The officials: "She already has every title and reward imaginable. Now she's won one military victory after another. If she doesn't return and start a rebellion, nothing would make sense."
They waited and waited for Shen Yanzhou's army to reach the capital, but the trusted Commander Du Yu rebelled instead!
At the critical moment, it was the very Shen villain they'd spent so long cursing who came to save the emperor.
Only then, amid their tearful gratitude, did they realize that Chief Eunuch Shen had only ever sought power, not the throne.
But they never expected that their beloved and respected Chief Eunuch Shen was the true heir to the throne all along.
It was they who were the villains!
#DailyQuestion: Did Chief Eunuch Shen Successfully Usurp the Throne Today?
#AfterFightingThroughEveryObstacleToTheEndSheFindsOutTheThroneWasHersAllAlong
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A career-minded female lead who only wants to climb to the top and take revenge VS a sensitive, fragile, romance-obsessed male lead
Important note:
The female lead is the strongest, and the empire was hers to begin with!
An imagined dynasty, with a little melodrama, mostly about the previous generation's tangled relationships.
There is a male lead. The leads have a six-year age gap. He grows over the course of the story and is somewhat weak early on, but he's good-looking. (An eagle of a female lead deserves an unparalleled beauty, hehe.)
No romance in the early chapters!! No dating minors!
Theme: The little boat has passed ten thousand mountains.
