Chronicles of the Song Dynasty Empress

Some people on Qidian (a Chinese online literature platform) just can't stand male-oriented novels with female protagonists. They keep emphasizing that male-oriented novels are the same as male-protagonist novels, which is ridiculous. Male-oriented novels are not necessarily male-protagonist novels.

Although the author tries hard to create a plausible plot, I think about it carefully and simply can't recall any fertile ground for a female ruler in that era! The ancients weren't stupid. With Empress Lü as the first, there was no room for another Lü to emerge. With Empress Wu Zetian, there was no second female emperor in history.

There are many stories that can be written about this type of princess, such as Princess Kunxing in the late Ming Dynasty, Princess Taiping in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and Princess Luyuan in the early Han Dynasty. So far, I have seen stories about Princess Kunxing and Princess Taiping, which is quite a coincidence that they are both called "Princess Becomes Empress". The author is creating a new character.

She wants to be an empress, but she doesn't want to get married or have children herself. Use your brain, will you? How do you convince a normal person using your imagination? Fast forward to the point where the female lead and all the other characters who died were killed by the male lead's scheme. Adoption? Fast forward to the point where they kick the female lead out of the ancestral temple and move her parents up there.

Let's support the author and defend them. Q: Where do people's rights come from? A: There are three sources. 1. To emotionally compel obedience, the core is to make people love or fear you. 2. To gain people's obedience in a customary way, the core issue is whether one conforms to the image of a person in power in the cultural consciousness of the time.

Zhao Kuangyin had sons, and several others. Women weren't even qualified to participate. Have you ever read any history books? During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, if the emperor wasn't satisfied, his subordinates would just do whatever they wanted. What's more, there was the Later Han, Shu, Southern Tang, and the Liao Dynasty to the north. How could those ruthless killers listen to women? The emperor had to ride into battle and fight on horseback.

Emperor Taizong of Song changed the era name hastily after ascending the throne. Even he himself said that when he did so, there was a great deal of opposition, and people far and wide criticized it.

Recently, many readers have been asking me why I put female-centric novels in the male-oriented section. There are two reasons: First, female-oriented online novels lack official historical dynasties, making it inconvenient to develop derivative works. Second, the editors at Qidian listed female-centric novels separately in the male-oriented category, at least that's how it was when I posted my novel.

The early Song Dynasty was, after all, a period in which powerful clans were wiped out. Zhao Kuangyin had just brought the country back to a more rational state, and as long as he planned well, becoming an empress would not have been a problem at all.

Historical fiction featuring a female protagonist is a rare genre, even plagiarism is difficult to find. Unlike male protagonist novels where characters like Zhu Xiong Ying and Chong Zhen can almost be copied from a template. Also, unlike male protagonist novels where harems can be built at will. By the way, I recommend a similar work, *Fangming 1128*, which is also a male-oriented female protagonist novel set in the Song Dynasty.