The Sky Screen Reveals All: I Begin My Rise to Emperor by Crawling Through a Dog Hole

[Empress + sky screen + nation-building + no romance + ensemble cast] The sky screen suddenly appeared, exposing Li Shuyue's entire plan to seize the throne. At the time, Li Shuyue was crawling through a dog hole in one corner of Daming Palace. At first, the princes flew into a rage and blamed the old emperor. “Father, why pass the throne to a princess instead of choosing one of your sons?” The old emperor could not understand why his future self had made that choice either. The princes and the civil and military officials questioned Li Shuyue: “Why insist on fighting for the throne? Wouldn't you rather be a pampered princess?” Li Shuyue replied, “When I was eleven, I once heard my elder brothers discussing how to deal with the northern barbarians. They said they could just find a princess to send off in a marriage alliance. That was when I wondered: Why should a princess be sent away? I wasn't some gift that could be given away whenever they pleased.” The princes and officials faltered. “Haven't princesses always been sent off in marriage alliances?” Did something being done since ancient times make it right? Later, the sky screen revealed Emperor Zhaoming's achievements, and the old emperor grew more and more envious. “Sixth child, come here. What's this glass the sky screen mentioned? You made it?” “Sixth child, what's this cement the sky screen mentioned?” “Sixth child, how do you grow sorghum that yields a thousand catties per mu?” “Sixth child, is that gunpowder really so powerful? How did you come up with the formula?” Li Shuyue was exhausted. She had a secret: in this life, she never forgot anything she saw. The memories of what she had read and learned in her previous life had also become crystal clear again. So she remembered every video she'd watched for fun and stress relief in her previous life. Beneath the sky screen, the common people had initially been confused and surprised by the idea of a woman ruling the realm. Later, they all knelt and pleaded: “We beg Her Majesty the Empress to ascend the throne!!!”