The Empress Rules: Keep Your Secret Identity Hidden or Die

A cross-dressing empress who revives the dynasty, and a prime minister who worries for the nation and its people and saves the world

I hate one man. I hate that he deposes and appoints emperors, and treats the emperor with contempt. I outlasted the late emperor and planned to fight him to the death, but then he went and died.

I love one man. I love his concern for the world and his worry for the nation and its people. I inherited his legacy and decided to make him the cinnabar mark in my heart, but then he came back to life.

(Written with care and researched as thoroughly as possible. Set in a fictional dynasty inspired by the Ming.)