Becoming Empress in a Romance-Brained World
Becoming Empress in a Romance-Brained World
Synopsis
A lighthearted light novel in the snarky commentary style, set in an alternate history!
After transmigrating into a princess basking in the favor of a flourishing dynasty, Shen Yuyao thought she held a script for an easy win, only to discover she was surrounded by a crowd of romance-brained fools.
Her mother, the Noble Consort, schemed against the harem consorts to win the Emperor's favor.
Her Crown Prince brother defied the Emperor for a palace maid of the Eastern Palace, even sneaking out of the palace without permission.
Her Third Brother engaged in a tortured romance with a minor official's concubine-born daughter, even refusing food and drink.
Even the original owner she had transmigrated into was coveting a married man, actually wanting to force him to divorce his wife!
The trope of handing over the empire to win a beauty's smile was fine to read about in novels, but letting romance-brained people rule the realm? Absolutely not!
Since she saw no promising stock among her brothers, she might as well rise to the top herself!
As the saying goes, great strength works miracles, and reform brings peace.
At most, she would get cursed out by the great noble clans.
Tyrant?
Shen Yuyao looked at the national tax revenue that had tripled in two years, the soaring grain output, the newborn population that doubled year after year, and with one flourish of her brush, ordered confiscations for some and demotions for others. Anyone with something wrong in their eyes or their head had best make way for capable ministers.
More people cursed her as a tyrant.
But more people also praised her as a wise ruler.