A female emperor?
A female emperor was not an unheard-of term. In fact, aside from Great Liang, both Great Yan and Great Qi had seen Empresses ascend the throne in their histories. Going back another thousand years, the total number of female emperors even exceeded ten!
Yet since Great Liang had been founded, there had never been a case of a woman holding dominion over the realm.
In fact, across the entire Cangqing Realm, the most recent Empress to ascend the throne had done so two hundred years ago.
Princess Qingyun had never imagined that she herself might become Great Liang's first female emperor!
Yet as the late Emperor's legitimate daughter, she truly possessed such qualifications.
But unless every man in the imperial clan was dead, or only congenital fools remained, the throne would never fall to Princess Qingyun.
Therefore, if she wanted to become a female emperor, there was only one way.
Raise her banner and seize the throne!
The problem was that Princess Qingyun was a delicate young woman who had been raised within the deep palace for over a decade. Who would support her ascent to the throne?
Anyone with real ambition could pick any imperial clansman at random, and he would be more dependable than her!
"I know this is difficult for you to accept right now."
Wang Chen said gravely, "but Your Highness, you have only two choices. One is for me to take you away from Great Liang, find somewhere safe, and live out your life incognito."
"The other is to raise the imperial banner and contend with Prince Jing for Great Liang's realm!"
Princess Qingyun's delicate body trembled, as though she had just awakened from a dream.
She left Wang Chen's embrace and stared blankly at him. "Master, if I choose to live