Her Royal Highness, the True Monarch

Her Royal Highness, the True Monarch Plot:

Princess Su Wantang of Dayan was a “delicate flower” doted on by her father—she’d even cry if pricked by a flower thorn. But on her 16th birthday feast, Prime Minister Qin Yue launched a coup: her father was shot dead by random arrows, and her mother died shielding her from a blade. She fled the palace holding her mother’s body, clutching the “King’s Order” (the military tally for commanding armies) her father gave her before his death. Along the way, she was chased by Qin Yue’s men, driven away by villagers as a “disaster,” and even had her purse stolen by her former maid. Until she met Gu Chuan, son of a demoted general, who tossed her a knife: “To live, cut your own way.” Su Wantang gritted her teeth to chop wood, practice archery—her fingers covered in calluses. When Qin Yue’s army surrounded the mountain, she wore Gu Chuan’s old armor, held the King’s Order, and shouted to the loyal troops: “I’m not here to be a princess—I’m here to give Dayan a world without coups!” The once timid princess who feared leaving the palace finally became a monarch who could protect everyone.