Step by Step to the Throne

Plot Synopsis

As the most noble imperial princess of the Great Liang Kingdom, Ling Lan's aspiration since childhood was to marry a Mr. Right and live together until old age. Unexpectedly, she was required to inherit the imperial throne and was also ordered to hold a grand wedding simultaneously with her childhood sweetheart, Concubine Qiu Ziqi, and the heaven-sent Empress Shang Jinghua. Three years passed, and the imperial court was firmly controlled by the scheming Empress Shang Jinghua. And the gentle Qiu Ziqi only wanted to protect her and make her a little girl who would never need to grow up. The more Ling Lan thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. She didn't want to accept the fate of being a useless and incompetent emperor for the rest of her life. Thus, encouraged by the imperial tutor Zhang Ci, in the name of expanding her harem, she gathered handsome men and resources and embarked on a path of growth full of twists and turns, with love and hate intertwined.