I don't understand why she has to even pretend to be a man, it's not like there haven't been any fierce queens throughout history. It just seems ridiculous and plot convinient.
In Ancient China it really hard if not impossible for people to follow women over men. There was exactly one queen that ruled without problem and that is Wu Zetian, and she is known to be one of the more brutal/sadistic ruler in Ancient China
" [It seems like Tie Bu Tian likes Wu Qian Qian, but Wu Qian Qian likes me... yes, yes, this has to be the case.] " I lost it there and it's like 10 lines into the chapter, love this author xD
it is a little annoying now that how author is desperatly trying to keep chu yang in the dark. it is nonsense. and is causing me to dislike the novel very much.