The female protagonist was the Empress Dowager, but she did not sleep with the old Emperor. The previous Empress saw that she was innocent and entrusted the little Emperor to her to discipline.

I recommend the book 'Empress of Xuanji'. The female lead had transmigrated to become the empress of the previous dynasty and later became the Empress Dowager of Yuan Chen. She wasn't a white lotus. In the early stages, she was sweet and spoiled, but in the middle stages, she was forced to turn black by the scumbag male lead. She began to kill the scumbag male and female, the author's stepmother, and tortured the female lead and male lead to death. If you like novels about palace fights and time travel, this book is worth reading. I hope you like this fairy's recommendation. Muah ~😗

I'm not sure which book you're referring to. However, if you can provide more background information such as the genre of the novel, the author, and the publishing house, I can try to help you find the novel you want.

This question involved a relatively well-known online novel, The Imperial Concubine. This novel was about a young empress dowager who was forced to hide her true identity because she had reached an agreement with the former emperor. However, she unexpectedly found out that she still maintained her innocence. In this context, she met and fell in love with the emperor, but the identity of the emperor made her feel confused and painful. The novel mainly tells the love story between the two and their complicated political relationship.

During the Qing years, the Northern Qi empress dowager and the little Emperor were not enemies, but mother and daughter. The struggle between them was only to stabilize Northern Qi's political situation and control the throne. The feigned struggle between the empress dowager and the little Emperor was to lure the snake out of its hole and make the officials in the court take sides. Their fight was not a true opposition, but to consolidate Northern Qi's internal stability and eliminate restless dissidents. Therefore, their power struggle was just an act. Their mother-daughter relationship was actually very good, but outsiders did not know.

I'm not sure which novel you're referring to. If you can provide more context and information, I will try my best to provide you with a more accurate answer.

The struggle for power between the Northern Qi empress dowager and the little Emperor was not a real confrontation, but a play they were putting on. Their discord was to stabilize Northern Qi's politics. The Empress Dowager and the little Emperor had pretended to be at odds with Doudou for many years, creating the illusion that Northern Qi's politics were unstable. In reality, the mother-daughter relationship was very good. It was just to distract the attention of the officials and further conceal the little Emperor's gender. This kind of feigned struggle could allow the little Emperor to truly develop his own power, consolidate Northern Qi's internal structure, and get rid of the restless dissidents. Their relationship had long reached a tacit understanding. They were "singing a double act". The purpose of this was to stabilize the Northern Qi court, control the government, and protect the little Emperor's position. Their fight was only for outsiders to see. Their true goal was to jointly maintain Northern Qi's stability and unity.

The little Emperor and the Empress Dowager were mother and daughter during the Qing Dynasty. The fight between them was not a true opposition, but to cover up the little Emperor's female identity. In order to stabilize Northern Qi's political situation, the Empress Dowager pretended to fight for power with the little Emperor. She lured the snake out of its hole and made the officials take sides. Their fight was just an act. In fact, their mother-daughter relationship was very good, but outsiders did not know about it.

The little Emperor and the Empress Dowager were mother and daughter during the Qing Dynasty. In order to stabilize Northern Qi's political situation, the Empress Dowager pretended to fight for power with the little Emperor. She lured the snake out of its hole and made the officials take sides. The fight between them was not a true opposition, but to cover up the little Emperor's female identity. The little Emperor was raised like a boy from a young age and became a talented and resourceful Empress.

The Empress Dowager could be the Emperor's birth mother or the Empress. The specific situation depended on the emperor's succession. If the successor emperor was the empress's legitimate son, then the emperor's biological mother would be conferred the title of empress dowager. If the successor emperor was a concubine's son, then the status of the birth mother would be determined according to her status. She might be conferred the title of empress dowager or imperial concubine. In addition, if the successor emperor was from a side branch, then the stepmother (the empress of the previous emperor) would be named the empress dowager. In short, the empress dowager's status depended on the emperor's succession and the status of her birth mother.

😋I recommend the novel " The Empress of the System " to you. After the female protagonist, Zhuang Minhua, transmigrated to ancient times, she was surrounded by murderous intentions. Fortunately, the system that she was bound to helped her get rid of the scumbag and obtain imperial power. In the end, she became the empress dowager. The male lead should be the target of her conquest, and the originally vicious Empress Dowager and the former Emperor completely fit your description. I hope you like my recommendation.😗