The Empress Strategy Guide

A Dream of Indulgence

This is a short play about the intertwining of dreams and reality, depicting a person who experiences a beautiful yet illusory time in a dream, and upon waking, grapples with the lingering attachment to the dream and the harshness of reality.

Billionaire Mom's Homecoming

Business tycoon Lin Manyu returns to her impoverished hometown incognito, only to discover her daughter being forced to marry the local bully's son. As the truth behind her abandonment of family emerges, her plan to test kinship through feigned poverty spirals into chaos. When a $30 million jade bracelet shatters at the wedding banquet, the entire town witnesses the ultimate face-slapping moment.

Cutting Off My Ex's Road to Success

When Jian Ning discovers her ex-husband Lin Sheng's startup proposal plagiarizes her original idea from years ago, she appears as an investor at his funding pitch. Three years after his betrayal, she's ready to serve him despair in business terms. But as Lin Sheng recognizes her on stage, the tears in his eyes hint at a truth Jian Ning never knew...

The Return to Capital

Shen Qingtang, the disgraced general's daughter who was exiled a decade ago, returns to the capital posing as a merchant. While running a rouge shop as cover, she secretly investigates her family's massacre, only to clash with imperial censor Pei Jingchen. As their childhood betrothal resurfaces, as political rivals' daughters approach with ulterior motives, and as a mysterious fire destroys crucial evidence—she must choose between vengeance and love. Meanwhile, in the palace shadows, the mastermind behind it all awaits her next move.

Winter Night Whispers

During a blizzard, bestselling author Su Nian receives an anonymous letter whose handwriting eerily matches her fiancé who vanished three years ago. Tracing clues to an abandoned house, she discovers a half-burned diary in the fireplace revealing the car crash wasn't accidental. As the haunting harmonica melody from that fateful night begins playing outside, the walls whisper buried secrets...

Your Gentle Trap

Successful career woman Lin Xia thinks she's found her safe harbor when she meets the gentle psychiatrist Cheng Yuan. But as their relationship deepens, she discovers his perfect tenderness conceals suffocating control. From daily habits to social circles, Lin Xia finds herself subtly reshaped by invisible hands. In this trap disguised as love, tenderness proves to be the deadliest weapon. When the truth surfaces, Lin Xia must choose: remain in the gilded cage or tear apart the facade of gentleness?

Your Little Dumpling Is the Underworld Heir

Overworked nanny Lin Wan notices bizarre occurrences after caring for single dad Gu Chen's adorable toddler Tuan – milk freezes instantly, plants wither overnight. The truth explodes when she sees Tuan's eyes blaze with ghostly flames while repelling demons. In panic, Gu Chen confesses: "He's the heir of the Underworld King... and my son." To protect their secret, he thrusts a contract at her: "Marry me or this hellspawn joins your family registry tonight." But when underworld assassins kick down their door, pacifier-sucking Tuan raises tiny hands: "Hurt Mama Wan? Time for eternal time-out!"

Heart Strings

Dr. Jiang Lin, the icy prodigy of cardiac surgery, turns into a flustered mess whenever his wife ignores him. When scandalous photos surface of him being embraced by a female patient, his wife files for divorce. Panicked, the renowned doctor does the unthinkable: reading apologies hospital-wide and chasing her ambulance for miles with their wedding ring. But desperate grand gestures unveil her buried sacrifice during a lab explosion three years ago - a secret that rewrites every misunderstanding. As gossip becomes the talk of the town, their emotional marathon asks: who's truly stealing whose breath away?