Natalie Summers was a doctor of traditional medicine—until she woke up as the most useless princess in the realm. She wanted a quiet life. Instead, she found her fiancé tangled up with her scheming half-sister. She tried to coast. The world forced her to become the top scholar. She thought about keeping a handsome companion. He turned out to be a spy. She looked for a powerful patron to lean on. Instead, she ended up tricked into marriage with a prince who answered to no one. She tried to do nothing. Fate made her an empress.