A Centenarian Beauty Takes on Chang'an

[Dual transmigration + historical court intrigue] The heroine has no golden finger and relies entirely on her own growth to make her way in the world.

While viewing the Han Dynasty female corpse unearthed at Mawangdui, Lady Xin Zhui, Li Ran suddenly transmigrates to the Western Han Dynasty. She becomes Little Pomegranate and helps her mistress rise from the lowest rank of concubine to the position of madam in the Prince of Huaiyang’s household. Along the way, she also searches for the countless ties between herself and Lady Xin Zhui.

Years later, on her first journey to Chang’an, Li Ran is the richest woman in the land and becomes Lü Zhi’s female adviser. On her second journey to Chang’an, she is a widow who brings Dong Zhongshu’s Confucian teachings. On her third journey to Chang’an, she persuades Emperor Wu of Han not to wage endless wars.

In a patriarchal society, how many hardships must a woman endure to hold power over the world?