A Red Chamber Rewrite: Lin Jiaotou Says She’s Busy

[Transmigration + Dream of the Red Chamber + Female Disguise + Imperial Exams + Military Campaign]

At the Jia residence, just stepped out of the carriage.

A delicate college girl wakes from a nap to find she’s transmigrated into the tragic Lin Daiyu of the Dream of the Red Chamber: parents dead, lover betrays her, best friend stabs her in the back, and her family fortune has been drained. From the start, she’s playing on nightmare difficulty?!

No panic!

First, she gets the whole family in shape. Frail as a willow in the wind? Take another look after you’ve seen my red-tasseled spear!

Next, she kicks the mama’s boy to the curb. Who’s Baoyu? Never heard of him. We’re not even close to being a thing!

Then she disguises herself as a man, taking on the identity of Lin Jin, the Lin family’s only son, and sets out to make the legitimate heir’s ambitions a reality.

She turns the tables, earns military honors, and reclaims the fifty prefectures beyond the frontier!

“What? The Lin family has produced two top exam graduates and become the foremost clan in the empire?!”

“What? The salt, iron, mines, and refined salt businesses all belong to the Lin family?!”

“What? You mean our Instructor Lin? His Lin family spear technique is absolutely masterful.”

But then comes the day her secret identity is exposed…

Daiyu spreads her hands. “I’m done pretending. I’m the real Daiyu!”

Her loyal young guard turns red at the ears. “Actually, I’ve had my eye on you for a long time…”

A dazzling beauty gazes at her tenderly. “Let me stay by your side. I’ll protect you with my life!”

The wily new emperor promises, “I’ll give you mountains of gold and silver, as long as you stay by my side!”

She’s accidentally attracted so many admirers. She can’t handle them, so she’ll just avoid them!

But as she turns, she runs right into the seemingly gentle yet unfathomably deep Prince Beijingsi…

“Miss Lin, where are you going?”