I've Been County Magistrate for Just Three Years, and Now the Empress Begs Me to Take the Throne

[Multiple heroines] [Decisive and ruthless] [Contending for supremacy] [Alternate history] [Not a saint] [System story] [Reborn]

Modern soldier Li Si is Reborn in an ancient northern frontier region, where the Xiongnu have raided for years and nearly killed him. To survive, he begins training his body at the age of eight, determined to join the army at sixteen, earn glory, protect his fellow villagers, and guard the borders.

At sixteen, he awakens the "Universal Technology System" and receives a Hanyang rifle. As a soldier, Li Si is overjoyed. But the System insists he must pass the imperial exams and become at least a county magistrate before it can activate and bind itself to him. Li Si has no choice but to study hard and become a scholar.

Four years later, he passes a special imperial examination and is awarded the status of a Presented Scholar. He is appointed county magistrate of Yinshan County in his home region, and the System successfully activates and binds itself to him, granting him a grand prize package: 300 Hanyang rifles and 30,000 bullets.

Li Si has no idea that the Empress has chosen him as a candidate to become her consort. Three years later, the vassal lords, each commanding their own armies, suddenly rebel, while Xiongnu cavalry invade and the country falls apart.

Just as the great vassal lords proclaim themselves kings one after another, the Empress arrives, visibly pregnant, and suddenly kneels before Li Si, begging him to ascend the throne and rule as regent.

Li Si, who had been preparing to rebel, suddenly widens his eyes…