The Phoenix Rules the World: The Legend of the Empress

A top modern history student unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an unloved legitimate princess of the Dayin Dynasty. Faced with undercurrents at court and infighting within the imperial family, she draws on the knowledge of her previous life to reform the bureaucracy and open the seas to trade. From a sheltered young woman whom everyone looks down on to a swordswoman who smashes her way through political traps, she ultimately ascends the throne as a woman and writes the legend of an empress for the ages.