[Female-Empowerment Comeback + Empress + Multiple Male Leads + Scumbag Woman, Everyone’s Dream Girl + Living Off Others + A Little Imperial Examination + Rebellion and Conquest + Men and Women at Her Mercy + Male Leads Are Chaste + One-Sided GL Romance]
Lu Yanci transmigrates into the role of a “noble young lady” from a collateral branch of the Lu clan of Great Qin, but in reality, she is dirt poor and hails from a remote mountain village. Sixteen years after arriving in this body, she witnesses her gambling-addicted “mother” squander the family fortune and die a violent death, leaving behind a mountain of troubles: her exhausted widowed father, a member of the Lin family, guards the earth-shattering secrets that she has taken the place of the true legitimate daughter and that the twins are not his biological children. Her aunt by marriage, a strong woman able to lift a cauldron, is as close to her as a sister; a gentle, reserved young lord from an aristocratic family gives her mutual support; her childhood friend, the hunter Wenchuan, is willing to fight alongside her; and her loyal dog, A Huang, is her only comfort in these chaotic times.
The imperial examinations are her only way to survive. To support her family, break through her predicament, and uncover the mystery of her birth, she enters the county academy. Armed with a reputation as a “child prodigy,” she makes clever use of every resource available: her cousin Lu’s steamed buns and her classmate Jiang Wan’s private savings both come in handy. They laugh at her poverty? She can turn around and wring every last bit of value from the powerful.
The imperial examination fanatic tears up the books and transforms into a ruthless heroine in a chaotic age. With her intelligence and skill, she climbs steadily to the top: Bai Lixi, a literary sage and revered teacher, abandons his good name to stay by her side; Wuyang, a temple attendant who serves as a father, steals secrets from Heaven and is willing to marry into her camp; and Ying Zhao, the tyrant’s empress consort, offers her a tiger tally and pledges an entire nation as a bride price.
From a desolate village in Luzhou to the imperial court in Xianyang, she strides across mountains of gold her husbands have offered her, leading her army of women to crush the remnants of the Six Kingdoms. At her side, her female classmate Shi You fights alongside her; behind her lies a bloody case from the previous dynasty, waiting for the truth about her birth to come to light.
When the dust finally settles, Lu Yanci dons the bloodstained imperial robes and smiles as she addresses her ministers: “I owe my ascension to three things: flexible morals, a sharp blade... and a good eye for husbands!”
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