The Legend of Fenglan

[Matriarchy] [No System, no transmigration] A 1vN story where readers choose the love interest, with a touch of ensemble cast. The early story focuses on growth; later, it's about building a career, romance, and the road to reclaiming the throne. As the Fenglan Kingdom falls, the royal family is slaughtered. A general saves a prince and princess of the royal line by switching them with commoners, then the foremost royal bodyguard, Qi Shangdong, takes the last surviving royals into hiding in a frontier village. They live ordinary lives for sixteen years, unaware that the eldest sister is the crown princess and the second brother is a prince. But what about me? What am I? And so, the wheels of fate begin to turn... I am Li Youlan, a founding female general whose achievements helped establish the dynasty, a sister in arms who shared life and death with Emperor Feng, and the highest-ranking noble in the capital. Note: This story is told in first person!