The Flourishing Tang: Marrying Empress Changsun from the Start

After transmigrating to the first year of the Zhenguan era as the legitimate son of the Longxi Li clan, Li Rui expected to enjoy a life of wealth and comfort.

Instead, the moment he opened his eyes, he faced a deadly choice from a god-tier choice System: either immediately ask for the hand of the newly widowed Empress Zhangsun, or be struck dead by lightning.

To stay alive, he steeled himself and went to the palace, only to find the young emperor, Li Shimin, standing guard over the mourning hall with a sword in hand.

When Li Rui said, “I wish to marry the Zhangsun clan,” Li Shimin pointed his sword at his throat and sneered, “How dare you covet my wife?”

[Choice One: Give up marrying into the imperial family and receive ten thousand mu of fertile land] [Choice Two: Persist, marry into the imperial family, and unlock the prosperous-era storyline]

Li Rui clenched his fists. “I admire Empress Zhangsun. I beg Your Majesty to grant my request!”

Three years later, after he had successively brought back Gao Yang, sent away for a political marriage; Chengyang, forced to become a nun; and Changle, who had died of depression, Li Shimin stared at the national treasury in shock. “How many princesses did you ask for?!”