[Transmigration + feel-good power fantasy + strong female lead]
Overnight, she transmigrates into the most wretched princess in a fictional dynasty. She had planned to coast through life, but her useless emperor brother shoves the Imperial Seal into her hands.
“Elder Sister, you’re the only one who can clean up this mess!” With that, he flees under cover of night, taking all the gold, silver, and valuables he can carry.
Corrupt ministers run rampant inside and outside the court, neighboring kingdoms eye them hungrily, and the treasury is so empty even the rats have moved out.
Yu Jinglan stares at the vacant dragon throne and the weeping eunuchs, then crushes a corner of the seal in her hand. “Fine. I’ll be the ruler who loses the kingdom!”
Three years later, after hanging squabbling ministers out to dry on the city walls and turning an invading nation into a newly organized province, she is busy counting money and building infrastructure...
Then her “wise and mighty” brother suddenly returns to court, reaching out to pluck the fruits of her labor. “It’s time to return what belongs to its rightful owner.”
The heroine smiles sweetly and offers him a cup of poisoned wine. “Of course. Please drink up, Your Highness.”
History later records that the empress expanded the realm and ushered in an unparalleled golden age. As for the “former emperor” who tried to reclaim the throne? Oh, he was a traitor and rebel, and has been executed.
The overall writing style is good, the first part is good-looking, and the second part shows that the heroine suddenly becomes weak after being injured, and the conflicts and wars have turned into forced endurance. I don't know if the injury is due to the lack of medical treatment in the capital or because it will never heal. In critical moments, men save them...
The heroine is sober and independent, does not rely on love to tie herself down, and truly takes the initiative in life. This is what a strong woman should look like.
It's very interesting, but it's just too little to satisfy. I just want to ask the author, is there a hidden love line between the general and the heroine, or is it something else? I don't understand them.
Nice, but too short