She transmigrates into the body of the Prime Minister’s legitimate daughter. The Prince of Yan plots to make her fall into the water and ruin her reputation, forcing her to marry into his household.
She can’t swallow that insult. On her wedding night, she drugs the Prince of Yan and spends the night with his most handsome shadow guard. That night, she plants two seeds: one is the child in her womb, the other the beginning of her bid for power.
When the Prince of Yan loses the struggle for the throne, she saves his life with an imperial pardon and uses the opportunity to escape the capital, heading far away to his fief in Youzhou. The Prince of Yan never recovers and dies in despair. The widowed Princess of Yan puts down roots in storm-tossed Youzhou, a remote borderland, with the help of a System. Starting with infrastructure and people’s livelihoods, she repels foreign powers such as the Xiongnu and Goguryeo, wins over the people of neighboring prefectures and counties, and rises from governing the borderlands autonomously to founding an empire and unifying the Central Plains.
After uniting the realm, she passes the throne to her son, relinquishes power alongside the shadow guard, and sails overseas aboard a treasure ship. She opens the Maritime Silk Road, builds a system of coastal defenses and ocean-going fleets, and extends Yan’s territory and influence to the farthest reaches of the world.
This is not a story about turning the tables through romance. It is the story of a woman who transforms herself from a pawn into the player moving the pieces. Everything she does is to help the land beneath her feet grow roots strong enough for people to live with dignity.
When a woman no longer entrusts her fate to anyone’s love, she gains the power to overturn everything.
The heroine has a clear mind and clear goals. Women who have no frivolous love and are focused on their career are the most attractive and good-looking!