[Question-Swap System | All Pure | Empress | Growth of a Powerful Female Lead | Nation-Building and Commerce]
The day her family is seized and exiled, Yan Li opens her eyes in a prison cart. Around her are seven men who will one day entrust their lives to her
But for now, one wants to kill her, one is watching her, one hasn't even met her, and the other four don't even know where she is.
She has no time for that. A hundred and six mouths need feeding, the second branch wants her dead, and Yongdu wants her entire clan dead.
Then she'll fight. She'll slap the second branch in the face, slap corrupt officials in the face, slap an army of three hundred thousand in the face, and fight her way all the way to Diqiu.
And as she fights
The court historian who wanted to kill her melts down his poisoned hairpin and instead devotes his life to recording her story;
The shadow guard assigned to watch her burns his talisman token and becomes her blade alone;
A cunning merchant, a blunt-spoken prince, a loyal general, a sharp-tongued physician, and an obsessed artisan, one after another, place their lives in her hands of their own accord.
The emperor of Yong says she has betrayed her country.
Later, all seven kingdoms bear the surname Yan.
Later still, they ask her: Which of the seven of us will you choose?
She thinks for a moment. "First, I'll secure the realm. Then I'll tell you."
