[Qin Dynasty, no romance, nation-building, technology, empress, uniting the world]
During the First Emperor’s eastern tour, a sky screen suddenly appeared, listing the greatest empress in all of Chinese history.
“She drove the Xiongnu north and reclaimed the Hetao region; she expanded the sea frontiers and enlightened the people; with an iron fist, she cleansed the imperial court and extended the Qin dynasty’s rule for a thousand years.”
The sky screen recounted her great achievements, but never named her.
The entire Qin court was thrown into turmoil. The princes were all on edge, Zhao Gao and Li Si each scheming in their own way, while hidden eyes began to probe wildly.
As the eldest legitimate daughter of the Qin dynasty, Ying Lingyue had always moved with careful deliberation. Now the sky screen had thrust her straight into the heart of the storm.
If she could not avoid it, she would face it head-on and turn the heavenly revelation into hard evidence!
When tested on The Five Vermin, she stunned the court with the Legalist art of kingship.
At the court debate over a northern campaign, she proposed military farming colonies and water transport, leaving the generals impressed.
During an investigation of the Imperial Treasury, she used the opportunity to set a trap and uprooted the powerful ministers’ entire faction.
When the curved-blade plow, a new repeating crossbow, and a map of the world were confirmed one after another on the sky screen, Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor through the ages, finally burst into laughter and personally placed the Tai'e Sword, a symbol of imperial authority, in her hands.
The path to the throne is fraught with deadly intrigue, and every power struggle is sharp and decisive.
See how the Qin dynasty’s eldest legitimate daughter ascends to the pinnacle of power and builds a true empire for the ages!