【Wu Zhou + transmigration System + powerful mother and daughter + empress’s rise + public welfare and infrastructure】
The moment before, Li Xining was furiously typing a reply to a comment calling Princess Taiping lovesick. The next, she transmigrated into the youngest daughter of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Empress Wu.
At eight, after her maternal grandmother passed away, she was sent to Taiping Temple to pray for blessings and given the title Taiping.
Everyone thought she was a pampered princess hidden away from the world in the imperial palace. No one knew that this little body housed a soul from a thousand years in the future.
【Good news: She comes with a statecraft and textual research desk that can check account books, identify crafts and trades, and verify historical cases.】
【Bad news: It can’t see the future or tell right from wrong, and any errors in the input will throw off the results.】
From the temple’s stolen provisions to soaring paper prices and a grain shortage in Luoyang; from the fiefs and workshops of the princess’s residence to relief loans in the twin capitals and border markets in the north.
She didn’t rely on her status to bulldoze her way through. With tangible achievements in improving people’s lives, she gradually paved a path to the heir’s seat.
Empress Wu managed the court and appointed officials; she handled local governance. Empress Wu established the institutions of the state and their proper order; she filled in the details. Together, the powerful mother and daughter forged a golden age. They opened schools for girls and established examinations for women, writing a path forward for women into law.
Posterity would call her an empress who ushered in an age of peace and prosperity.
Li Xining: You might not believe this, but at first, I just wanted to protect the few girls at the temple…
