Emperor Zhou

Zhao Mingzhao transmigrated into the body of a child in ancient times, one destined to become the crown prince's secondary consort. From the start, she was thrust into a living hell: northern tribes invaded, and the emperor fled south. Luoyang burned, Chang'an was reduced to ashes, and fertile plains stretching a thousand miles became a realm of ghosts. Half the empire was drenched in blood. The land where songs once echoed beneath graceful trees became a wolf's den. New graves piled upon old ones, all belonging to people torn apart by war.

Mingzhao has the Zhou dynasty behind her, and her name reads like “crown prince” one way and “emperor” the other. If she becomes the crown prince's consort, will she be the primary or the secondary one? She thinks that's no good, but she can always kill the crown prince.

When the court fled south, she was only eight. The dukes and ministers, moved by their old ties and pitying her as a helpless child, wanted to take her with them. Looking at the elegantly dressed nobles before her, she rejected this chance to survive and the fate laid out for her. “Mingzhao would rather sink with the Central Plains than follow the migrating flocks south.”

She headed north against the flow of refugees, following the Zhao family.

Fortunately, her father had the makings of a succubus. He reclaimed Huguan and raised the banner of rebellion in the north, launching her cheat-powered life: watering her horse in the Yellow River and reaching for supremacy over the Central Plains.

[Content warning: The heroine is an ambitious, naturally callous woman with many admirers. The hero isn't the person she loves most, just the best option after weighing her choices. She isn't trying to be unfaithful; she just has a few too many people in her heart. One woman, multiple men. The male characters have no sexual experience.]

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Taiping, Look, It's Xuanwu Gate

Di Wangshu is a mystery-novel enthusiast who transmigrates into the Tang dynasty and becomes Di Renjie's youngest daughter. But her father never takes her along when he investigates cases. He only says, “She's too young. How can a child witness bloodshed and punishment?”

By the time she finally grows up, her father changes his tune. “A woman should value quiet virtue. Why get involved in matters of life and death?”

That was too much. From then on, Di Wangshu, who weighed a hundred jin, had the rebellious streak of someone three hundred jin strong.

Every day, she charged ahead on the road to driving her father mad.

Di Renjie urged Empress Wu to make Li family members crown princes, arguing that a nephew could never be as close as a son. Di Wangshu thought this made perfect sense, so she immediately went to Empress Wu to undermine her father. “Your Majesty, isn't a daughter closer than a son?”

Your Highness the Princess, to seize the throne, you need to follow the rules of succession. How about Xuanwu Gate?

[The rise of a powerful court minister]

Content warning: If you hold the heroine to high standards, this may not be for you. It's just a lighthearted, goofy story with a pampered heroine.

Theme: The fate of the world is everyone's responsibility.