With the Pillar of the Nation System in Hand, I Keep Trying to Get Myself Killed

After dying one day, Xie Yuan transmigrated and became a low-ranking official in the Censorate.

She also had a shocking secret that would get her entire clan executed if discovered: she was a woman disguised as a man.

Xie Yuan dutifully coasted along at the Censorate, spending every day racking her brains over how to retire gracefully without putting her clan in danger.

That was until she was bound to a "Pillar of the Nation" System.

The System told Xie Yuan that completing a mission would earn her a reward in the real world.

From a healthy body to more money than she could ever spend, almost every reward was tempting enough to sway her.

Until the System issued its first mission:

"The emperor is taking a consort. Risk your life in protest and stop him."

Xie Yuan: ???

What did the emperor taking a consort have to do with her? Even if he made her father his consort, it wasn't her place to stop him. Interfering in other people's business was just asking to die, wasn't it?

System: Mission not completed. Returning to the modern world immediately.

But she was as good as dead in the modern world. Wouldn't returning now be the same as asking to die?

With death waiting either way, Xie Yuan had no choice. That very night, she wrote a long memorial, condemning the emperor's taking of a consort for destabilizing the state. If he stubbornly went ahead, she would hurl herself headfirst against the palace floor and smear her loyal heart all over it.

That night, Xie Yuan was thrown into prison.

Xie Yuan: Death is like the wind, always at my side.

Unexpectedly, after two days in the death row cell, she was released and even promoted.

Xie Yuan didn't understand, but from then on she carried out her missions with ever greater audacity.

"Your Majesty, I risk my life to remonstrate! The Crown Prince is unfit to shoulder the burden. He must be deposed and replaced!"

The assembled officials: Is she trying every way possible to get herself killed? This is kind of interesting.

The emperor: "Tell me, who should take his place? I'll do as you say."

The assembled officials: Something's not right here...

A year later, the assembled officials watched helplessly as Xie Yuan's rank climbed higher and higher. Something was definitely not right!

[Content Notice]

1. The story is set in a fictional world, and her disguise as a man will be exposed.

2. She is not an overpowering heroine. This is a story of personal growth.

3. The political intrigue is extremely simplistic. Some information requires online research, and sources will be noted at the end of chapters when possible. Some may be missed, but will be added when the text is revised.

4. The male lead is a background character.

Theme: Stay positive and keep moving forward even when faced with adversity