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Li Jing transmigrated.
Her father was Li Longji, her mother was Consort Wu, and she was Princess Xianyi. She got a System from the start. It looked like the perfect setup for a winner in life.
Until she discovered that the person who had pushed her into the water was none other than the emperor who had held her and said, "My Eighteenth Daughter is the most obedient."
Worse still, the System gave her no golden finger, only information.
Li Jing's original goal was simple: survive the An Lushan Rebellion. But when Li Longji killed three of his sons in a single day to secure his rule, then made Consort Wu take the blame, keeping her from seeing her mother one last time, she understood that simply staying alive wasn't going to work.
If her useless brother, Prince Shou, couldn't protect his wife, then she would do it herself.
She sent members of the Wu family to the border to raise troops, built a network of low-born scholars to serve her, secured Shu as her fief, and replaced her officials in Lingnan with loyal supporters.
When the An Lushan Rebellion broke out, Li Longji fled in panic to Shu, seeking refuge with his most beloved daughter.
With Yuhuan trapped in a palace and her life hanging by a thread, Li Jing surrounded it with her Shu guards and soldiers from the border.
"Father, if Li Heng can declare himself emperor outside the capital, why can't I be Crown Princess?"
"And another thing. I couldn't save Mother back then, but now you must return Yuhuan to me."
Lu Huan, a scion of the most prestigious and upright family of the age, knelt before Princess Xianyi and accepted her first secret order.
"Wenzhao, you agreed so readily? If Lord Lu finds out, he'll probably be furious."
"Huan believes Your Highness is the right person to lead."
If history remembers us as a sovereign and minister who understood one another, it will be the greatest fortune of my life.
Author's note: This story respects history but takes place in a parallel world, with some fictional changes made for the sake of the plot.
Theme: May everyone be able to go against the current and ultimately succeed.
💪🎉I've saved up several chapters, finally I can read them all at once! [Glasses]
The three-day light festival must have had a joyful and uplifting atmosphere. Now, festivals just don't seem to mean much anymore; they lack that joyful feeling.
I once read a fanfiction that said since Consort Wu Hui had high expectations for Prince Shou, she must have chosen a daughter-in-law who was outstanding in every way and capable of being an empress—just like the Crown Princess Guarjia chosen by Emperor Kangxi for Yinreng, who was excellent in every way. Of course, Kangxi was still a wicked eunuch. Unfortunately, it was ultimately ruined by that old scoundrel Li Longji.
How about Saturday? Is Saturday okay? Okay 👌🏻
Raise it high and lower it gently [laughing and crying with face covered] Indeed, for an emperor, checks and balances are the most important thing. Looking forward to the author's updates. I'm so curious when the female lead's career will make big progress.
What's the point of reporting these trivial matters? Besides, regarding bribery, if the amount isn't huge, won't reporting it lead to being ostracized by your colleagues...? Or am I mistaken? Did the Tang Dynasty not have this kind of culture? I remember in which dynasty were ice tributes and charcoal tributes no longer unspoken rules, but rather openly accepted? If you didn't give them, it was as if you didn't want to stay in the officialdom.
Are husband and wife going their separate ways?
The author is having trouble coming up with chapter titles; it reminds me of many ancient poems with the word "Untitled" 😂
Ultimately, they couldn't defy the cruel hand of fate. [Shut up]
Although that's what the synopsis says, if the female lead works hard, she can still keep Yang Guifei, right? I previously read a novel where the protagonist transmigrated into the body of Li Longji's daughter, and in that story, she could only watch as Li Longji forcibly took her as his daughter-in-law—I hope this one doesn't follow the same path.