She died in Weiyang Palace and opened her eyes to find herself sixteen again.
Tomorrow, she was to marry Liu Bang. She ran away.
She joined Xiang Liang, recruited Han Xin and raised an army of women, fighting her way south. The common people called her a wise ruler. Her enemies called her a madwoman.
But the soldiers in her camp refused to accept her because she was a woman. At the alliance, they called her "a hen crowing at dawn." The nephew she trusted most burned her provisions and defected to Liu Bang. Han Xin was killed. A Qing took a blade for her. Only three hundred people remained by her side.
On the night she was captured, the guard said, "A woman shouldn't be a ruler in the first place."
She laughed.
In both her lives, she had begged the world to acknowledge her. In her previous life, she tied herself to Liu Bang, and when he refused to acknowledge her, she went mad. In this life, she conquered the realm herself, thinking that if she claimed the throne legitimately, she would finally be respected.
But it didn't matter whether her claim was legitimate. They still wouldn't acknowledge her.
Because she was a woman.
Before her execution, she said only one thing:
"I, Lü Zhi, once stood."
The history books recorded just eight words: Lü Zhi rebelled, defeated, and died.
Theme: A woman's worth does not depend on her father, husband, or son
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