How a Loyal Hound Is Made

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They say the female emperor of Great Yong, Sikou Wanyan, is ruthless and vicious, a true tyrant. Surely the only empress in her palace must be virtuous, gentle, and meek, putting her first in all things.

System: "Big sis, what do you think of that take?"

Sikou Wanyan gave a cold, charming smile. "Hmph, it's absolutely true!"

The System was aghast. "How long have you been like this? What did the imperial physician say?"

Sikou Wanyan said coolly, "I sleep in the imperial study when I want to, kneel on the washboard when I want to, and write a confession when I want to. What can she do about it?"

System: "...Big Sis Sikou, you win."

Gu Shuyao was rather perplexed about returning to the age of six.

She had been born into a distinguished family. Though frail and often ill, her life had been smooth, without resentment or suffering. She had no lingering regrets either. Though she later took up spiritual cultivation, she often treated its teachings as a formality and mostly took the easy way out. She could hardly be said to have attained some extraordinary enlightenment that would bring about such a bizarre event.

So why had Heaven sent her through this life again?

It was a very long time before Gu Shuyao finally understood: Oh, she'd missed out on love in her previous life.

Top's perspective:

Sikou Wanyan is a very irritable woman. After all, anyone who had painstakingly grown a small company, only to have a System send them to ancient times right after ringing the bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and make them start life all over again as an embryo, would have a hard time staying calm.

No internet, no electricity, no Wi-Fi, no games, no cola, no fried chicken.

All she had was a crumbling court, a corrupt feudal society, rampaging fools, and endless power struggles.

In 3061 AD, the tomb of the first female emperor in history, Emperor Zhaowang of Yong, Sikou Wanyan, was discovered in Kaifeng, Dingzhou. Archaeologists were astonished to find this inscription, written in bold, sweeping strokes at the very top of a stone tablet recording her life and achievements, the female emperor who ushered in the Mingbao Golden Age:

My greatest honor in life was to be lucky enough to spend a lifetime growing old with you.

I got my darling, and we spent our whole lives together! Ha! Ha! Ha!

The handwriting was clearly different from the later words of praise and glorification, and is suspected to have been carved by the emperor herself.

That night, several hashtags shot straight into the top five trending topics:

#She'sBack! Sikou Wanyan's Latest Way of Showing Off Her Wife!#

#Hard Proof That Emperor Zhaowang of Yong Was a Transmigrator#

#Hey, Why Do We Have To Get Shown Up Even While Studying History?#

#A Roundup Of The Female Emperor's Wife-Bragging Techniques#

#The Most Devoted Wife-Doting Husband In History#

Reader's guide:

1. This is a fictional setting, entirely fictional, completely made up. Everything in this story is the author's invention!!! The top has a System, but all it can do is brag and chat.

2. Bottom's perspective. Gu Shuyao x Sikou Wanyan. The bottom is reborn, the top transmigrates. A purely sweet romance. After the bottom is reborn, she and the top grow up together as childhood friends. A cool, frail, elegant bottom x a fiercely ruthless top who believes that "to accomplish great things, even your closest family may have to die," but is devoted to the bottom. Neither lead belongs to the lawful and righteous camp.

3. The focus is on sweet romance. Please don't expect too much from the author's grasp of history and politics _(:з"∠)_

4. Content warnings: The bottom was married in her previous life. The top initially thinks she is straight and had a boyfriend in her previous life.

5. Friendly discussion is welcome!! Pointing out mistakes is welcome!! Little angels are welcome to flag any bugs in the worldbuilding!! The author will do their best to fix them!!

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"Didn't You Want a Female Lead?"

One-line summary: I have one!

Cheng Yishui transmigrates into a badly broken xianxia novel called "The Junior Sister Is Everyone's Favorite."

For some reason, the beloved junior sister in the original story keeps turning evil. She's fallen into demonic cultivation, become a monster, and even slain immortals.

Every official love interest and side-couple partner assigned to her has been stabbed through the heart by her. She even severed the Heavenly Dao with one sword, leaving the original world's spiritual energy depleted and its path to ascension cut off. The whole world nearly fell into the heroine's hands.

At first, Cheng Yishui, a temporary worker at the Space-Time Administration, trembles with fear. Transmigrating into a book is bad enough, but what good is it when her useless boss turns her into a rabbit monster who can do nothing but act cute?! The heroine could sit on her and crush her to death!

Later, she arrogantly and disdainfully kicks away the original male lead, who wants them to stick together for warmth, and sneers, "Didn't you want a female lead? I have one!"

That peerless, monstrous beauty, who wields the "Five Peaks Toppler," a weapon that makes all living beings in the three realms tremble, and wears the "Mountain-Sinking City," a blade howling with vengeful spirits at her waist, can cleave heaven and earth with a single sword and wither all life with a single curse. She washes the blood from her hands, melts away the frost and snow that cling to her, and clumsily, tenderly tries to braid her little rabbit's hair into something pretty.

Even when the rabbit spurns her, she doesn't get angry. She simply coaxes her again and again: "It's all my fault. Ashui, don't be petulant and ignore me."

An overwhelmingly powerful but not tragic ultimate villain, a blackened wolf-like junior sister x a weak and short-tempered little rabbit monster who's best at acting tough behind her wolf's teeth.

Message: Break free of shackles and cages, and show the power of women!