After I was Exiled, I Became a Noble Minister

Mu Wanqing transmigrates into a novel about a reborn, formidable heroine, as a disposable female side character.

The heroine is her dazzlingly talented older cousin. Reborn during the exile journey, she has one lucky break after another, and the entire clan devotes its strength to helping her become empress.

Mu Wanqing's whole family, meanwhile, is nothing but a stepping stone, wiped out on the road to exile.

Mu Wanqing: I'm tired. Let's just destroy everything.

Amid the chaos of the confiscation, Mu Wanqing snatches up her marriage contract in a flash.

In the wave of broken engagements, she trades the contract for a blue-gray mule cart and twenty taels, then sets off on the long road into exile.

To stay alive, she pulls out every trick in the book.

Cold skin noodles, grilled pig trotters, pork-stuffed flatbreads, hot pot, milk tea, and fried chicken.

Farming and animal husbandry, orchards laden with fruit, barns full of grain, and mountains of cattle and sheep.

She develops wind power, builds a city and lays cement roads, creating a prosperous oasis in the frontier.

Before she knows it, things have gotten way out of hand, and the plot has veered wildly off course...

Her reborn cousin: Everyone's busy with infrastructure. How am I supposed to play out my palace-intrigue storyline now? How dull.

At a palace banquet, the proud and unruly ruler of the frontier sits by himself, pouring his own wine and giving everyone the cold shoulder.

A commotion breaks out at the entrance. Mu Wanqing, a beautiful and spirited female chief minister, walks in surrounded by her attendants.

The man sets down his wine and rushes over, his eyes full of love. "My dear, I can't eat when you're not here."

The crowd erupts.

Clear-eyed infrastructure whiz vs. valiant ruler of the frontier

Reader's Guide:

1. This story is entirely fictional and set in an imaginary world. If that's not your thing, please move along.

2. A warm, lighthearted infrastructure-building story. Please don't nitpick the historical details. Thanks.

3. The heroine's a feel-good, all-conquering type who shows off all kinds of skills.

Check out my upcoming story, The Top-Grade Female Side Character in a Period Novel 2. It's about Le Yi's daughter.

Blurb:

Xiao Xin is the only daughter of a nationally renowned scientist, and her uncle is a famous diplomat. She was born with everything, but all she wants is to be a carefree little slacker who coasts through life.

Then one day, a "ding" sounds, and the Fortune-Stealing System comes online. Its target: Xiao Xin.

Xiao Xin: ?!!

The thief sets herself up as a top student, and Xiao Xin has no choice but to become the nation's top scorer on the college entrance exam.

The thief becomes a rising star, and Xiao Xin has no choice but to set out on a journey among the stars.

The thief becomes the darling of the entertainment world, and Xiao Xin establishes a science and technology award named after herself.

Cheng Yuwei is an ordinary girl, until she binds herself to the Fortune-Stealing System. By becoming more prestigious than its target, she can steal that person's fortune.

Thanks to the system, she becomes a winner blessed with both beauty and talent, until she picks a fight with Xiao Xin, an immovable obstacle.

She watches Xiao Xin climb to the top, while she herself suffers the backlash!

This is wrong. It shouldn't be happening like this.

Later, she's taken to a laboratory for research and meets the legendary big shot...

She can't help screaming, "The System lied to me! You said Xiao Xin was ordinary! Her parents are in the textbooks!"

The System trembles in fear: Panic! This big shot, Le Yi, is its... ancestor!

Le Yi: ...Don't try to pin your fake, shoddy System on me. Thanks.

Upcoming Story 2: The Pretty Side Character's Survival Handbook. This is also an ancient-era infrastructure-building story.

Blurb:

Nan Qiao transmigrates into a book called The Princess Becomes Empress, a tragic romance between a fallen princess and a prince of the new dynasty.

Her father is a loyal subject who would rather sacrifice his own daughter than let the fallen princess come to harm.

And she is the unlucky disposable character meant to die in the princess's place.

At that very moment, her own father pushes her out of the carriage. She watches helplessly as he rides away with the princess, while rebels pursue them from behind.

Nan Qiao: I'm tired. Let's just destroy everything!

"The princess is here!"

Nan Qiao has no choice but to save herself. She pinches her arm hard, eyes brimming with tears, and throws herself at the rebels, sobbing pitifully as she clings to one of them.

"Big brother, big brother, I'm your real little sister, even if we have different parents!"

The rebels: ???

Ji Yunqing: ...

When they first meet, Ji Yunqing thinks she's a helpless little fool. He finds her a bit annoying, but takes her in as an act of kindness.

Later, he spoils her, indulges her, and protects her. She wins his heart, and he can't bear to let her go.

One day, Nan Qiao holds a bloodied dagger. Her eyes are cool and clear, and she is anything but meek.

"Big brother, you can take a horse and pacify the realm. I can take up a brush and set the world in order. Let's take down those idiots."

Ji Yunqing: ...

I recommend these completed stories by the author. They're really good!

The Top-Grade Female Side Character in a Period Novel: The brilliant life of a technology expert who devotes herself to her country.

The Beloved Little Slacker of The 1970s: From a fisherman's daughter to a renowned diplomat, she takes the world stage and dishes out face-slapping left and right.

The Everyday Life of Three Powerful Brothers Spoiling Their Little Sister: The story of a generation's foremost traditional Chinese medicine doctor as she grows up.

The 1990s Shantytown: The children of educated youth who returned to the city turn their lives around and make a comeback.

Don't Try to Talk Me Out of It, I Just Want to Farm [The 1970s]: An infrastructure-building fanatic shines all on her own.

Theme: Be self-reliant and independent