Content warning: a female lead who is a street thug and hooligan
[Blurb One]
After transmigrating from the apocalypse, Xiao Tingyu became the fifth prince of the Great Yong Dynasty. As long as she kept her gender a secret, she could live in luxury for the rest of her life?!
Xiao Tingyu picked at her ear. "What? You mean I get a deal like that?"
All she had to do was pretend to be a man. Could that be any harder than chopping up zombies?
Back in the apocalypse, she'd chopped up zombies, hauled supplies, and built a base... Damn it, just because she was flat-chested and had a buzz cut, no one had figured out she was a woman!
Her last life had been exhausting. This time, Xiao Tingyu was determined to lie flat and live off her family.
The emperor, her father, got a headache whenever he saw this "rebellious son" with no ambition. Never mind, his fifth son was a bit dim. He'd just let him live in luxury as a carefree prince.
As soon as the elder princes heard "lend me money," they all avoided her. The fifth prince was greedy for pleasure, so there was no point guarding against or allying with him. Whoever wanted to win over this bottomless pit could go ahead!
When the ministers impeached her, arguing with this "scoundrel" left them so furious they spat blood. Why did the Fifth Prince have so many crooked arguments? If they couldn't afford to provoke her, couldn't they at least avoid her?
Xiao Tingyu charged headlong down the road to becoming a "good-for-nothing" and finally became the leader of the capital's young dandies.
But...
The Grand Tutor suddenly received an Emperor's Tutor System: "Raise the Fifth Prince into a wise ruler of the age!"
The Grand Tutor: "...Why not just kill me instead?"
The Chancellor suddenly received a Loyal Minister System: "Help the Fifth Prince strengthen the nation and bring peace to its people!"
The Chancellor: "...I'm old now. I suppose it's time for me to retire."
The Grand Marshal suddenly received a Great General System: "Help the Fifth Prince conquer the realm!"
The Grand Marshal was utterly devastated. "...Great Yong is doomed. Heaven itself means for us to perish!"
Xiao Tingyu noticed that the ministers' looks toward her were gradually changing, and their expectations of her, this "good-for-nothing," were getting stricter and stricter.
They demanded not only that she excel in both letters and arms, govern diligently, and care for the people, but also that she expand the realm and possess the vision of a great leader...
Xiao Tingyu, the dandy who'd decided to let it all go: Damn it! Have those old geezers lost their minds? Couldn't they support anyone else? Why drag her into this mess?
With everyone pushing her onto the throne, and no way to avoid fighting for it, Xiao Tingyu brought out her signature skills. She improved papermaking, shipbuilding, gunpowder, metallurgy, dyeing and weaving... and steadily unlocked the Great Yong Dynasty's technology tree.
[Blurb Two]
The emperor was incompetent and deluded, imperial power had fallen into other hands, and Wei Zhuang, the nine-thousand-year-old, held the entire court in his grip.
P.S. A goofy wish-fulfillment story. Don't expect logic. If it's not your thing, click X.
[Blurb saved on 2021.6.22, screenshot kept as a memento]
Theme: The bittersweet makeover story of a wastrel who becomes emperor
