From Fleeing Famine to the Highest Seat of Power

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Coming soon: [Northern Wei] I Love Beauty, but Love the Empire More (working hard on the manuscript, already at 100,000 words... The blurb is at the very bottom)

The main story has a bad ending; they meet in the extras!

[Early story: fleeing famine] + [Later story: court politics]. The male lead appears late, and the romance develops slowly! The plot is the main focus!!

Original title: Marrying a Male Bride on the Road to Escape Famine

This is the story of Liu Wen'an's life in ancient times!

Liu Wen'an lived as a woman disguised as a man for seventeen years, earning herself a fine reputation as "Young Master Liu." Just as her future seemed to stretch out on a smooth and promising road, a drought destroyed everything, forcing her to flee and fight for survival. Along the way, corpses piled up, refugees wailed, starving people swarmed like flies, and bandits were everywhere...

She wanted to live, and she wanted to help her family and neighbors survive. But with natural disasters and war tearing everything apart, where could they find a way to live?

To save her, her mother took a blade for her. Her grandmother was beaten to death by bandits. She hated the times they lived in, hated the former dynasty's remnants for stirring up trouble, hated the court, and hated the corrupt officials who had turned a drought into a living hell with nowhere left to go!

If you don't erupt in silence, you become twisted in silence. She wanted to climb higher, to gain power and status. Even if she had to be the emperor's blade, cutting down the remnants of the former dynasty and the court officials, she would do it willingly...

Who could have imagined... In a patriarchal age, someone would disguise himself as a woman???

Through a twist of fate, she ended up marrying him...

What a pity, Mo Yaochun. We should have been honest with each other sooner. Her path is already set... there's no turning back!

A few things to know

1. Liu Wen'an, a woman disguised as a man, VS Mo Yaochun, a man disguised as a woman

2. Plot first, romance second!

[Coming of age. Turning the tables. Rising again. Fighting back from the brink. Contest entry reason]

After transmigrating, the heroine goes from struggling to adapt to life in ancient times to making it her own. As she flees famine, she helps the villagers survive, uses her talents to win an official post, opens a path for women to become grassroots officials, and even becomes a marquis in her own right.

---Coming soon: [Northern Wei: The Bandit Emperor]---

What does it feel like to become Yuan Guniang, historically recognized as the first female emperor, Emperor Shang of Northern Wei?

Thanks for asking. I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm a bandit!

You can't imagine how much fun being a bandit is! Drink the strongest liquor, take in the most beautiful people, and live it up! (Not really.)

Living it up too much led to her being imprisoned by that bastard Daffodil!

Yuan Guniang (thinking): Why did he lock me up? Is he an official? Is he using me to threaten the stronghold? Will he then send troops to wipe us all out? What a deep scheme...

Daffodil (burying his face in her neck): This is great. I can finally stay with the stronghold leader. But why doesn't she trust me? (Slowly going mad) Why? Tell me!

Yuan Guniang: ???

[Career plot blurb]

You start with nothing, but work hard to build a stronghold and earn the title of "Stronghold Leader"!

As the times change and more people flock to your stronghold, you decide to choose: [Develop the stronghold] & [Develop the stronghold]!!!

Just as the stronghold is about to level up, you are suddenly told: You're a princess, and not just any princess, but one who has sat on the throne. You decide to choose: [Return to the palace and enjoy a life of wealth and status] & [Make the stronghold stronger]!!!

Your life...

"Smack!"

Yuan Guniang lashes out with her whip:

Stop your damn blabbering!

When you need me, I'm the rightful emperor. When you don't, suddenly a woman can't be emperor?

Ha! You think I'm a lump of dough you can knead any way you like?

Have you asked my brothers and the common people behind me?

A fierce, whip-wielding heroine VS a dangerously obsessive male lead

To preorder: visit the author's page and click [Northern Wei: The Bandit Empress]

Theme: Persevering through hardship, keeping your heart turned toward the light even when you are at the bottom!