Protecting Three Little Darlings in a Matriarchal World

[Advance Notice] The Commandery Princess's Dignity (Rebirth) [Main Novel Blurb] In her previous life, Xu Wen went from being the heroine of a sweet romance to a formidable businesswoman known as Little Boss Wen. She had just gained enough power to keep her scumbag father in check and take on her scheming stepmother and stepsister when she transmigrated. Looking at the rundown house and courtyard before her, with three children wearing straw sandals in the middle of winter, she saw a household that lacked everything. For starters, it needed a head of the family. Little Boss Wen smiled. You people are lucky. The road ahead is full of storms, but I'll take you with me. No one knew that the woman before them, dressed in a faded blue robe, would become the first woman to achieve the highest honors in all six imperial examinations in the two hundred years since the founding of the Great Zhou. She would rise to become the dynasty's chief councilor, and be remembered in the final celebrated tale of harmony between ruler and subject in the Great Zhou. Xu Wen, courtesy name Zhonghe, rose from humble beginnings to become chief councilor. She worked in harmony with the emperor and ushered in the Wan Ning Restoration. Throughout her life, she had only one proper husband, took no secondary wives, and kept no male consorts. [Advance Notice: The Commandery Princess's Dignity (Rebirth)] "If he dares take another woman, I'll divorce him!" But history has no record of an empress getting divorced. Her first-rank lady-in-waiting had been sent to her when she was twelve, by His Majesty, who was still the crown prince at the time. He said he had found her someone dependable. She certainly proved dependable, and served the empress until now. Only when the maid became pregnant with an imperial heir did the empress learn that her real name was Zhang Jinyu, the daughter of a disgraced official whose family had been destroyed during the reign of her maternal grandfather, Emperor Yuanhe. The woman knelt and bowed her head. "Your Majesty, I ask for nothing. I knew His Majesty when we were young. I only wish to serve by his side and repay him for not abandoning me." Not abandoning me. The empress, whose temper had always been poor, turned these words over in her mind, remaining calm throughout. The empress was reborn at sixteen. At this point, she was still the favored Commandery Princess Kunyi, who loved reading storybooks. Comparing things to those stories, Zhang Jinyu, whose family had been destroyed and who had endured her lot as a servant, seemed exactly like the kind of heroine everyone would love. Meanwhile, she herself, a noble and willful commandery princess with a jealous streak, seemed like the villain who obstructed the heroine at every turn. Given a second life, she should be patient, dignified, and lovable... She should exercise restraint and build a good reputation... What a joke. No way! What would be the point of being reborn if she had to become the person she hated most? "Crown Prince Brother, I want to marry the top scholar, Lu Chen'an. You'll have to stand up for me!" The gentle smile on the crown prince's face instantly froze. His long eyelashes hid his lowered eyes. He raised his gaze and said slowly, "You can't." The commandery princess kept smiling. "I can." I am the most honored commandery princess in Great Yin. Of course I can. Theme: Give women a stage, and they can become anything.