Li Jing, enfeoffed as Princess of Chu, was the most noble Grand Princess of the Great Wei dynasty. No one could have imagined that she would become history's first Grand Princess, a woman who wielded power and held the court in her grip for thirty years.
By the time Li Jing was fifty, every decree in the realm came from the Grand Princess's residence.
Everyone kept a close eye on her moves. Some elderly officials who were sure they wouldn't outlive her had even prepared poison, ready to spill their blood on the jade steps before she could claim the throne.
But no one expected Li Jing to fall from power in a single day. A treacherous man stabbed her in the kidney, then her half-dead emperor nephew killed her in a last-second counterattack.
One step was all it took for fifty years of dazzling power to crumble. Those who had once depended on her scattered like birds and beasts.
The fifteen-year power struggle ended with Li Jing and her three hundred handsome male consorts buried together in a desolate wasteland where not even birds would shit. A sorcerer sent by the emperor cursed them so they would never be reborn.
Three years after Li Jing's death, the emperor's ban kept anyone from visiting her grave. Only a blind, elderly musician played a tune of Phoenix Seeks Its Mate before her desolate tomb.
"Li Jing, you crazy woman. I told you that sooner or later you'd die at court, but you wouldn't listen. You spent every day fighting and scheming, and in the end, you lost everyone." After finishing the song, the white-haired musician smashed his instrument and wept.
"Shen Yulang, I told you that you liked me. Won't you admit it this time?" Li Jing's spirit laughed beside him, unconcerned.
In the barren mountains, all that could be heard was the old man's low sobbing.
"If there's another life..." Li Jing sighed.
Perhaps Heaven took pity on her. When Li Jing woke again, she discovered that she had grown young, and that memories from three thousand years in the future had somehow appeared in her mind.
She was still a five-year-old child, not yet enfeoffed as Princess of Chu. There was still time to make things right.
But...
Li Jing looked at her big brother, who was happily fooling around outside in the distance. The first thought that came to her mind was how to castrate this "dear big brother" of hers and eliminate future trouble.
You little brat. This time, you are absolutely, definitely, doomed.
In the second year of Mingchang, titles such as Han, Liao, Tang, Song, Liang, Qin, Yin, and Chu, all once held by those who ruled the realm, were deemed inappropriate for bestowing upon subjects.
History of Jin
Character setup: A pure-hearted assassin who can't grab her by the waist x a female lead who'd rather kill you than waste words.
Content warnings: The female lead wasn't a virgin in her previous life.
The female lead is a beneficiary of the wicked feudal system, and her outlook is limited by her era.
Also known as How Do I Castrate My Big Brother After Being Reborn?, The Unspeakable Woman of the Great Wei Dynasty, If Women Don't Fight for Power, What Else Can They Do?, and I Am Your Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.
Theme: Independence and self-reliance
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