Transmigrated and Crowned Emperor on Day One

My next novel will be Faraway Roads. Please add it to your reading list! The blurb is below.

Good news: Mu Shu transmigrated, and even became an empress.

Bad news: it's a hellish start.

A regent is eyeing her hungrily, the court officials are circling with ill intentions, enemy armies are massing at the borders, and natural disasters keep striking at home...

Laozi said, “Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish.” Mu Shu feels like she could burn that fish to a crisp.

But there's good news: she has a golden finger. She can summon the male lead from any novel she's read!

And so...

“Report! The Zhou army is at our borders. We've already lost three cities!”

Mu Shu gasped. “Summon the male lead who's a god of war!”

“Your Majesty! A great disaster has struck Yuyang Commandery, and the plague is spreading. We must seal off the city at once!”

Mu Shu was frantic. “Summon the male lead who's a miracle-working physician!”

“Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue is truly out of money. This old servant can't produce a single silver coin.”

Mu Shu rolled her eyes. “Summon the male lead who's a business tycoon!”

More bad news: how to beg (and make use of) these people to help her is a problem in itself.

At first, the officials of the Mu court didn't take their newly enthroned empress seriously. The people of Great Mu, who had never before had a female sovereign, thought the world was coming to an end. Great Mu was probably doomed under her rule...

But one year after the empress ascended the throne, disasters ceased, the weather was fair, and the people finally had enough to eat.

Two years later, the roads were smooth, the toilets were wonderful, the hot pot was delicious, schooling was free, and medical care came with subsidies... Wasn't this the kind of good life they once wouldn't have dared dream of?

Three years after that, there was suddenly only one country left in the world: Great Mu! The people from other nations, who used to burn, kill, loot, and commit every evil, now couldn't even hold their heads up when they saw them!

The officials were dumbfounded, and no one dared say no to the empress again.

The people of Great Mu hurriedly threw away all the statues of gods and Buddhas they had worshipped at home. From then on, they prayed three times a day:

First, may the empress stay healthy and free from disaster.

Second, may the empress live in peace and happiness.

Third, may the empress be emperor forever!

Blurb for the upcoming novel

Faraway Roads

1.

On the day Qi Qi caught her boyfriend of many years cheating on her, she was handing in her resignation.

After half a month of unbearable misery, she decided to change her mood, pack her bags, and travel somewhere far away.

On the plane, she ran into Wu Yuan, the boy who used to live next door when they were kids.

After years apart, he had grown tall and long-legged, handsome and charming, with sparkling, flirtatious eyes that drew everyone's attention.

When he learned her destination, he smiled warmly. “Qi Qi, why don't we travel together?”

2.

Middle schooler Wu Yin had her allowance cut off because her older brother's blind date had gone badly. “Wu Yuan, you have no money, but at least you've got a face. Can't you find some random girlfriend on the street to appease Mom?”

The man sitting opposite her looked carefree and thoroughly annoying. “I can't do it, but you can.”

Wu Yin glared at him. “I can, then!”

Wu Yuan leaned back lazily and pointed at someone. “That one. Go get her to be my girlfriend.”

Wu Yin turned to look. A beautiful older woman with shoulder-length curls and a vivid, radiant look seemed to be on a blind date.

She steeled herself and went over, smiling sweetly. “Sister-in-law, my brother's waiting for you over there!”

She never expected that the woman would really become her sister-in-law.

3.

Married life wasn't what Qi Qi had expected. Wu Yuan had promised that once they got their marriage certificates, they would simply live together in peace, but now he was like a rabid dog, never getting enough.

When they ran into her ex-boyfriend, Wu Yuan pulled her into his arms and deliberately brushed his lips against hers, taunting him.

His tone was perfectly polite. “Mr. Zeng, do you have a habit of staring at other people's wives?”

Later, she learned that her ex-boyfriend's dream of marrying into a rich family had fallen apart, and his company had gone bankrupt.

Qi Qi couldn't help feeling something was off. “Did you have something to do with this?”

Wu Yuan narrowed his eyes, looking both affectionate and dangerous. “Are you still thinking about him?”

“And you think I'm that despicable?”

Qi Qi fell silent.

Much later, while tidying up some things at her childhood home, she stumbled upon a secret. In all those years she hadn't known, someone had loved her for a very long time.

“Though the road is long, at last I'll hold you in my arms.”

Theme: There's never any harm in learning more.