After My Thoughts Were Read, I Became the Empress of Qin

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Blurb:

The Fifth Princess was born in an inauspicious month, beneath a sky filled with shooting stars. The people of the time feared her.

Ying Yang was sunbathing beneath a tree, ignoring the palace servants' whispered gossip. She calmly rolled over. No need to work around the clock, and I can sleep until I wake up naturally. You ancient people have no idea how great this is!

Ying Zheng happened to pass by and hear his youngest daughter's thoughts. "..."

Ying Yang woke up to learn that she would have to go to school from now on. "??"

Fine, school it is. At least the food is better than before. Ying Yang was... satisfied? No, not really!

My legs are so numb! Writing on bamboo slips is exhausting!

After giving it a lot of thought, Ying Yang decided to ask her father, who seemed pretty decent, to fund some research and development.

What Ying Yang said out loud: "Father, in my dream I was granted an object called paper. It is thin and portable, and very easy to write on. With it, Father will have a much easier time reviewing memorials."

[I've had it with writing on these little wooden boards. First, let's trick him into giving me some money!]

Ying Zheng: "...Approved."

After paper was invented, Qin made a fortune selling it. Talented people from every state flocked to Xianyang, and Qin's national strength rose dramatically. Delighted, Ying Zheng asked his daughter what reward she wanted.

What Ying Yang said out loud: "It is my duty as your daughter to ease your burdens, Father. How could I dare claim credit before my sovereign father~"

[Dad, you're the King of Qin! Come on! Give me money if you've got it, give me land if you've got it! I've already bowed to you in my heart!]

Ying Zheng: "...Grant her a thousand gold coins and a noble title!" How could his little girl have two such different faces?!

Ying Yang's eyes lit up. Now she could afford white rice, meat sauce, roast suckling pig, and roast venison!

Rubbing her hands together, Ying Yang tentatively asked, "Father, in my dream I was granted another object called the stirrup... And artemisinin, woodblock printing..."

At first, Ying Yang only wanted to lie down more comfortably. But as she kept lying around, she was horrified to discover that Qin's unification of the Six States had been brought forward by several years!

What the hell? Who did this?!

The nobles of the Six States clutched their heads and wept. "Quit pretending! You did this! Heaven is unjust! Why does the Ying family keep producing monsters?!"

The nobles of Qin: "What do you mean, inauspicious? The Fifth Princess is clearly a heaven-sent blessing!"

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Please note:

1. This is a slow-paced, everyday-life story~ The heroine is four years old at the start, counting age the traditional way. [In the Pre-Qin period, the colloquial term for a concubine mother's sister was 'Auntie.' If that bothers you, please proceed with caution _(:з"∠)_]

2. Some characters, such as Fusu, Lu Zhi, and Zhang Liang, have been given different ages for this story.

3. There may be some unexpected pairings.

4. There are three plus one male love interests. The officially recognized husband is Wang Jian's grandson, an original character. The other three are Zhang Liang, Luan Bu, and Han Xin. Han Xin is about ten years younger than the heroine. The man with the most screen time is her father, Zheng.

Pre-Collection Request Divider

Pre-collection 1: "Love Yourself, Old Me. See You at the Imperial Exams!"

Blurb:

Zhao Ge transmigrates into the daughter of an ordinary rural family in the Yu Dynasty.

Meals full of grit, chaff, and wild greens. Clothes covered in patches. And a life whose course is clear from the start:

At three, look after her little brother. At five, cook. At seven, do the laundry. At nine, meet prospective husbands. At ten, spend her days weaving.

At fifteen, marry the butcher's youngest son, and spend the rest of her life as a wife, then a mother-in-law.

On the day the new county magistrate came to the countryside, Zhao Ge saw that another kind of life was possible:

Gongs rang to clear the way, guards carried staffs and spears, a sedan chair was borne along, and more than forty people surrounded it.

When the curtain lifted, a woman appeared in an official green robe!

The constables shouted, "The county magistrate is here! Kneel! Bow!"

That was the day Zhao Ge learned that in the Yu Dynasty, women could study, take the imperial examinations, and become officials.

White rice and fine fish and meat; clothes for all four seasons, brick houses.

For marriage, they could choose respectable young men trained and educated by the government. They were young and handsome, and every one of these graduates was a paragon of virtue as a husband.

That was the life of a powerful woman in the Yu Dynasty.

Zhao Ge wanted to become one of them: someone above everyone else!

Many years later, her descendants asked the old woman sunning herself beneath the grape trellis, "Grandmother, how did you go from being a village girl to becoming chancellor?"

The elderly Zhao Ge chuckled. "Our dynasty's laws say that anyone with an academic title must establish a separate household. They cannot become a live-in son-in-law or marry into another family as a daughter-in-law."

"I didn't want to get married, so I studied until my books fell apart."

Pre-Collection 2 Divider

(Mythology Crossover) Survival Cultivation: Starting from Zero as a Demon King [Launching August 2026]

Blurb:

[Welcome to the Survival Cultivation Game]

[Beginner quest: Biological Disaster - Autumn Metal Rebellion is coming soon. Upgrade your personal cave dwelling as quickly as possible!]

The fragile office worker Ying Ling opened her eyes and found herself outside a thatched hut.

Trees stood lush and green, and birds called in the distance. A huge wild boar demon charged toward the hut, shaking the earth.

As she panicked, a notification popped up before her eyes.

[Congratulations! You have awakened the innate gift "Divine Ability: Paint Reality"]

[Divine Ability - Paint Reality: 1. Trait [Comprehension +100%] locked. 2. Skill [Turn Fiction into Reality] available.]

[Choose a target for [Turn Fiction into Reality], ]

[A. "Fake Heiress" B. "Wicked Supporting Character" C. "Domineering CEO" D. "Violent Red Panda"]

Obviously, D without hesitation!

In the vast mountains, while everyone else struggled to survive, Ying Ling had a cheat to help her cultivate.

Hard to enter the Dao?

Just sit down and meditate.

Supplies hard to come by?

Use spells to stock up! A must-have!

Losing vital energy and mental strength like crazy?

Hey, friend, want a serving of [Restorative Pork and Winter Melon Soup], [Calming Bamboo-Tube Rice], or [Osmanthus Wine of the Moon Palace] with bonus effects?

With demons and monsters roaming everywhere, other people carefully took detours. Ying Ling extended an invitation:

Little boar, come work the fields.

Little spider, come weave cloth.

Little red panda, be my bodyguard.

Huh?

Why did the little red panda turn into a person?

Ying Ling froze. The little red panda she'd been cuddling and nuzzling this whole time was actually Nezha, the Third Prince?!

Everyone, am I going to make it back alive?

"What do you mean, I can't get in your bed anymore?" The handsome young god of war, smelling of lotus blossoms, tilted his head and pinched Ying Ling's cheek. "Gold-dog form is okay, but my original form isn't? Are you playing me?"

The day Ying Ling reached number one on all three server leaderboards, she summoned her courage and confessed. "Big shot, I like ya! Will ya go out with me?"

Nezha had deliberately stuck his leg out to block her, forcing her to climb over him to reach the inside of the bed. "?"

The love interest is Nezha, who transforms into a violent red panda.

The setting is mostly fictional, with some characters from Journey to the West, Investiture of the Gods, and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, as well as original animal characters.

Pre-Collection 3 Divider

"My Worthy Husband Helps Me Reach for the Clouds" (Matriarchal Society)

Chang Ying is an ordinary, honest woman. One day, on her way to work, she suddenly transmigrates to an ancient matriarchal society where women outrank men. She becomes the unwanted stepchild of a remarried father, who has married into the powerful Xi clan.

For a long time, Chang Ying doesn't feel as if she has transmigrated at all. Instead, she thinks she has developed a mental illness. In this world, the person who established the Rites of Zhou is called Madam Zhou, not the Duke of Zhou. The famous figures of the Hundred Schools of Thought are Madam Kong, Madam Meng, Madam Lao, Madam Zhuang, Madam Mo... As far as the eye can see, every person in power is a woman.

After transmigrating, Chang Ying is constantly lectured by her seemingly frail father. She must study hard, enter government service, make a name for herself, and earn him an imperial title.

Chang Ying's hard work and her father's ambitions catch the attention of the Xi family matriarch's sons, who begin making trouble for her.

The widowed eldest young master Xi, with phoenix eyes tilted upward, sneers, "With a face like a rat's, you think you can become an official?"

The stern, rigid second young master Xi says, "A toad dreaming of eating swan meat. A lowlife like you thinks you can marry a noble man?"

The debauched, flirtatious third young master Xi says, "Since my little sister is going to marry into another family anyway, why not let me have her?"

Only the fourth young master Xi, blinking his watery eyes as he presses money into Chang Ying's arms, says, "I believe you can pass the exams, Sister! When you do, you have to come back and marry me!"

The gentle, considerate fourth young master Xi even arranges for Chang Ying to have a male attendant who can serve as both bodyguard and bed warmer. Before she sets out, he uses both sweet words and stern warnings to make Chang Ying formally take the attendant as well.

After Chang Ying passes the civil service exams, the Xi family head is overjoyed and prepares to hold a grand wedding. But the four brothers end up fighting over who will marry into her household

The eldest young master Xi says, "I'm the eldest. What kind of world is this, if a younger brother marries into her family before his older brother does?!"

The second young master Xi says, "Our eldest brother already drove one wife to her death. Does he intend to do it again? He should stay home and serve our parents!"

The third young master Xi says, "Our two older brothers are harder than stones in a latrine. How could they serve a woman? If she marries either of them into her family, they'll probably become enemies!"

The fourth young master Xi bursts into tears. "But I was here first!"

The only son of Guangyang Wang, the emperor's sole younger sister, says, "What's all the fuss? I'm the only one who's going to marry Ying Niang! All of you, get lost!"

Later, the young attendant is acknowledged by the emperor as a member of the imperial clan and becomes the only imperial prince of the dynasty. He cuts Chang Ying's intended match off at the pass. "Ying Niang, I'm not like my younger cousin. I know a man's proper duties! A man who can't help a woman continue the family line is a jealous, petty man! Focus on your career, Ying Niang. Whatever you need in the inner courtyard, I'll find for you!"

Later still, Chang Ying's son marries into the imperial family and serves the crown prince, giving birth to the crown prince's grandson. The crown prince dies barely a year after ascending the throne, and the grandson becomes emperor while still an infant.

As the young emperor's maternal grandfather, Chang Ying naturally becomes a regent with power over the entire court.

The men in her household celebrate, saying, "We really did marry into the right family!"

Theme: Prevent the years of warfare around the transition from Qin to Han and bring peace to the realm.