Name: [Tang Dynasty] Chang'an of the Great Tang
Author: Gold and Jade Fill the Courtyard

Synopsis

When Li Chang’an opened her eyes again, she was in the Tang Dynasty.

The good news: It was the Kaiyuan era, the golden age of the Tang, and she was a daughter of Emperor Xuanzong.

The bad news: The An Lushan Rebellion was just around the corner, and her father disliked her so much he wouldn’t even give her a princess’s title and made her become a Taoist nun.

Princess Shou’an was born to Cao Yena Ji. She was born in the ninth month of pregnancy. The emperor hated her and ordered her to be dressed in Taoist robes. When Emperor Daizong, then Prince of Guangping, came to pay his respects, the emperor affectionately called the princess “Chong Niang” and said, “In the future, you may ask a prince in Lingzhou to petition for a title for you.”, New Book of Tang

She decided to learn from her great-grandmother, Wu Zetian: radiate confidence, stop being anyone’s princess, and become a domineering queen instead.

Li Chang’an thought she’d gotten the phoenix-pride heroine’s script: an unpopular imperial daughter who would make her own way, rise from nothing, and become an empress in her own right.

She never expected to meet someone familiar while gathering talented people around her.

“Mentor, I’ve missed you so much!” Li Chang’an clung to her mentor’s leg, sobbing uncontrollably.

The project “Putting Down the An Lushan Rebellion” was too difficult. She really needed her advisor’s help to get it done.

Later, Li Chang’an discovered that she and her mentor weren’t the only ones struck by lightning that day.

Day One, Mentor: My friend, an academician from the College of Agriculture.

Day Two, Mentor: My friend, a professor from the neighboring School of Life Sciences.

Day Three, Mentor: Still my friend, a PhD in mechanical engineering.

Day Four, Mentor: Also my friend… an undergraduate major in nuclear physics.

Li Chang’an:!! It’s only the An Lushan Rebellion. There’s no need to bring out nuclear weapons!

[Reading guide]

1. A historical fanfiction and pure wish fulfillment, not a serious historical drama. The heroine plows straight ahead, smashing through every obstacle.

2. The author’s only goal is to have fun writing and let readers enjoy the story. This is not real history, just transformative fanfiction, and it won’t stand up to historical nitpicking.

Please add my upcoming novel to your reading list: [Three Kingdoms] I, Who Command the Wind and Rain

Theme: The realm belongs to all

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