I've Died Three Times, and I Refuse to Accept This!

What should I do if I’ve transmigrated into an emperor’s body and the country is going to fall in a month?

Blurb:

After retiring early from her life as a top student, Rong Hua was lured into a palace-themed story game. Without hesitation, she chose to play an empress and achieved her first death in just ten minutes.

First death: Rong Hua’s first time being killed.

That’s right, she died.

It happened because of a whim, followed by “failing to challenge the martial arts world.”

So, in her second run, Rong Hua spent a full seven years maxing out her combat stats before deciding to return to the martial arts world and avenge her defeat.

It didn’t take long for her to achieve her second death.

That’s right, she died again.

She was strong, and no one in the world could beat her anymore. But an enemy nation invaded, and her country was utterly powerless to resist. In the end, the nation fell and the ruler died with it. The game’s verdict was: “A foolish ruler brought the nation to ruin.”

Rong Hua: ...

No one told her that even beginner mode came with the risk of losing the country!

After taking a deep breath, Rong Hua resolved to figure out the rules before avenging herself. But just as she was about to pay to restart, everything went black. When she woke up, she was in the imperial bed in the game.

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First time transmigrating: What should an emperor do?

Rong Hua: Lie flat and enjoy myself~

Deaths +1

...I refuse to accept this.

Second time transmigrating: What should an emperor do?

Rong Hua: Sharpen my blade.

This time, she’d strike first and crush the enemy nation.

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The ideal was wonderful, but reality... The princes in her own country were planning a rebellion, too.

Only after attending court did Rong Hua realize the absolute disaster she had inherited.

The treasury was in the red, the court officials were useless, the army was weak, and they couldn’t even afford to manufacture weapons.

With a start full of holes on every side, could she really turn things around?

Rong Hua closed her eyes, as if she had made up her mind.

Short on money? “Come, confiscate their estates.”

Short on talent? “The imperial examinations are open. Let the talented come forth.”

Short on soldiers? “Just intercept the prince’s rebel army. That’s the good stuff.”

As it turned out, she could turn things around.

A few notes before you read:

1. The game doesn’t exist in real life. The entire setting is the author’s imagination.

2. This is neither a matriarchal society nor a traditional patriarchy. It will be mentioned in the story.

3. The empress who dies three times, then furiously strives to improve, versus a brilliant, pitiful young man who has already revealed his secret identity at their first meeting without realizing it.

My completed novels, The Heroine Rejects the Main Plot and Watching a Transmigration-Into-a-Book Love Triangle, are listed on my profile.

Coming soon: Believe Me! I’m the God of Light, and the blurb for The Matriarchal World Cannon Fodder System:

Qi Lezhao transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a notorious bully of a young prince in a matriarchal world.

And this bully has been bound up and locked in a dark room.

Kidnapped from the start... and she’s the one who set the trap?

A line appears on the screen: “Host has been bound to the Cannon Fodder System. Please serve the protagonist group wholeheartedly.”

Qi Lezhao: Cannon fodder?

The corner of her mouth lifts.

Not a chance.

A charming, universally adored, irresistible heartbreaker heroine.

Theme: Face adversity without fear, and strive to better yourself.