I, the Emperor, Am an Otome Game and a City-Building Simulator

[Keywords: System / infrastructure development / What have I done wrong?] The new dynasty has been established, and everything is waiting to be rebuilt. Chu Yingzhao, who was ready to enjoy a fully immersive otome romance game, opened the System interface, intending to admire the five male leads in all their glorious beauty. ...Then she was shocked to discover that the country she had just inherited was running a budget deficit, swarming with refugees, and mired in a terrible political climate. Thirty border conflicts reliably appeared every month, while the bureaucracy was both understaffed and bloated. Negative buffs had already piled up so high they were spilling off the screen. In short, the whole situation was a complete mess. Your Majesty, hurry up and drink it while it's hot! Chu Yingzhao: ? Chu Yingzhao: Wait a minute. ...I'm not sure. I don't understand. But it had come to this. Anyway, let's start with some infrastructure development. * [System notification: Completed the tutorial. Achievement unlocked: Childhood Sweethearts] Chu Yingzhao: Mm-hmm, excellent. A gentle, supportive househusband and dad. He boosts my economic stats. Love comes from the 996 work schedule. [System notification: Completed the main story. Achievement unlocked: Glinting Hidden Blade] Chu Yingzhao: Got it, got it. Our guy is wasted as a covert guard. I'll appoint him a general for now. Report to the frontier and start work tomorrow! [System notification: Completed a side story. Achievement unlocked: Night Hunt on the Liao Plains] Chu Yingzhao: To advance the romance plot, I actually sent the grassland prince to the capital. Don't be so in love with me, System... Guards, tie him up! [System notification: Completed a hidden quest. Achievement unlocked: Love's Splendor Worn Away] Chu Yingzhao: Oh, isn't this our powerful minister? The faction you worked so hard to build is pretty good. Even people with sensitive skin can use it. It's very convenient for me. I'll buy it again if I get the chance. ^-^ [System notification: Completed an affection quest. Achievement unlocked: Companions in the Starlight] Chu Yingzhao: Master, I have a blueprint here. Do you think you could make it by hand...? Oh, you can't make a nuclear bomb? Then how about a mortar... Chu Yingzhao: My career progress is already at ninety-five percent. The Celestial Empire achievement is almost mine, and the new CG, A Thousand Lights, has been unlocked. Woohoo! Yay! Game male leads (x5): ? Game male leads (x5): Someone save the romance plot! The romance plot progress bar is at negative ninety-five percent! * Posterity can never write about history without mentioning the great female emperor of the Mu dynasty. Armored cavalry smashed through the border passes, while rival powers tore the land apart. After centuries of blood and tears, at last, a spark appeared. She donned the light of the highest heavens and bore the wind and frost of ten thousand miles, coming to save all living beings. She enacted laws, reformed taxes, controlled the rivers, and built roads. The young ruler pointed to the heavens and challenged the sun. With cold, orderly laws, she dispelled the fog of chaos and forged the rusted realm anew. With a will of iron and fire, she built a backbone that would endure for all eternity. Firearms, machinery, public schools, and education for all. Flames consumed corruption and illuminated countless figures kneeling in the mud. The common people lifted their heads from shattered dreams and saw the outline of a distant horizon for the first time. The realm was remade, and the people's hearts shone like torches. The historian's red-tipped brush descended from the clouds, and millions of calloused hands picked it up. A new page opened in the history books. Between the ink strokes, dawn had already broken bright. Content notes: 1. From the heroine's perspective, the