Disguised as a Man, She Became a Strategist

Blurb:

Xie Muyun accidentally transmigrates into the legitimate son of a general's household.

To save the ailing, decaying Southern Zhao, she disguises herself as a man, passes the imperial examinations, and rises step by step from Vice Minister of the Guard to Chancellor.

After becoming Prince Yong's strategist, she uses a scheme to kill Yan Hui, the crown prince of an enemy state.

Reviving Southern Zhao is the ultimate goal of her life.

But then the love of her life, who died, suddenly comes back from the dead.

He hides his identity to seek revenge, obstructs her rise through the ranks, and throws all her plans into disarray.

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Yan Hui, Crown Prince of Northern Yan.

He went to war at fifteen, and by the time he was twenty, he had won six provinces of Southern Zhao for Northern Yan.

Conquering Zhao in the south and claiming its vast lands was his lifelong wish.

But he stumbled and fell in love with the wrong person, nearly losing his life.

To take revenge, he disguises himself, gets caught up in Southern Zhao's political strife, makes secret attempts on her life, and obstructs the person who deceived his wholehearted love at every turn.

That day, she gazed at him with unfocused eyes and whispered in his ear, "Why are you doing this to me?"

He smiled contemptuously, his voice as cold as frost. "Maybe we owed each other something in a past life."

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Later, the truth comes out, and his identity is exposed.

The two become enemies. She completes the shot she failed to make before, leaving another hole in his right shoulder. But by some twist of fate, she still doesn't manage to kill him.

As Yan Hui collapsed, he thought:

This woman is even more ruthless than a man.

Reader's guide (content warnings):

1. The female lead's disguise is exposed early on, the male lead's later.

2. The male lead's personality changes considerably between the early and later parts of the story. He can be quite extreme and unhinged.

3. Four-year age gap, both have only one partner, happy ending.

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Blurb:

In the eighteenth year of Yongtai, Northern Han and Southern Yan were locked in a fierce battle at the border.

One day, Southern Yan's military intelligence was leaked. Northern Han won a crushing victory, and there was no turning the tide.

Crown Prince Qi Ye discovered that his crown princess, Li Qingli, was the one responsible for leaking the intelligence.

The Qi dynasty, which had ruled the southern lands for three hundred years, had reached the end of its days.

As he lay dying, he hated her with all his heart.

"If there is another life, I will never choose you as my crown princess again."

"Your Highness, I didn't... I really didn't..."

No matter how many times Li Qingli insisted she was innocent, he refused to believe her.

Reborn, Qi Ye carefully laid his plans, traveled to Northern Han as an envoy, and arranged a political marriage.

Li Qingli thought he had lost the memories of his past life after being reborn. But on their wedding night, his tenderness from their past life was gone. "Qing'er, actually, I remember everything from my past life."

During the coup that followed, she took a knife for him, but he abandoned her. "Let her die. There's no need to save her."

His words were icy. Only then did she finally come to her senses.

When the truth came out, he realized he had hated the wrong person.

But all his remorse was useless, because he had personally sent her to the King of Eastern Yue as a bargaining chip to maintain peace between the two countries.

Later, when Southern Yan was defeated by Eastern Yue, he knelt before her, dressed in fine robes, in full view of every soldier, begging for her forgiveness.

Content warnings:

1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both have only one partner.

2. The male lead has a secondary consort, but they never sleep together.

3. Includes plotlines involving muteness and memory loss.

4. Alternate history, melodramatic angst. Please don't overthink the logic.

Theme: Cultivate oneself, manage one's family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world.