The Empress Is Forcing Me to Unite the World and Marry Her

(I will definitely write this!!!)

As soon as Xiao Jinyu transmigrated into a book and opened her eyes, she discovered that she had been forced into an arranged marriage.

To be precise, here's what happened:

The emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom was gravely ill and could die at any moment. He had only one beloved daughter, the eldest princess Li Huaizhao, and one useless, hopelessly incompetent illegitimate son, Li Huaide.

The ministers favored naming Li Huaide crown prince, since he was a Qianyuan while Li Huaizhao was a Kunze.

But Li Huaide's maternal family was powerful, and he was an ignorant wastrel. If he became emperor, power would inevitably fall into the hands of his mother's family. The Li dynasty would be in danger, and Li Huaizhao, the daughter he had with Empress Changsun Wan, would likely be purged.

So the old emperor used his authority to insist on naming Li Huaizhao crown prince.

Fortunately, Li Huaizhao was more than capable, excelling in both scholarship and martial arts.

The only drawback was that the Changsun family was a prestigious but politically detached clan, and could not give Li Huaizhao strong support. So, to secure his daughter's power, the old emperor arranged a marriage with Xiao Boyan, the powerful chancellor, and had his eldest daughter, Xiao Jinyu, marry the princess. With this connection, Xiao Boyan would surely support Li Huaizhao as emperor.

The problem was that this Xiao Jinyu was only a mid-grade Qianyuan, even more useless than Li Huaide. She spent her days flirting, throwing her weight around, and indulging in extravagance. She was good for nothing, the capital's number-one wastrel.

Li Huaizhao loathed her, but to honor her father's wishes and consolidate her power, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and accept the marriage alliance.

But Xiao Jinyu was so brazen that she tried to take liberties with her. Her personal maid knocked her unconscious on the spot.

When she woke up, someone else had taken over her body.

Xiao Jinyu, a modern-day PhD in history, had transmigrated into the book.

At first, Xiao Jinyu tried to improve her relationship with Li Huaizhao.

Li Huaizhao glared at her in disgust. "Get lost. Stay away from me!"

Xiao Jinyu said, "You got it. Your wish is my command!"

She promptly ran off and became a couch potato. Today, she'd write a storybook to earn some pocket money; tomorrow, she'd go hunting outside the city and have a barbecue; the day after that, she'd listen to music at a tavern; then she'd go boating, picking lotus flowers and admiring beauties. Life couldn't be better.

One day, Li Huaizhao came home exhausted from the endless affairs of state, with a pile of memorials still waiting to be reviewed in her study. She saw Xiao Jinyu dozing beneath the crape myrtles. A maid on her left was peeling grapes for her, a maid on her right was fanning her, two maids were massaging her legs, and another maid was reading her a storybook.

Li Huaizhao, aching all over from exhaustion: "..."

This was simply outrageous!

She tossed the memorials at Xiao Jinyu. "Xiao Jinyu, review all my memorials, or you won't eat for three days!"

Later on,

She tossed all the military authority to Xiao Jinyu. "Xiao Jinyu, crush the neighboring kingdom that dared to provoke me, or you can forget about becoming my consort!"

And later still, she chased Xiao Jinyu to the military camp and sent all the guards away. Her elegant palace gown outlined her graceful figure as she leaned close to Xiao Jinyu's ear and murmured, full of grievance, "Consort, it's time for bed..."

(The blurb has been archived on Weibo.)

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