A Ragtag Rebellion

Zhu Qingqing had just won the national martial arts championship when a sudden car accident struck as she was on her way to the celebration banquet. When she woke up, she discovered that she had transmigrated!

And the realm was divided into three kingdoms. No, wait, it was divided into more than twenty!

In the imperial palace, a foolish emperor sat high upon the throne, while powerful ministers, eunuchs, and imperial relatives jointly controlled the government. Every troublesome buff had been stacked on.

In the northwest was Wang Sheng, a battle-hardened general of the Langya Wang clan!

In the southwest was Xiao Linfu, a brilliant strategist of the Yingdu Xiao clan!

In the southeast was the virtuous Pei Gengli of the Jiangzuo Pei clan.

And in the northeast! There were Zhu Qingqing's fifty-five-year-old grandfather, Zhu Danian, and her thirty-eight-year-old father, Zhu Xuewen...

Zhu Qingqing was instantly devastated. Judging by the names alone, her family's prospects looked precarious!

In this family-run rebellion team!

The King of Qin was her grandfather, the chancellor was her mother, and the central army's great general was her father.

The western army's vanguard general was her second uncle, her eldest aunt was stationed in the south, and her second uncle by marriage led the grain transport troops.

The good news was that her grandfather wasn't the least bit sexist. The bad news was that he worked everyone like pack animals, regardless of gender.

As one of only two girls in her generation, Zhu Qingqing was highly valued. Her skills were seriously lopsided: her education was below average, but her martial prowess was exceptional!

In outsiders' eyes, though, the Zhu army in the northeast was a band of absolute scoundrels and hooligans!

They paid no attention to the unspoken rules of rebellion!

When her grandfather Zhu Danian ascended the throne, Zhu Qingqing was made Prince Li and Grand General Who Guards the Nation. Only then did she finally realize that her grandfather was the one chosen by heaven!

But... naming me Prince Li because I'm powerful seems a little too hasty, doesn't it, Grandpa?

Zhu Qingqing led her army into Yudu. This was the region north of the Huai River with the most flourishing literary culture, home to countless scholarly families.

Before she entered the city, a scout reported that the Lin family's eldest son was extraordinarily clever and intended to seduce her. The scout warned the general not to let herself be bewitched.

A look of disdain flashed across Zhu Qingqing's round little face. How could she possibly be... Wait!

Lin Lang knelt and presented an ancestral silver dragon spear, declaring fervently, "General, your courage is unmatched! Only a divine weapon like this is worthy of you!"

Sheng Jinglan, a peerless beauty famed as a reclusive sage with godlike strategic brilliance, clutched his heart like Xi Shi and gazed at Zhu Qingqing's round little face. "From your features, General, I can see the bearing of a great ruler!"

Her trusted strategist was captured and shouted from atop the city wall, "General, don't abandon your great ambition!"

Zhu Qingqing knelt and cradled her strategist's head, weeping uncontrollably as her subordinates all stood around her with tears in their eyes.

Lin Lang staggered forward, thinking that if the general would weep for him like this after his death, then he would gladly die with chaff stuffed in his mouth and his face covered by his hair, even if his soul were scattered and unable to enter the underworld!

A loyal subject asks for nothing more than the chance to serve their lord with all their heart!

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