Nobles Fill the Capital

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Zhou Jirong's mother was a princess, her father had risen to the post of Minister of Rites, her elder sister was a palace official, her uncle held great power, and her maternal uncle was none other than the emperor, ruler of all under heaven. She should have enjoyed a smooth life, raised amid endless love and pampering, married a good man, and lived in peace.

Unfortunately, despite her privileged birth, Zhou Jirong's life was far from happy.

Her father didn't dote on her, her mother didn't love her, her sister despised her, her childhood sweetheart broke off their engagement, her schoolmates shunned her, and her aunt and uncle were fed up with her...

Zhou Jirong felt that everyone hated her.

Because she was ungrateful and had ambitions that reached the heavens.

She was gentle by nature, yet rebellious to the core.

When she was young, her family indulged her and let her disguise herself as a man to serve in court. Even her maternal uncle turned a blind eye.

Everyone thought Zhou Jirong was just acting on a whim, playing at it for fun, and that she would soon grow bored.

Who could have known she would truly forge ahead, making bold moves and advancing step by step?

After an accident, Zhou Jirong fell off a cliff and was rescued by the county magistrate's daughter.

Her face was disfigured, and she remained unconscious for three years.

When Zhou Jirong returned to the capital under a new name, everything before her left her stunned.

Her elder sister, who had fallen in love with her fiance, had gone white-haired overnight after Zhou Jirong's death. The Princess Royal and Minister of Rites, who had turned her away on New Year's Eve, had aged decades. Even the emperor, her imposing maternal uncle, wore an unshakable sorrow between his brows.

And then there was Zhou Jirong's childhood sweetheart, Shen Xunzhi, the gloomy little block of wood who had broken off their engagement. Word had it that he had tried to die for love, nearly following Zhou Jirong to the grave.

Zhou Jirong tilted her head. Everything had taken a turn she never could have expected.

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Shen Xunzhi was born into a distinguished family. Skilled in both civil and military affairs, he was also gloomy and ruthless, inspiring fear wherever he went. As a result, he had never taken a wife or concubine.

Shen Xunzhi didn't care in the slightest. He once told his deputy general, "Love is nothing but a childish game for those beneath us. We have lofty ambitions, and should disdain such things as we strive for great achievements."

To prove his resolve, Shen Xunzhi even broke off his engagement to the Princess of Shangshan, who had been betrothed to him since childhood.

His deputy general was deeply inspired, seeing Shen Xunzhi as a genius sent from heaven, destined for greatness. He vowed to follow him to the death and carve out a place for them in the world.

Every day, he was fired up with passion and threw himself into his work, becoming the most hardworking man in the entire army camp.

Until

"Disaster! General Shen has hanged himself!"

"Disaster! General Shen has jumped off a cliff!"

"Disaster! General Shen has stopped eating!"

The deputy general stared blankly at Shen Xunzhi, who was desperate to die after the Princess of Shangshan passed away.

Crack.

That was the sound of his career dreams shattering.

"Reading tips"

1. The novel is already written in advance and updates reliably every day.

2. The heroine fights her way forward, slaps faces, and levels up. There's little romance.

---------Upcoming novel: Cross-Dressing as a Man and Transmigrating into a Male-Oriented Harem Novel---------

A woman disguised as a man as the heroine × a man disguised as a woman as the hero

Chen Yuanyi transmigrates into a male-oriented harem novel as its male protagonist, armed with a walkthrough. Born into poverty, he makes a name for himself while young, stunning the capital by becoming the top scorer in both civil and military examinations. The upright young martial artist, the refined and elegant down-and-out strategist, the perverse and cruel prince of an enemy kingdom who disguises himself as a woman to go undercover... All of them become his underlings. His beautiful childhood sweetheart, the noble and charming princess, the bewitching courtesans... He gathers them all into his harem!

With beauties in his arms and the world united, it would be simply...

Xiao Xiaohe: Hold on. Stop dreaming!

Chen Yuanyi: My young martial artist...

Xiao Xiaohe: Is my trusted aide.

Chen Yuanyi: My perverse prince...

Xiao Xiaohe: Is my wife.

Chen Yuanyi: ... My beautiful sweetheart...

Xiao Xiaohe: That's the one who just beat you up to protect me.

Chen Yuanyi stared wide-eyed at everything unfolding before him

The vicious "princess" of the Cold Palace, infamous across the land, became gentle, demure, and exceptionally well-behaved on the day she married Xiao Xiaohe. The usually heartless dancers and actresses were all madly infatuated with her. Even the lofty crown prince made a decision that betrayed his ancestors for her...

Even more terrifying, all the doomed female side characters who were beaten to death by their husbands, driven to suicide by playboys, or butchered and offered up to their masters had become her right-hand women!

Chen Yuanyi, trembling: What about my throne...

Xiao Xiaohe, smiling sweetly: I've claimed that for you, too.

Theme: Where there's a will, there's a way.