Transmigrated as the First Empress in History

The first moment Yuan Ya opens her eyes, she thinks she must have forgotten to drink Meng Po's soup before reincarnating, and brought her past life's memories with her. Then a System comes to her and asks whether she wants to sign a contract and bind herself to it. It also shows her who she is in this life. It turns out she's the girl who ruled for just one day! The Northern Wei empress who sat on the throne for a single day. But that's not the main problem. The Heyin Rebellion is coming, and she will disappear amid the chaos. Yuan Ya looks at her tiny arms and legs and feels a wave of despair. It's hard to imagine a baby surviving in a time of upheaval... There's no choice. She has to work something out with the System and summon some players from her previous world to help her survive by the skin of her teeth. ** The players from Blue Star have never seen such a realistic full-dive game. After the first four players pull off a series of bizarre stunts, they finally remember the most important NPC in this war-and-conquest game, The Empress Development Plan: Yuan Ya. Wasn't she still in the palace? The four discuss how to raise a child, show off, and help her rise to power. Player One: If we're following Wu Zetian's blueprint, we're missing a Li Zhi. Player Two: Strike first and take out Empress Dowager Hu. Then no one can depose the emperor. Player Three: I wonder if Emperor Xiaoming really died suddenly or if his own mother had him killed. Can we save him first? Player One: There's one more person here. Why aren't you saying anything? Player Four: I was thinking... we could hold the emperor hostage and command the lords. Player Two: The traitor was right beside me all along! Player Four: What do you know? This is the legacy of Emperor Wu of Wei! Player Three: ? ** Later, with the support of countless players, Yuan Ya finally takes the throne and spends more than ten years uniting the north and south. On Yuan Ya's eighteenth birthday, one player proposes a bold idea. Player A: This game is incredibly realistic. Could we have a palace intrigue mode? The unusual idea gets the players fired up, and they all submit petitions in-game, urging Yuan Ya to fill her harem. Yuan Ya agrees without giving it much thought. It's just a few more pretty ornaments in the palace. To make sure they do plenty of work, she even creates a contribution-point system: only those who earn enough points can enter the selection. With a conscience she lost long ago, Yuan Ya posts an announcement introducing palace intrigue mode and declares that the empress's harem is open to all genders. Anyone who meets the requirements can enter the selection. ** The decision to open a harem has its pros and cons. The good part is that players are willing to work themselves to the bone to develop her country. The bad part is... Yuan Ya stares at a hulking male player in revealing clothes, swaying his hips and putting on a coquettish voice to call her Your Majesty. After a long silence, she says, "Guo Meiren has behaved indecently. Send him to the Cold Palace starting today." The player isn't upset at all. Instead, he cries out happily, "Hahaha! I actually got sent to the Cold Palace! Amazing, I'm the first one there. Who else? Anyone get there before me?!" Yuan Ya: ...? System: ...? Theme: Humans can triumph over fate!