From the Start, Widowed, I Build a Newspaper Empire

[The author's writing plans have changed, so updates may be slow and irregular from now on. If you're interested, feel free to bookmark it and save up chapters to read when it's complete. I won't abandon the story. Thank you!]

[Seems carefree, clear-headed, and loves gossip, but principled and sensitive reporter × outwardly cold and ruthless, inwardly jealous and devoted general]

Reporter Luo Panxi is in a car accident while taking exclusive photos of a juicy scandal. A "Gossip Detection System" summons her, and in an instant she becomes a young widow whose husband died on their wedding day.

Luo Panxi: "Oh, wow! A widow from the start? Nice!"

But why did this enormous general's estate spend its entire fortune on a bride? And is the System really expecting me to conduct research on the news media in ancient times?

A poor general's estate and a System that loves causing trouble. What a nightmare! But to stay alive, she has no choice but to dust off her old skills.

But what are news and newspapers? Who in ancient times would know?

So Luo Panxi starts writing clickbait headlines in ancient times... (Sob, it's not that this madam has no principles~)

"Shocking! Naked Child and Beast Calmly Seen in Broad Daylight..."

"Vegetable Seller Digs Up Something Astonishing Underground..."

"You'll Never Guess Who the Princess Was With at the Tea Party..."

Steamed bun seller: ?

Gossiping aunties and uncles: ?

Officials killing time on their way to court: ?

On the day the paper hits the streets, every copy is snatched up.

Readers: "What a scam! It was just this little thing!"

"No way. I can't be the only one who got tricked. If you want to know, buy it yourself!"

Meanwhile, well-informed scholars are fascinated by the thin, delicate paper and its perfectly uniform square characters. What a wonderful thing! Buy it!

After the Jianghu Daily becomes an overnight sensation, reading and discussing the news becomes part of everyday life. Anyone who doesn't read the paper is considered uneducated!

The newspaper business keeps growing, and the System's tasks get harder and harder.

After the Jianghu Daily, the newspaper launches a whole series of serialized fiction papers, including the Romance Paper, the Midnight Scare Paper, and the Martial Arts Paper. Pure-hearted young women, horror fans, and passionate young men can't get enough of them! They become wild fans!

Everyone wants to know who edits the paper, but no one finds out...

Until one day, the front page of the Jianghu Daily carries a news story:

"Years of Studying by Lamplight, Only for the General to Return and Demand I Leave Him? It Was All for Her..."

The fans of all the papers, who used to look down on and insult one another, unite against a common enemy: "Who? Who dares bully our editor?! How shameless!"

The Crown Prince and all the powerful nobles, secretly following the serial: ...

Crown Prince: "General Xiao! You've disappointed me!"

Court officials: "Your Majesty! I have a report to make! General Xiao..."

A spoiled young master: "Madam Xiao, marry me instead!"

At the general's estate,

A certain general, who has just been scolded by his mother for an hour, looks at Luo Panxi, who is gloating and spying on him from the shadows.

General: "When did I ever ask you to leave me?"

Luo Panxi: "When you were talking in your sleep."

General: "..."

[Growth and comeback: I was born to be useful. Contest entry reason: After the heroine becomes a widow in a down-and-out general's household, poverty and the restrictions of her status lead her to revive her old trade and start a newspaper in ancient times. Through her effort and hard work, she establishes an ancient media industry. Along with gaining wealth, she enriches ordinary people's lives and creates a channel of communication between the court and the people, helping bring peace and prosperity.]

[Reading guide]

1. Updates follow the rankings.

2. The male lead appears later. The heroine focuses on building her business on her own at first~~

3. A lighthearted, feel-good power fantasy~~

If you're interested, please bookmark it and give Lao Yi some encouragement. Thank you!

2023-07-09 14:25:25. Screenshot saved, and the System has a record of the long review. Please don't steal the premise. You'll be held responsible. Thank you!

[The next book, The Phoenix Dance of Consort Ling, is open for preorders. It's a grand comeback story. Please bookmark it, I'm begging you~~]

A famous courtesan, outwardly cool and breathtakingly beautiful but inwardly kind and resilient VS an emperor, outwardly refined and noble but inwardly sinister and heartless

Ye Luofu, the famous courtesan of Yangzhou, is so alluring and beautiful she can captivate an entire city. Yet on the night she buys her freedom, her lover abandons her, making her a laughingstock.

Afterward, the madam torments her and villains set their sights on her. To protect herself, she even offers herself to an imperial commissioner.

Years later, at a palace banquet, she is chatting and laughing with her husband when a piercing gaze forces her to look up.

Her expression changes the moment their eyes meet, and she can't manage even the slightest smile.

The lover she once hated with all her heart is now dressed in imperial yellow, sitting majestically upon the throne at the front of the hall.

So that's why. No wonder he abandoned her and wanted nothing to do with her.

Ye Luofu gives a derisive laugh and calmly looks away, as if nothing has happened.

Beside the throne in the main hall, where no one dares look directly, fragments of a jade cup stained with blood scatter from Zhao Yanting's palm.

Beneath the emperor's gaze, in the heart of the court.

After the emperor's trusted confidant returns to the capital from an assignment as imperial commissioner, the emperor first turns against him, then his political enemies attack him, and he even suffers repeated assassination attempts. His life is utterly miserable.

Ye Luofu's eyes are red, and she makes no effort to hide her fury. She glares at the shameless "pervert" who climbed through her window in the middle of the night. "What will it take for you to leave him alone?"

Zhao Yanting calmly straightens his slightly disheveled clothes and smiles down at her. "After you're widowed."

Theme: Using the power of words to uphold justice is the media's mission.