I Rely on Fortune-Telling to Save the Han Dynasty [Three Kingdoms]

[Please add my two upcoming romance novels to your reading list: 1. At the Pinnacle of Power and 2. The Dead Savior Has Returned. QAQ! Their blurbs are at the very bottom.]

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After accidentally clicking to reserve a game, seriously ill Chen Nian begins visiting the parallel world of the late Eastern Han Dynasty in her dreams. There, she is an insignificant assistant diviner.

Although customer service tells her that she doesn't have long to live, it's still a delight to have enough energy to move around freely for the first time in ages.

Thinking, "I'm going to die anyway, so there's nothing they can take from me," Chen Nian draws one of the so-called career starter packs provided by customer service.

She pulls out half a slip of paper, with the character for "divine" written on it.

Divine doctor, divine chef, divine general, divine...

Chen Nian stares at the slip in her hand, which says "divine charlatan," and it stares back at her.

"The competition in my field is fierce, and the workplace is brutal," Chen Nian comments. "Whatever you gave me, I hope it lets me drop that last character."

Luckily, plenty of people still believe in shamanism at this time, so she won't be completely without a place in the world.

In the third year of Jian'an, the army announces that it is marching on Xuzhou. Customer service rushes over to tell her that the public beta players will be dropped into Pengcheng.

Chen Nian, whose life is about to end: Oh.

When she joins the expedition as a physician, she finally gets to use her charlatan skills to play the charlatan for once.

That night, everyone in Cao Cao's camp, from the generals to the soldiers, has the same dream. They see fire falling into the city after the army enters Pengcheng, leaving corpses everywhere and countless dead and wounded. A voice from the heavens commands them to do no harm to the people.

After they wake, Chen Nian, the assistant diviner known as a celestial being who had accompanied the army, has vanished. Panic spreads through the ranks.

Thus, Pengcheng is spared. The one who delivered the divine oracle leaves a jade pendant in the command tent, saying that if they ever encounter someone born with this item, they should grant that person one favor, no questions asked.

Chen Nian, who needs to make an "exchange" before she can use her dream-manipulating skills on a large scale: Hmm... I'll leave them owing me for now. First, I'll go die for a bit.

Chen Nian, courtesy name Wanghuai, was from Pengcheng in Xuzhou...

Nian was born holding a jade pendant. People of the time found this extraordinary and thought it a sign of her exceptional nature...

...Nian was skilled in medicine from a young age... She traveled to study in Jingzhou...

In the twenty-second year of Jian'an, a great plague broke out. Cao Cao sent an envoy carrying the jade pendant to seek Nian... Nian asked to go. Many said she shouldn't, warning that she would risk her life if she went. Zhongzu asked, "Can you return safely?" Nian replied, "I can." Zhongzu then agreed to let her go. When she first arrived north of the Huai River...

[Reading guide]:

1. Whether using a former secret identity or her original body, she will always return to her identity as a woman.

2. There is a romantic subplot, but it will appear quite late and won't take up much space. The male lead will be agonizing over his feelings like crazy.

3. The female lead has a powerful golden finger. It does have limitations, but it's still powerful. If that bothers you, please don't read.

[Upcoming novel 1 blurb]:

Yun Xing transmigrates.

The good news: her new family is wealthy enough to raise her in comfort. The bad news: the family line has dwindled, leaving only her and her gravely ill grandfather.

As he nears death, her grandfather calls her to his side and gives her earnest instructions. Yun Xing agrees to everything and promises to live quietly, but when she meets the worry he is trying to hide in his eyes, she silently lowers her gaze.

Following her grandfather's final wishes, Yun Xing disguises herself as a man, changes her surname, and settles in Qingyang County.

She can't spend her whole life idling away, so after thinking it over, Yun Xing decides to revive the family's old trade. She plans to pass the provincial examinations, return here, open a private school, and become a teacher.

The world is unsettled, and signs of chaos are emerging. Yan Xiange appears to have been demoted and sent away as punishment, but in secret he has been ordered to investigate several corrupt officials and search for members of the Yun clan, who are living in seclusion near the border.

Qingyang County is his final destination. There, he happens upon a wedding that turns into a funeral.

He hears that the county magistrate's son was marrying a bride, but she stabbed him, and he ultimately died of his wounds.

Using the investigation as an excuse to stay, Yan Xiange follows the trail to the killer's teacher and meets Xie Yunxing, praised by everyone in the county.

The man stands amid the snow and wind, black hair and blue robes whipping in the gale, a bloodied dagger in hand.

Yan Xiange meets her resolute gaze and feels his heart skip a beat. By the time he comes to his senses, he has already chosen to let her go.

After finishing his investigation of the county magistrate, he makes inquiries about the Yun family and unexpectedly runs into Yun Xing again.

"I let you go that day, and you still dare show your face in front of me." Remembering how he'd lost his composure, he scolds her in a low voice.

"Please give me a lift, my lord." Yun Xing gives him a measured bow, still as poised and generous as ever. "I need to hurry and earn my official title."

The Yun family's young master has passed all three imperial examinations in first place, and has become the talk of the capital.

In contrast to his beauty and literary fame, his personality is so cool and bland as to be dull. He spends every day turning away visitors and scarcely says a word.

Only two people keep seeking him out despite his cold reception: Princess Huaishu, who has left the palace to establish her own residence, and Yan Xiange, the Vice Minister of Personnel, who was only recently sent away.

Gradually, people start saying that his beauty is only skin-deep and his fame as a scholar is borrowed from the Yun name. Perhaps Yun Xing is a case of someone whose reputation exceeds his ability.

It is only when the young man steadily climbs the ranks and becomes one of the most powerful officials at court, his wings and claws fully grown, that people are reminded of the tales about the Yun family's famous ministers.

"Never defeated, worthy of tutoring an emperor."

[Upcoming novel 2 blurb]:

Chen Shuang's life had the grandest beginning and ending imaginable.

She was the foremost disciple of her generation, flawless in both cultivation and background. Unfortunately, her fate was entwined with a world-destroying mystic crystal. In the end, to prevent a calamity that could destroy everything, Chen Shuang dragged it down with her.

Before closing her eyes, she set a forbidden spell and told her disciples that she would awaken if the world-destroying mystic crystal ever appeared again.

*

When Xu Xiaoyue was young, he was lowly as mud, trampled by others and on the verge of death. Chen Shuang, who was staying nearby at the time, saved him, taught him to read and cultivate, then left without saying goodbye, leaving behind a letter of introduction.

Once his cultivation was complete, he tried to find Chen Shuang again, only to hear that she had perished.

After sitting alone all night, Xu Xiaoyue made a decision.

He would wait for her to return.

He entrusted everything to others, went to the place where she had fallen, chiseled off a piece of ice and sealed it into his soul, then chose a suitable place to enter a long slumber.

Without seeing her, he would endure the pain of the cold invading his soul forever. Only this way could his body survive the long passage of time, and only this way could his memories remain deep, lasting, and vivid.

A thousand years pass. When Chen Shuang opens her eyes again, she immediately senses trouble. If she could, she would wish for this day never to come.

Chen Shuang returns to her sect, only to learn unexpectedly that she isn't the only one who has come back.

The child she once saved on a whim had suffered a serious injury and fallen asleep. He has only recently awakened.

Her old friends and family are either dead or have drifted away over time. His presence constantly reminds Chen Shuang that her efforts were never in vain, which is a great comfort.

*

Xu Xiaoyue is certain that, at first, all he wanted was to see her alive.

But people are never satisfied. Once they have something, they want more.

After the passage of time finally makes him someone special, he can't help wanting more.

Being special isn't enough. If he's going to do it, he'll be the only one by her side.

Theme: Better a dog in times of peace than a human in times of chaos.