The Princess's Guide to Ascending the Throne

Coming soon: "You Can't Have Dreams Like That While Cultivating the Heartless Dao!" Please add it to your collection!

[Blurb]

[Plot-Focused Blurb]

In the twenty-fourth year of Xingyuan, the ruler of Great Qi loses his grip on power. The feudal lords rise up to contend for supremacy, maneuvering on all sides as each seeks to replace the Son of Heaven and rule the world.

The State of Wei lies among powerful nations and is surrounded by enemies on every side, trapped in a dire predicament.

At the moment when the state is on the brink of collapse, the timid and insignificant Third Princess Hua Zhen, who has spent years hidden away, transforms into a pillar of the state, an indispensable strategist who manipulates the political landscape.

As everyone wonders when she grew strong enough and how she managed to persuade the other states to save Wei, the Six Ministers and Five Officials flatter her: "We welcome Your Majesty back to the throne."

Hua Zhen wears the imperial robes and a jade-bead crown. The humble expression she has worn for years is replaced by a ruthless one.

"The throne?"

Everyone thinks she will stop here, but she wants more.

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[Romance-Focused Blurb]

In the Yan palace, Crown Prince Shang Lin listens impassively as his retainer reports on the upheaval in Wei.

"The Wei princess Hua Zhen is ruthless and vicious. She murdered her younger brother and older sister, climbing to power over the blood of her own kin. In less than a year, she shattered the Chen-Qi alliance that controlled Wei, and its members went their separate ways. Such decisive methods are not to be underestimated."

The Crown Prince toys with the dagger in his hand and raises an eyebrow.

His retainer is alarmed and suddenly realizes his mistake. Was Hua Zhen really the only one who had climbed to power over the bodies of her kin?

He stammers, "I mean that the Princess of Wei is a remarkable woman, truly courageous."

The State of Wei produces many courageous women. Shang Lin runs a finger along the blade and suddenly has an inspiration: he asks someone to bring him a portrait of Hua Zhen.

The little mole at the corner of the woman's eye in the portrait makes Shang Lin smile strangely.

When his attendant sees the familiar face, he too freezes. Isn't this the woman the Crown Prince thinks of day and night, the one he regrets letting go?

Shang Lin, known as a violent and murderous ruler, abruptly rises to his feet.

"I once thought she had merely used me. Now that her power is unstoppable, she must have won over many people while traveling among the states in recent years. This woman is truly... devious to the extreme! Come with me to Wei at once."

Attendant: Didn't you say you would never see her again?

Tips:

1. The heroine is ambitious by nature, so please don't hold her to too high a moral standard TvT

2. There are some ensemble scenes, and the plot and romance are split evenly. At heart, this is a romance, but everything serves the heroine and her ambitions. If something in the plot seems like a plot hole, it should be explained later.

3. There will be a second and third male lead... and dramatic competition between the men... There may be temporary one-on-one pairings, but not a group relationship. The heroine is free to follow her heart.

4. The historical customs and culture are very loosely based on anything real, and the political and military plots aren't perfect, so please don't scrutinize them too closely.

5. The heroine will rule the world, and the ending will be the world she dreams of.

6. [The story has currently reached the events in the blurb]

Coming Soon: "You Can't Have Dreams Like That While Cultivating the Heartless Dao!"

Blurb:

Hua Xin has a dream in which the world she lives in is a story full of tangled passions and outrageous melodrama.

The senior sister is the sect's darling, loved by all the disciples, while Hua Xin is the vicious supporting character who constantly gets in the senior sister's way as she cultivates.

In her dream, her usually cool and restrained senior brother sneaks out of the senior sister's room in the middle of the night.

At a banquet, a prince who has come from afar quietly slips out after the senior sister. When he returns, his eyes are already red.

Her childhood friend is always sneaking glances at the senior sister, his gaze sticky with ambiguous affection.

And even while slaying demons on the mountaintop, her junior brother takes the time to confess his feelings to the senior sister.

Worse still, she sees the senior sister with the Demon Venerable beneath red curtains...

These men, who had nothing to do with each other before, fight bitterly over their darling.

Hua Xin blushes in shock. What kind of story is this? It's already so lewd, but... but they cultivate the Heartless Dao!

After waking up, Hua Xin resolves to stay away from this crowd and cultivate diligently behind their backs. As the last person in the Heartless Dao who is truly heartless, she will seize this perfect chance to bring glory to the sect!

Until the day of the great battle, when her junior brother descends from the sky after slaying a demon, passes his fellow disciples, and walks straight toward her. Only then does she realize something is wrong.

In the next instant, the man wraps an arm around her waist and flies to the mountaintop. She cannot clearly see his face through the mist, but when his lips press against hers, a flash of insight comes to her:

Aren't these all the senior sister's scenes?

Several days later, Hua Xin trembles as she looks at the people before her.

In a weak voice, she says, "Um... the senior sister lives next door. Are you sure you haven't got the wrong room?"

Theme: Work hard and pursue your dreams