I Took the Wrong Path While Restoring the Han Dynasty [Three Kingdoms]

[Complete~ Thanks for all your support! Check out my upcoming story: "Heaven Knows, I'm Actually Not Guo Jia?! [Three Kingdoms]"]

In the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu, aiming to defeat him and march straight on Liu Biao. But then...

Zhang Xiu surrendered?! And wanted to join him?

Jia Xu: That's right. The Wancheng banner has a limited-time rate-up. After winning this battle, you'll receive Zhang Xiu x1, strategist Zhuge Liang x1, top craftswoman Huang Yueying x1, and thoroughly ordinary Jia Xu x1.

Jia Xu was eighteen, a high school graduate about to start college. But one time, after opening and closing his eyes, the world had changed: he had transmigrated!

Oh my god, and he transmigrated into the Three Kingdoms?! Is he supposed to be a superhero who can go toe-to-toe with Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Dian Wei? Or an elite AI algorithm expert who can spar with Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Zhou Yu, and Zhuge Liang?

Ha! Heaven knows, I'm just a college freshman-to-be. Sure, I have some odd knowledge that hasn't yet been broken down by the college fact-grinder, but... we're people from a golden age. We really can't survive in an age of chaos!

What? My name is Jia Xu... I'm Jia Xu?

The Jia Xu who's supposed to make a name for himself as a strategist, or rather, a poison strategist, among Cao Cao's advisors alongside Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu?

I've stumbled into the imperial household, truly stumbled into the imperial household! The only thing I know about warfare is, "When you're poor, use tactical infiltration; when you're rich, blanket them with firepower!"

Liu Biao: So that's why you had Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Zhuge Liang use tactical infiltration against me, breach my defenses, and force me to surrender?

Yuan Shao: So you armed Cao Cao and blanketed me with firepower. That's your excuse?

The warlords: Can you just tell us, can you come over to my side? Choose me!

Jia Xu: Well, yes, but I'm really not a poison strategist!

Bonus short story:

Jia Xu never imagined that after making it into A University to study veterinary medicine, he'd go crazy before he even got to suffer through med school. Damn it, how did he start understanding animals when they talked?!

[Short-legged Lion Cat Cao Cao: Hey, human! Don't block my way. I'm going to fight Lu Bu!]

Later, when Jia Xu discovered that this Lu Bu was a tiger, not a cat, he was utterly appalled.

Jia Xu: Tigers aren't allowed on campus!!! (So he called the police, and Lu Bu was taken to the zoo.)

Cat Cao Cao: He's my future subordinate! Dog Liu Bei and Mouse Sun Ce: Phew.

Check out my upcoming story, "The Sky Screen Says I'm a Tyrant?!" [Original: A transmigrated heroine becomes emperor, starting as crown prince! A transmigrator's cheat powers keep getting more outrageous!]

Blurb:

When impoverished office worker Ji Huachen transmigrated, she became the only daughter of the emperor and empress. The good news: she was the emperor's only child. The bad news: the court had been pressuring her parents to adopt someone from the imperial clan as their heir.

Ji Huachen: Huh? That can't be right! My family really does have an imperial throne to inherit, but I'm an only child! Give me back my throne!

Luckily, her parents managed to stall until Ji Huachen was ten, and she was still their only child. When ten-year-old Ji Huachen used her silver tongue to outmatch everyone at court, someone spoke up for her.

Oh, no, something spoke up for her.

[Today, let's take a look at the greatest emperor in the history of the Great Xia dynasty, the tyrant Ji Huachen!]

[Some of you history-challenged cuties might be wondering: how can she be both the greatest emperor of all time and a tyrant? It's simply because her achievements were so great that no matter how you rank them, you can't leave her out of the top three greatest emperors in history, and yet... she was far too lustful!]

[That's right, the greatest flaw in the life of our Emperor Zhaoming, Ji Huachen, was... being a little too fond of beauty, and... most of her targets were right under her nose!]

[The chancellor who stood shoulder to shoulder with her, an indispensable figure in the history books, was summoned by our Emperor Zhaoming three times a day. In his memoirs, he wrote that he once served His Majesty while still disheveled, grinding ink for her. What can I say? His Majesty sure knows how to enjoy herself. The man was disheveled and there she was, enjoying his beauty... No, no, that's not how you should do it, kids! Don't copy her!]

[The great general who could march thirty li without tiring and crush the Xiongnu in battle, yet once got drunk, knelt at the palace gate, and begged His Majesty to let him in. At least eight of his colleagues wrote about it, and plenty of historians used it to criticize the general's moral failings and argue that he didn't deserve a place in the Lingyan Pavilion... Well, all I can say is, don't drink and drive, and don't drive after drinking. When a man is really drunk, he... well, you know!]

[And there's more...]

No more!!!

Ten-year-old Ji Huachen, who had just used her silver tongue to outmatch everyone at court, faced the fervent stares of the civil and military officials, like high beams shining right at her. She wanted nothing more than to crawl into a crack in the ground.

No, that's not right! Listen to me! I'm not that kind of lustful person!

What the civil and military officials heard: The greatest emperor of all time, the greatest emperor of all time is right here in front of us?! We're in!

Her parents: Daughter, we're so proud of you!

Ten-year-old Ji Huachen was struggling over the question of being an only child. Twenty-three-year-old Ji Huachen...

Was busy trying to escape the charms of handsome men. No, wait, what's with this sky screen? Why does it only talk about how depraved I am? It doesn't mention how these men cling to me more tightly than pythons do to their prey!!!

Whenever the young top scorer saw Ji Huachen, he seemed to lose all reason. He didn't care if palace maids or guards were nearby. He just kept taking off his clothes to show off his pectorals, abs, and slim waist.

Ji Huachen had no choice but to make him grind ink, at least that would cover him up.

The strikingly handsome hostage from an enemy kingdom insisted on offering himself to her, wearing nothing but thin clothes.

Ji Huachen was kind. She brought an army home with him, along with his twin brother, and the good news that everyone else in his family was dead.

And then there was the spirited young man, the gentle and tender Commander of the Embroidered Guard...

Ji Huachen: Thank goodness I'm the emperor. Otherwise, how many sincere hearts would I have to break!

Thirty-five-year-old Ji Huachen was in the prime of her life when a man, relying on his good looks, tried to poison her and force her to give up power?

Ji Huachen, who killed him without hesitation: Huh? I may like handsome men, but I'm not giving up power! Thanks. Between the empire and a beauty, I choose the empire!

#Now that I have power, what's wrong with enjoying a handsome man or two? I couldn't fall for everyone when I was a miserable office worker, so now that I'm emperor, let me give it a try!

#You want power in exchange for sleeping with you? Men, don't be so materialistic. Deal with your own broken family!

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