[Song Dynasty] From Loyal Minister's Daughter to Founding Empress

[A mighty female war goddess + an idealistic, fiercely loyal father, in a tale of founding a dynasty and uniting the realm]

Shen Xin was born into a noble family. She was brilliant, talented, and exceptionally strong.

Her father was a founding hero and the Grand Minister of the current dynasty. Her eldest brother was a duke, her second brother was a future chancellor, and her cousin was also a spirited and formidable warrior.

She thought that as the youngest daughter in the family, all she had to do was eat, drink, lie flat, and act cute.

Then one day, her memories suddenly returned, and she realized...

Her father was Shen Qingzhi, the unluckiest war god in the entire Temple of Military Worthies! He had distinguished himself in battle through five dynasties, only to have his entire family wiped out by Emperor Liu Ziye of the Song dynasty because his achievements threatened the throne!

Only her second brother, Shen Wenji, escaped. He would go on to become a founding hero of a new dynasty and successfully avenge their family, only to have his own family wiped out by the new emperor for the same reason!

Shen Xin: !!!

Good heavens, our family has enough relatives to be wiped out twice. Who else can say that? ∑(￣□￣;)

Thinking of the bloodshed at the end of the Liu Song dynasty, she decided to solve the problem at its source so she could stay alive: Why not become the boss herself?

If the Liu family can sit on the throne, and the Xiao family can sit on it, why can't the Shen family?

Shen Qingzhi had been utterly devoted to his country and his sovereign all his life. He was the pillar holding up the Liu Song dynasty.

He never imagined that one day his daughter would look up at him and ask with innocent sincerity, "Father, Liu Ziye is a tyrant. What do you think about me taking his place?"

Shen Qingzhi: ?

Was this something she could joke about? He promptly tossed his daughter into the army for training, hoping that the harsh trials of wind, snow, blades, and swords would bring her to her senses as soon as possible.

Then...

"Three days have passed. Has Xin'er admitted her mistake?"

"Reporting to the Grand Minister, the young general has already defeated everyone in the entire army!"

Shen Qingzhi: ???

After that, Shen Xin began her unstoppable march forward. She put down rebellions, trained new troops, subdued the southern tribes, seized Huainan, and took advantage of a succession crisis after the Northern Wei emperor died to lead her army across the river and launch a northern expedition straight for Chang'an!

Fifty years later, the Han people's banners flew above Chang'an once more.

The elders of the Central Plains knelt along the road to welcome the imperial army. Strategist Wang Jian had already planned to bestow the Nine Honors on Shen Xin.

Shen Qingzhi had accompanied his daughter all the way here, fighting alongside her and leading his troops into the city, but he felt somewhat dazed.

Fifty years ago, he had been a young man, and had followed Emperor Wu of Song, Liu Yu, on a northern expedition to Chang'an.

Later, chaos engulfed the Guanzhong region, and Chang'an was lost after having been won. Liu Yu gazed north and sighed in grief. He told him, "A century of effort has all been undone today. I am old now. You are a Northern Army commander I personally trained. The responsibility for our defenses will fall to you from now on."

He had accepted that promise, and spent his life guarding the lands of the Great Song.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Gaozu... In the end, I failed to keep my promise." The white-haired old general stood in the bleak autumn wind. "I have regrets, but I do not regret it."

This was no longer the Song dynasty's realm, but it was the long-cherished wish that generations had striven to fulfill, one after another.

Theme: Bring peace to the world for generations to come