Since I’ve Traveled Here, I Might as Well Become an Empress!

After the college entrance exams, Lin Ruo and her classmates visited the newly opened “Former Residence of Emperor Yongwu Scenic Area” near their school. She got lost in a small wooded area and met a handsome, gentle young man in plain clothes. Right in front of her, he shot a ferocious tiger and saved her life. Lin Ruo was trying to figure out how to use the emergency protocols to prove the young man was innocent of killing a Class I protected animal when she realized she had transmigrated. And this young man was none other than the legendary Emperor Yongwu, who rose from a slave soldier to unite the north and south, only to die young without naming a crown prince. His dynasty fell after just two generations, plunging the land into a century of chaos and leaving later generations full of regret. What was there to think about? First, she’d secure this promising man and establish herself. Then she could figure out how to find clues and return to her own time. But not long after they married, before she had a chance to introduce soap and gunpowder, her husband was conscripted to the battlefield. Soon, news came that he had died. ...This is bad. I’ve changed history just by being here. Lin Ruo took a deep breath. Men really were unreliable. She’d have to do it herself! But just as her business was growing and she’d found quite a few younger men to dote on her, her ex-husband returned. Just as history recorded, he’d joined the rebel army. The only difference was that he’d married and had a child. He sincerely told her that he’d built a fine estate and would marry her as his secondary wife in the grandest wedding imaginable... Lin Ruo rubbed her forehead. Kid, do you even realize you’re not in the running anymore? - Xie Huai lost both his parents as a child and was raised with great difficulty by his second uncle. Because of the burden of raising him, his uncle had reached almost twenty without being able to marry. Then one day, while hunting in the mountains, his uncle rescued a beautiful young woman who looked like a celestial maiden, though her clothes were strange. She didn’t mind that he was poor. Not only did she marry him, she also turned the furs he brought home into charms and headbands. They didn’t earn much, but the poor household gradually grew more prosperous. As life got better, Xie Huai learned arithmetic and writing from his aunt and prepared to repay the couple for all they had done for him. But then the Northern Hu raided south, and his uncle was conscripted into the army, never to return. Xie Huai resolutely took charge of the household. Together with his aunt, he built a large estate and, over the course of ten years, defeated several male “fox spirits” one after another, eventually moving into his aunt’s inner household as its ruler. Then one day, his second uncle suddenly came back alive! He wore armor and was every bit as imposing as before, his aura of slaughter no weaker than Xie Huai’s. Xie Huai was torn and miserable. His uncle had been so kind to him, and was her principal husband. What was he supposed to do now? In a daze, he heard his uncle say with a smile, “A Ruo, I’ve joined the Guangyang rebel army and married the daughter of the Prince of Guangyang. I came back this time because my primary wife is generous and willing to accept you as a secondary wife. You two should be considerate of each other and get along...” In an instant, Xie Huai’s eyes filled with tears, and he stood tall. What a fine uncle! In all the world, no one has ever treated me with such kindness. I can never repay you! VIP chapter release on Thursday Theme: Stand on your own feet and grow stronger.