Qing Qing, a modern office worker, transmigrates into the Zhao dynasty. After three years as a low-ranking palace maid, she is still being bullied by the imperial concubines.
Before she can gather her strength and fight back, the sky screen suddenly appears on the Dragon Boat Festival.
[Emperor Wen of Zhao's birth mother was only a palace maid. But it was precisely because he had such a powerful and remarkable mother, who knew the stars and history above, geography and biology below, could predict every move and turn the tide in a crisis, that she was able to raise him to become Emperor Wen and extend the Zhao dynasty's rule by another three hundred years.]
The heirless emperor, fresh from court, trembles with excitement: I have a son!
The ministers are stunned: What? Did you just say that the legendary Emperor Gaozu of Zhao, who expanded the empire's territory and brought every nation to pay tribute, was a woman?!
[Emperor Huizong of Zhao loved luxury and was weak and incompetent. After nine years on the throne, his dynasty fell and his family was destroyed. Northern Zhao was no more.]
[The Wanyan forces swept south and breached the city, killing the men and abducting more than two hundred thousand people, including members of the royal family, imperial concubines, officials, artisans, and women.]
The ministers, emperor, guards, and palace servants: "!!!"
The emperor yanks off the belt at his waist and lashes Prince Rui with it. "I'll teach you to love luxury! I'll teach you to indulge in beauty! I'll teach you to disregard the people!"
Prince Rui yelps in pain. "The ministers must have been involved in taking my nephew's throne! They were greedy for life and agreed to make peace, too. Why aren't you beating them?"
Qing Qing seizes her chance to pass the exam for a post as a palace scribe. Her "promotion and pay raise" System activates, and she goes from a little palace maid earning one thousand a month to... a little palace maid at the emperor's side earning a million a year, whom nobody dares to bully.
She gets revenge, repays her debts of gratitude, and even finds a handsome young man to date. Pleased with her life, she sets her sights on becoming an important official beside the future empress and making a name for herself in the history books.
Then, during the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, the sky screen appears again.
[The one who saved countless women from lives of misery, forcibly carved out a place for women, ruled from behind the curtain, expanded the empire, and became the second female emperor in history was Emperor Gaozu of Zhao. Her original name was Yang Ke.]
The heirless emperor, the imperial concubines, and every minister abruptly turn their eyes on Qing Qing. "!!!"
Facing the hungry, predatory looks of everyone around her, Qing Qing, who uses the false name Yang Ke: "...!!!"
"System, weren't you a promotion and pay raise System?"
"Tell me, does becoming emperor and ruling over all under heaven not count as the ultimate promotion and pay raise?"
"..."
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Upcoming story: The Little Prince Is Revealed by the Sky Screen as an Emperor for the Ages
Ordinary man Shao Yuanjing transmigrates to the Qi kingdom and becomes the twenty-third prince, a nobody in the Cold Palace. He secretly amasses wealth, hoping to become a rich prince one day. But one day, during a family banquet, a screen of light suddenly appears:
[Today, we'll talk about Yuanjing, the emperor for the ages who killed his brother and slaughtered his nephew, ended the chaos of the Northern and Southern dynasties, reunified China for the first time since the First Emperor, and ushered in an era of prosperity that lasted a thousand years!]
The dozen or so princes fighting each other to the death for the throne all turn to stare at him. "!!!"
Facing the murderous gazes of those who want to hack him to pieces, Yuanjing: "...!!!"
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Upcoming story: The Sky Screen Broadcasts My Usurpation, and the Entire Court Is Stunned!
History buff Li Anguo has always regretted that the Qing dynasty fell behind and that the nation endured a century of humiliation. He never expected to wake up in a parallel world as Yihui, the eldest son despised by the Daoguang Emperor.
He decides to stay out of his father's way, keep his head down with the Lazy Fish System, and secretly plot to seize the throne.
But during a court session, the phone he had been using to secretly watch short videos slips out of his hand and projects onto the sky screen:
[In 1840, Britain sent an expeditionary force to invade China. The Qing dynasty was defeated and forced to sign the first unequal treaty in modern history, ceding Hong Kong Island, paying 21 million silver dollars in reparations, and opening five ports to trade.]
The Manchu court officials, who thought their empire was the greatest under heaven: !!!
[Just then, Prince Yihui suddenly launched a coup, seized the throne, and began reforming the government. He successfully saved his storm-tossed country and put China back on the path to becoming a world power.]
The deposed emperor and the entire court turn to stare at Li Anguo: !!!!!!
Li Anguo: Σ( ° △ °|||)︴
Theme: Even the smallest person has boundless potential.
I wrote too hard and fast in the front, and couldn't catch up with the rest.
Author: Why did I start to update intermittently after I started chasing you? Now I don't even have a request for leave. As expected, serialization is risky.
I think the author gets better and better as he writes. Gradually I can't hold it anymore and don't want to write anymore. I felt weird when I watched it [holding my chin]
Do we still update? At least ask for a day off first [covering face and laughing and crying] [spreading hands]
Updates are no longer daily.
Help, I didn't pay attention, I thought it was the end of the article
Even if I can't continue writing, I still have to give the readers an explanation. What's going on?
From what I can see so far, there are missing words, and there are even more words in some places, which actually affects the viewing experience, but the plot is quite attractive to me. I hope I can pay more attention to it in the following chapters.
The poem Ru Meng Ling was written in his later years. Time and feelings don't correspond at all.
I wrote too hard and fast in the front, and couldn't catch up with the rest.
Author: Why did I start to update intermittently after I started chasing you? Now I don't even have a request for leave. As expected, serialization is risky.
I think the author gets better and better as he writes. Gradually I can't hold it anymore and don't want to write anymore. I felt weird when I watched it [holding my chin]
Do we still update? At least ask for a day off first [covering face and laughing and crying] [spreading hands]
Updates are no longer daily.
Help, I didn't pay attention, I thought it was the end of the article
Even if I can't continue writing, I still have to give the readers an explanation. What's going on?
From what I can see so far, there are missing words, and there are even more words in some places, which actually affects the viewing experience, but the plot is quite attractive to me. I hope I can pay more attention to it in the following chapters.
The poem Ru Meng Ling was written in his later years. Time and feelings don't correspond at all.
It's not that 27 is written, it's not