The Princess's Plight

*Heroine: I often feel out of place in my family because I’m just too normal.

*First-person, all-route wish-fulfillment story. Lots of one-sided crushes.

*The heroine is useless and timid, her whole family is messed up, and her father really is a tyrant.

*Please read the full list of content warnings at the bottom of the synopsis before opening the book. Thank you.

*All romantic relationships in this story happen after the family ties are severed. Nothing inappropriate happens before then.

*The whole story had to be heavily revised due to circumstances beyond my control, so it’s normal if some parts don’t flow smoothly.

After I transmigrated, it took me a long time to figure out that I might be just another minor character in this world.

I was born into a notorious family. Before me, my relatives had already produced such talents as a “foolish emperor,” a “mad king,” and a “tyrant.” My family members have met all sorts of bizarre deaths: some were burned alive, some were stabbed by their own sons, and some poisoned themselves by eating the wrong things.

My father is the “tyrant” of this generation, my grandfather was the “mad king” of the previous one, and my great-grandfather was the “foolish emperor” of the one before that. As far as I know, everyone in our family shares one trait: they die young.

…No way. Did I inherit that too?!

Our family has done too many heinous things to count. Our reputation is so bad that people throw rotten eggs at us when we go out. Sure, my family has a throne, but it’s clearly not meant for me. While I was slacking off and muddling through life, my two imperial brothers were locked in a fierce struggle. At first, I was just watching and enjoying the drama, until they asked me which one I supported.

Let me weigh up the strengths of my two brothers. My eldest brother is the legitimate heir and seems to be a transmigrator with cheat-like advantages, but our emperor father really doesn’t like him. My second brother takes after our father in temperament, but he seems to dislike me quite a lot.

So I decisively cast my vote for my eldest brother.

But in the end, my second brother won, and I paid for backing the wrong side.

After my tyrant father was justly overthrown, the new emperor, my second brother, bundled me off into a political marriage.

I was married three times in all, and each time he came and took me back. The boldest thing I ever did was run away from my third wedding.

Then I died on the run.

When I opened my eyes again, I realized I had been reborn. I spent several days pondering what it meant to be reborn, then immediately set an ambitious goal to change my fate. But I forgot the most important thing.

…Being reborn doesn’t make you any smarter!

Heroine: I want to live a peaceful life.

Content warnings (don’t open the book unless you’ve read all of these):

- Please don’t mention other novels in the comments for this book, and don’t mention this book in other comment sections. Such comments will be deleted. Please respect everyone. Thank you.

- The heroine is weak and will probably stay weak from beginning to end. If you want a strong female lead, you can click away. She isn’t especially clever; she has an ordinary person’s intelligence, a lie-flat, go-with-the-flow mentality, and won’t turn things around or achieve much.

- Comments may be deleted. If you can’t accept that, please leave. To keep the comments section harmonious, I’ll delete certain disruptive or malicious remarks. If your comment is deleted, please think about what you wrote first. Sometimes moderators remove comments, so appeal to them if that happens.

- If this isn’t your thing, click away. The next book will be better.

- The official titles in this story come from Qu Yuan’s Nine Songs. Dong Huang, Yun Zhong Jun, He Bo, Shan Gui, Dong Jun, Xiang Jun, Xiang Furen, Da Si Ming, and Shao Si Ming are all gods and spirits from the mythology in Nine Songs.

- The heroine’s family is inspired by House Targaryen from A Song of Ice and Fire, and some elements pay homage to the series. If you’re unfamiliar with it, look it up. The setting is part mythology and part primordial chaos, so don’t be surprised if you recognize certain names.

- If you have strong moral sensibilities, proceed with caution. If anything makes you uncomfortable, please stop reading. Don’t blame me if you’re caught off guard; you’ve been warned.

- You don’t need to tell me if you drop the book. There are so many good stories out there, and there are plenty besides this one. You’ll find something you like. If you don’t enjoy it, don’t read it. Please don’t put other books down to praise this one. Thank you.

- No recommendations on any platform, please. Thank you.

- To be added.

Theme: Breaking free from one’s family of origin