Long Live the Head of the Household

The moment Yan Ruyu opened her eyes, she found herself in a bandit den, and had become the queen of the mountain. The stronghold was home to 360 people, most of them elderly, young, weak, or wounded. They were all gaunt and starving, and the place had become a den of bosses for a petty official at the foot of the mountain to use in padding his accomplishments. Even so, life had to go on. She claimed a mountain, opened up wasteland, stored up money and grain, and worked hard to turn the bandits respectable and lead them toward prosperity. But her followers were fretting all day long… “Boss, this year’s top scholar knows astronomy and geography inside out. He’ll do as a husband, more or less.”