My Matriarchal Chaotic World Could Never Be This Cute

The realm is divided into thirteen provinces, surrounded by powerful enemies and swarming with rebels. Provincial governors are rising in revolt. This is truly a time of crisis, when the fate of the Great Han Dynasty hangs in the balance!

And yet, you are merely a merchant's son. Women rule the land, and uprisings are everywhere. Who can turn the tide and save a crumbling dynasty? Who will become your refuge and your strength? Or, perhaps, who are you willing to help?

Will it be the leader of the thirty-six rebel armies, the female general of the Celestial Palace? The dynasty's Champion Marquis? Or the Empress Dowager, ruling from behind the curtain in the imperial court?

Or will you make your way to the throne and become a man known as Wu Zetian?

Or do you just want to scrape by and survive?

You can't escape!

So go ahead, and enjoy your rough fate.

[Slow burn, the story of a young man's rise]