I Beat the Spoilers to the Throne
I Beat the Spoilers to the Throne
Synopsis
You can read this as alternate history. Although it has Heavenly Screen spoiler elements, much of the drama happens offline; at heart it is still usurpation and hegemony in a chaotic age.
Wang Shen'ai transmigrated.
Her identity after transmigrating was incomparably noble. Her father was a celebrated figure of the Langya Wang clan, her mother an imperial princess, and the original body had already become Crown Princess.
Unfortunately, the crown prince was a fool, the emperor a good-for-nothing, and the court was already in the grip of powerful ministers.
There were no servants following at a single call, no silks and jewels filling the eye.
There was no emperor and empress supporting each other hand in hand, warming wine and watching the world with a laugh.
There was only a colossal mess.
And that was not enough. One day, a Heavenly Screen hung high above the capital, and its opening line was:
"Hello, everyone. Today we are going to talk about the Great Emperor Yong'an, who usurped the throne and ended the chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties."
"People of later ages say that the death of Emperor Xiaowu of Eastern Jin and the accession of a fool who could not tell summer from winter was the beginning of the troubles. But they also say it was the chance for a wise ruler to emerge from a chaotic age, because when one did appear, he was the most ruthless, first-rate figure under heaven."
"The Great Emperor Yong'an was reviled for more than ten years as one who held the Son of Heaven hostage to control the ministers, but was also praised for over a thousand years for a discerning eye for talent, skilled command of troops, pacifying the north and south, giving the people rest, and at last bringing about a golden age under heaven."
"..."
"So when did you first want to contend for the realm?"
"When I realized that the Great Emperor Yong'an the Heavenly Screen was talking about was not the powerful minister Huan Xuan, not the famous general Liu Yu, not some new noble of the Northern Court, but me, this unlucky Crown Princess."
This is a chaotic age.
If you do not fight for power, there is only death.
If you do not dare to go mad, you can only be carved up at others' will.
If you do not reform, you will only repeat the same mistakes.
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The voices of the people find no answer; human lives are like grass. Only by going against the current can one glimpse a thread of life.
The Heavenly Screen is mainly there to lower the barrier to reading and add plot variables. It is not mindless wish fulfillment. Please give it a try. The heroine's accession and career progress both move faster than the Heavenly Screen, and she is a protagonist with extremely high initiative.
Some characters' backgrounds will be changed! Changed! Changed! To make the information easier for readers unfamiliar with the Wei and Jin period to accept.
This is marked no romantic pairing. It will not go into detail about the next generation; it mainly tells the heroine's own struggle and her female heir.