From Chaos to Crown: Rise of an Empress
Turbulent start, warlordess in chaotic times. The heroine competes with many ambitious leaders in the battle for dominance over the land. Lin Zhihuang (formerly Lin Zhihuan) wakes up to a strange Da Ji dynasty, only to discover that she is now the eldest legitimate daughter of a magistrate household. Before she even adjusts to her new surroundings, she finds that the county town she lives in is already surrounded by tens of thousands of displaced refugees.
OMG, while other heroines in transmigration stories start with household intrigue, her beginning opens directly into a hellish survival mode: a city under siege by refugees!
Noble family clans head the government, ancient ceremonies and music are waning, and the peasants suffer. Mischief is done by the nobility in cornering all the knowledge, and the written word of this house is not even uniform. Into this mess steels Lin Zhihuang's resolve to do her part. She takes careful steps, thinking ahead at every turn, she seizes her father's power first and then fights for dominion over the entire realm. With her gifts, she steers all who depend on her through one crisis after another; now she attracts talented people with brilliant strategies to win them over. Day by day, she assembles her own political power and becomes a warlady, setting out on her conquest of the land as she navigates through this turmoil of a time.
Can Lin Zhihuang bring boundless compassion to mend the world and bring peace and prosperity in the ruins and desolation of history? Watch as she, a woman, brings peace to the chaos, saves the people, and builds an unmatched legacy of conquest!
Note: this is a female-led political intrigue novel. The heroine is not driven by romance and is totally fixated on her career, though there will be a romantic partner. Don't worry, the heroine is one to marry others but not marry out.
Enjoy the ride !