"Grandpa..." Bai Yueyue took the ID card and looked at herself on the card, feeling somewhat dazed.
"From now on, Yueyue will be a girl, right?" Qin Zhenming said.
"Yes."
I'm a girl now.
“Well, that means Yueyue will definitely have to face those guys,” Qin Zhenming said wearily, lying back in his chair. “Yueyue, tell me what you think of the capital.”
"Yes, the capital city is the most powerful of the twenty-eight cities in the world. Because the capital city is so powerful, it is often counted and ranked separately from the other twenty-seven cities. The core of the capital city is the five major families of Wang, Qian, Zhao, Huang and Li, as well as the imperial family, which occupies the top position in the world."
"Yes, that's right, but Yueyue, you need to know one thing: the capital is powerful because of the imperial clan. Wherever the imperial clan is, that place is the capital. You should have learned about the war more than fifty years ago, right?"
“Yes, more than fifty years ago, the capital city led the five cities that are now considered superior cities in the war of unification.” Bai Yueyue replied, following the information in her history textbook.
"Well, to be precise, it was the Imperial Clan that led the five major families to destroy their opponents. After that, the five major families and the Imperial Clan remained in the capital to control the global lifeline, while the other five families each controlled a higher-level city to intimidate the middle and lower-level cities. However, although it was called intimidation, in fact, 80% of the military power was in the hands of the Imperial Clan, and the remaining 20% was in the hands of your maternal grandfather. The legislative power was also in the hands of the Imperial Clan."
"Huh, can I hear this? Waaah, don't say things that could get you killed!" Bai Yueyue looked at Qin Zhenming with a helpless expression.
"The Wang family's power to enforce the law, the Zhao family's power to appoint and dismiss officials, the Qian family's power to finance, the Huang family's power to educate, and the Li family's power to command troops—these all worked together to maintain the rule of the imperial family."
"Didn't the imperial family consider the possibility of them rebelling?"
"The reason why we can only maintain it is because the majority of it is controlled by the Imperial Clan. Yueyue, you need to understand one thing: the Imperial Clan is currently the pinnacle on this planet, and almost no one dares to rebel against it."
I don't think I'll rebel. My life is already pretty good; I'll just live peacefully like this. Bai Yueyue thought to herself, she wasn't out of her mind to go and shout "Are kings and nobles born with special privileges?" and start a rebellion against the imperial family.
“Yueyue, you are already rebelling against the imperial clan.” As if sensing Bai Yueyue’s thoughts, Qin Zhenming continued.
"Huh?" Bai Yueyue even forgot her manners for a moment. Me? Me? I'm a model student who grew up in Asia City, and I don't even know anyone from the Imperial Clan.
"Since the war ended more than fifty years ago, two people have rebelled against the imperial family. One was named Li Jieyue, your mother. She successfully broke free from the marriage alliance with the imperial family, using your maternal grandfather's military power as a price. As a result, the Li family went from being the head of the five great families to the bottom of the five great families. The other was named Qin Yusa, my granddaughter. She broke free from the marriage alliance with the imperial family and disappeared forever."
...I think I know why they say I started rebelling against the imperial family a long time ago. Bai Yueyue felt a headache coming on as she listened to Qin Zhenming's words.
"Yueyue, you are Li Jieyue's daughter, and you look so much like Qin Yusa. You also possess the most mysterious and unique magic on this planet. It's impossible for the Imperial Clan not to be watching you. They have even sent people to investigate you in Asia City. That's why I've erased your past. Your current name is Bai Yueyue. Because you were sickly as a child, you recuperated in another city. You returned to Asia City to take the college entrance examination, but because your older brother, Bai Yueyue, died in a car accident, you didn't want your mother to be sad, so you changed your name to your brother's name, which is Bai Yueyue."
"Wait, Grandpa, isn't this a bit too hasty?" Bai Yueyue stared in astonishment at her new past, which was full of loopholes!
"Because all we need to do is give them a reason to investigate, but not to prove that your background is fake. As long as the Imperial Clan doesn't care about your background, Yueyue, in this Asia City, as long as the Imperial Clan doesn't take action, even the five major families can't harm you."
Well, Grandpa, I'm very touched, but it's not just them who want to hurt me, there's also that inexplicable Ten Directions Trial Council.
It's a real headache: a rebellious mother, a father who steals my love, a similar stepsister, and this strange me... Oh, the imperial family, come and get your medicine!
Bai Yueyue could already imagine the scene of the Imperial Clan causing her trouble. The Imperial Clan, who controlled the fate of the world, and herself, whom they saw as inherently rebellious, gave her a headache just thinking about it.
"But the five major families and the other families cannot watch the Imperial Clan dominate forever. Yueyue, the reason your mother desires you to be outstanding is that she hopes you can bring a huge advantage to the Imperial Clan, while also posing a threat to others outside the Imperial Clan that prevents them from sleeping peacefully."
"Why do this? Shouldn't the advantages I bring to the Imperial Clan be minimal?" Ideally, I'd be completely invisible!
“You are Li Jieyue’s daughter, and you look so much like Yu Sa. The Li family, the only one of the five great families that is related to you, has removed your mother from the list, so you have no direct connection with the five great families. Similarly, the failures that the imperial family suffered on those two will definitely be taken out on you. If you can just marry into the imperial family, that would be a good ending.”
Please don't think that way! I have absolutely no intention of getting married!
"But when that time comes, Yueyue will definitely run away from the wedding."
Oh dear, it seems I guessed right. Although she maintained her usual smile on her face, Bai Yueyue's heart was in turmoil.
"Yueyue, the greater the advantage you bring to the Imperial Clan, the less likely they are to choose to eliminate you, because they are arrogant enough to believe that they can control you now. Similarly, because the advantage you bring to the Imperial Clan is great enough, other families will definitely try to prevent the Imperial Clan from obtaining you, the simplest way being to eliminate you."
"Isn't this terrible, horrible?!" Bai Yueyue completely broke down. On one side, a pervert wanted to marry her, and on the other side, a madman wanted to kill her. Was it easy for her to live?
"That's precisely why there's an opportunity. Yueyue, the five great families are wary of the Imperial Clan, and the Imperial Clan is also wary of the five great families. As long as you don't marry into one of the five great families, the Imperial Clan won't attack you at this stage. The five great families are locked down in the capital by the Imperial Clan and can't possibly come out in full force. So, as the rulers of this second-largest city in the world, your godfather, your maternal grandfather, and your father, if the four of us join forces, they won't be able to threaten you in this Asian city. Only then can you have time to breathe and find an opportunity to climb to the top through the cracks. Yueyue, in the end, the one who can resist the Imperial Clan must be someone who surpasses the Imperial Clan. We all believe you can do it."
The pressure of your trust is too great! However, even for my own sake, I have no choice but to confront the Imperial Clan and the Five Great Families, right?
The five major families don't want the imperial family to have him, the imperial family wants him, and he wants no one to care. It seems like a three-way power struggle? But how did he end up with this carefully crafted script?
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