I died while I was doing medical research on my lab on the year 2016. I though that everything is over just like that when suddenly light came to be.

Its the year 1114, as predicted a series of defeats has happened here in western Xia.

I Xiǎo Huánghòu has prepared for this moment for a very long time. Wel not that long its just 14 years of preparation.

With the weakening grasp of the current emperor Chongzong I can now finally usurp the throne of western Xia with little resistance. Well honestly to be precise I just wanted to be established as the crown princess not really initiate a coup and kill father or something.

I was born on the year 1100 here in western Xia, or during the Yongan era.

My father was the current ruler of the country Emperor Chongzong and my mother was one of his concubines.

When I finally realized that I was born in western xia, I immediately thought of its eventual fall.

So to prevent that while I was still young I immediately gathered a lot of capable civil and military officials to prepare my eventual coup.

But due to me being a woman it made things hard for me to gather those talented men and even harder to convince them.

To mend that i displayed my futuristic knowledge, with my fathers financial help I established the crop rotation system, the traditional printing press, established a business conglomerate that trades with the song and liao, while also helping father weaken the various Tangut clans.

It slowly enables me gather fame and honor which let me gather those capable men that I desperately need.

Slowly I inserted my men to the positions in the royal court which gained let me gain the ire of Li Renxiao or supposedly the future Emperor Renzong.

Slowly I gained recognition in court to the point that I was proposed to be Crowned Princess, but as expected many opposed mostly those Tangut chieftains that I've harmed and those at Renzongs camp.

They believed that a woman should not dabble in politics and other nonsense. Because of that from the very beginning i was gathering the people's sentiment via agricultural improvement and some newly enacted labor and taxation laws.

With a proper entourage of talented people at my side and the people's support the current imperial court is in a delicate balance. On one side there is my camp an the other is Renzongs camp.

And now the balance breaking event has finally arrived, using the current strings of defeat I'll rack up some achievements through bringing victory.

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With my wits and tricks I will win and let Renzong taste defeat. For I need to be crowned princess to enact my plan of strengthening the kingdom.

Now that by next year the Jin dynasty will finally be established. While I was proposing to father that he should let me lead the men in battle something happened. Father was poisoned.

Renzong immediately ordered for my arrest, but fortunately majority of the guards and more than half of the military official is under me.

Chaos ensued at the court, Renzongs men immediately acted hostile drawing there blades and attacking those under me. It was a bloodbath but due to some of his men were my agents to begin with he's slowly losing because of my numerical superiority.

When he finally realized his impending doom he tried to escape. When we attempted to follow him we saw something unexpected....

Huánghòu: Capture him immediately! He tried to kill the emperor!

Renzong: You wretched bitch do you think this is something simple that you can just solve easily? Behold look outside the city gates! Hahaha I'm going to kill you after this you bitch! With my army surrounding the city there's no way you can escape!

Huánghòu: Guards capture him immediately don't let him meet his troops outside!

A game of tag happened in the royal capital, with Renzongs troops suddenly surrounding the city the city garrison and the citizens were drawn into a panic immediately letting the street rampant in chaos further helping Renzong escape.

I sent messengers ordering all the gate keepers to shut the city doors immediately to prevent Renzong from escaping. However I never knew that the guards of the south gate was his lackeys and because of that he escaped.

When we learned that he's escaped we gathered those every available military personnel here in the capital.

Because of the skirmishes that's currently happening in the kingdom the available troops here in the capital is scarce. Only a total of 2000 men is in the capital right now while Renzong has a total of 8000.

I let my trusted military advisors handle the defense of the city while I went to father to check on his condition.

When I arrived I saw father was writing something and after writing with great difficulty he called for me.

Chongzong: My dear daughter please come here (cough) you need not do the formalities in front of this king. I want you to only listen understood?(cough cough)

Huánghòu: I hear and obey father

Chongzong: This kings time has almost come and before I die I want you to take the throne, I've already arranged everything for you (cough) please save our people. Do what you think is right. Don't waste your time like me. Don't let your decisions be controlled like me (cough) I'm sorry my daughter this king has never been a good father, for i have let you brother and sister fight until it reached this scale. Please rule well for the sake of our people (cough)

After he was done talking his health worsened, fortunately I was a former doctor on my previous life and also knows traditional medicine and so I did my diagnosis and found out that he was poisoned by Arsenic.

And so with limited equipment I tried to conduct a hemodialysis which still has a high chance that may result to my fathers death, but father stopped me saying that it's alright and that i should focus more for the development of the kingdom.

Because of that I slowly watched him die, i dont have much affection for him but why is my tears falling?

Anger took over me anger for my stupid brother that caused this. I went out from the room for awhile to know whats the situation outside.

After knowing what's happening i told them the current state of my father which resulted to chaos within the court again and while that was happening a decree from my father arrived.