The Emperor, with more men than women, made me his mistress.

First of all, let me state that this is not a female protagonist wish-fulfillment novel, not a female protagonist wish-fulfillment novel, not a female protagonist wish-fulfillment novel. I'm saying it three times because it's important.

Secondly, the female protagonist will not try to change the rules of this world; she is a lazy bum who enjoys pleasure.

Please don't criticize if you don't like it!

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At dawn, Yue Li stopped cultivating, opened her eyes and looked at the sky outside; it was just getting light.

It's just right now; the weather will get hot around noon.

Yue Li didn't delay any longer. She put the cultivation cushion into her spatial storage, got up, left the dilapidated temple, mounted the horse tied outside the temple, and headed towards Qingyuan Prefecture City.

As she rode on horseback, Yue Li recalled her bizarre experiences.

She was just an ordinary college student in the 21st century. At a classmate reunion, she drank too much and fell asleep. When she woke up, she found herself in a place called Cangyun Realm.

The Cangyun Realm is a world where cultivators and mortals coexist.

When Yue Li first arrived, she was in the mortal realm.

She was reborn into the body of a six-year-old orphan.

Not long after Yue Li settled here, she heard that there was such a thing as cultivating immortality in this world.

This made Yue Li feel like she was the female protagonist who had transmigrated, and that she would definitely shine in this world.

Unexpectedly, during the triennial sect's disciple recruitment test, she only tested positive for a mixed five-element spiritual root.

The five-elemental spiritual roots are the lowest level of mixed spiritual roots.

There was no other way but for her to start as an outer disciple of the sect.

Those with five elemental roots cannot cultivate to a high level at all, and even if they do cultivate, those with five elemental roots need twice as many spirit stones as those with fewer elemental roots.

Left with no other option, Yue Li could only focus her efforts on alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, and talisman drawing.

Her soul was not that of a child, so she did these things with great patience.

To everyone's surprise, after two years of study, she only had some talent in alchemy; she was completely clueless about the other three.

From then on, Yue Li devoted herself solely to studying alchemy.

After learning basic alchemy techniques, Yue Li began to research and refine pills for conceiving sons, daughters, and beauty—medicines that alchemists in the cultivation world had never even considered.

However, it is undeniable that these elixirs sold extremely well after they were successfully refined.

When Yue Li refined these pills, she used low-grade herbs, which contained low-grade spiritual energy.

Most disciples in the cultivation world come from the mortal realm. Therefore, their parents and relatives are still in the mortal realm.

Once her beauty pills were launched, many of her disciples bought them for their parents and relatives in ordinary families.

As for the pills for conceiving daughters and sons, they are sold in the cultivation world.

It is very difficult for male and female cultivators to have their own children when their cultivation reaches a certain level.

However, the grade of these pills from Yue Li was too low, and they had little effect on cultivators.

When Yue Li was 35 years old, she was already able to refine intermediate-level female-birth pills, intermediate-level male-birth pills, and intermediate-level beauty pills.

When Yue Li was 110 years old, after she had prepared all the ingredients for the high-grade pills, she prepared to refine the high-grade pills for having a son, having a daughter, and beauty.

She believed that if she could successfully refine these pills, she would definitely earn a large sum of spirit stones.

Unexpectedly, after three batches of medicinal herbs had been ruined, and the fourth batch was about to succeed, a loud bang came from outside the alchemy room. This distracted Yue Li, who lost control and increased the heat. The alchemy furnace overheated and exploded with a "bang".

Yue Li felt a fragment of an alchemy furnace flying towards her, then everything went black and she knew nothing more.

When Yue Li woke up again, she found herself in a dynasty called the Qian Yuan Dynasty.

The place Yue Li transmigrated to was just a small village called Qingshan Village, located in a remote county town in the southwest of the Qian Yuan Dynasty.

This place is near the southwestern border.

The village was named Qingshan Village because it is nestled against a large mountain.

The original owner's name was Yueyue. She had just turned 15 this spring. The original owner was exhausted after helping her father, Yuecheng, with his funeral arrangements.

Then Yueyue's mother arrived.

They said she was already 15 years old and it was time for her to get engaged.

She also said that she thought the six Shang brothers from the neighboring Liupu Village were quite good; they were tall and strong, and would definitely work very hard, which would be enough to support her.

Yueyue never expected that her mother, with whom she had never been close and whom she had barely seen even when her father was alive, would be like this.

He actually wanted to marry her off to six men in the next village who were older than her father, right after her father passed away.

Overwhelmed with anger and grief after losing her father, Yueyue fainted on the spot.

However, it was not Yueyue who woke up again.

Instead, Yue Li was killed in the alchemy furnace in the cultivation world.

Why didn't Yueyue's mother live with her father, and why did she make her marry six men at once?

Then we have to talk about this world.

In the memories that Yue Li received.

This world is an ancient world that Yue Li has never heard of, whether in the modern world or in the cultivation world.

Moreover, this is a world where there are more men than women.

300 years ago, the Ye Dynasty was corrupt, and riots broke out frequently in various places due to the abduction of women, coupled with constant natural disasters.

This caused immense suffering for the people.

This has led to a rapid decrease in the already small number of women due to natural disasters and man-made calamities.

At this time, the first aristocratic family, the Kim clan, rose up in rebellion.

The Jin family was originally the most prestigious family, with both wealth and connections.

In addition, the Ye Dynasty was already thoroughly corrupt.

Therefore, the Kim clan eliminated the Ye Dynasty and established a new dynasty, the Daeyun Dynasty, in less than two years.

The first decree issued by the newly established dynasty stipulated that women must marry at least three men before the age of 25, with no upper limit. If a woman did not find three husbands before the age of 25, the government would forcibly assign them to her.

The second decree stipulated that a woman's husband must transfer half of his wealth to her name. However, in return, the woman must bear at least one child for the husband whose property was in her name. If either party failed to comply, the government would intervene.

Although the two decrees caused an uproar throughout the country, the situation was quickly stabilized.

Under these circumstances, a woman had to find three husbands before the age of 25. If she waited for the government to assign them husbands, who knew what kind of unsuitable men she would be given?

Moreover, this allowed some greedy and pleasure-seeking women to marry multiple men. She bore them children, and they provided her with a luxurious life.

This is also a disguised form of transaction.

However, the shortage of women did not end there.

This is because people have noticed that most married women who have children have boys, and very few have girls.

At that time, the male-to-female ratio had already reached 50 to 1.

Thus, by the time of Yueyue, 15 years prior, when the previous emperor was still in power, the court issued another decree requiring women to marry six husbands before the age of 25. There was no upper limit. If a woman did not find six husbands before the age of 25, the government would forcibly assign them to her.

In other words, Yueyue must marry six husbands before she turns 25.

Perhaps because the village is far from Kyoto, Yue Li could only extract some information about this dynasty from Yue Yue's memories. It seems that the new emperor had been on the throne for less than two years and the country had now changed its name to Qian Yuan.

How did Yueyue's mother and father conceive her?

Yueyue's father was afraid that she would hear bad things from others, and he was also afraid that she would be deceived, so he told Yueyue everything about him and her mother.

Yueyue had also heard about her mother from the surrounding villagers.

Yueyue's mother, Yuan Xinyi, was originally a wealthy merchant's daughter from Pingchuan County. Because of her beauty, she married into the Qingyuan family and already had two husbands at the time.

During Yueyue's mother's time, the imperial decree already stipulated that women must marry four husbands.

Moreover, this decree has been in effect for over a hundred years.

When Yuan Xinyi returned to her parents' home, she took a liking to a young master from a prominent family in the capital. She was attracted to both his family background and his handsome appearance.

Yuan Xinyi had always considered herself exceptionally beautiful since childhood, and indeed, in Pingchuan County and Qingyuan Prefecture, her appearance was outstanding.

PS:

An unmarried woman is referred to as: Little Girl.

A married woman is addressed as "Madam".