[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them":3,"chapter-i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-chapter-68":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Transmigrated to the Northern Song with Them",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2318958,4535,"Chapter 68: Li Lin: I","i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-chapter-68",68,"\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Lín Lín?!?!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin felt she was being punished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「I hate Chunchun!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Li Lin’s view, Zhao Yu had wanted to take her as a concubine the moment he saw her—all because Zhang Chun had set the bar so low: she’d thrown herself at him right away, then turned around and offered her “junior sister” Ma Xiao Jiao too. Zhao Yu must have assumed all five of them sisters wanted to marry him, the destined one, relying on him to fulfill their ambitions, and that this visit was nothing but a self-offered pillow invitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, Li Lin—who in her past life had never relied on anyone, let alone a man—certainly didn’t want to climb power by selling her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also why Li Lin had originally split from Zhang Chun and wanted to go solo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after spending three or four months in Cide Palace, she hadn’t even left the beginner village, let alone accomplished anything; in front of Zhang Chun, who advocated self-sacrifice, she couldn’t even hold her head up—and finally, Li Lin realized Zhang Chun might have been right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this rigidly hierarchical feudal society, women like them had no real way to earn the trust of powerful men except by becoming their women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And without the trust of powerful men, they could never borrow their power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without power, they were no different from ordinary women of this era—they could accomplish nothing, let alone command armies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, a woman leading three armies was likely harder than a woman ruling from behind a curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s be clear: in this patriarchal feudal society, to achieve anything, to change society, women faced far greater obstacles than men—even transmigrators were no exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it’s not to say women had zero chance of becoming generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget distant examples—just look close: the Liao Empress Xiao, the Xia’s Great and Little Liang Empress Dowagers, didn’t they all lead troops in person?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this circles back to Zhang Chun’s argument: to accomplish anything, they must first borrow Zhao Yu’s power—even become regent empresses like Xiao and the Liangs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could say Li Lin had completed her transformation: from doubting Zhang Chun, to understanding her, to becoming her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「What else can I do? With my current status as a lowly palace maid, what other options do I have?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, before coming to Zhao Yu, Li Lin had already anticipated this might happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d also realized: if she didn’t sleep with Zhao Yu a few times to earn his trust, how could he ever entrust her with an army? Didn’t Liang Hongyu only get to command troops after years of sleeping with Han Shizhong—and even after bearing him several children?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin thought: 「In my past life, I was called the Female Tyrant. At over thirty, no man dared touch me, let alone sleep with me. You little brat, you’ve got balls, daring to set your sights on me. Fine, fine—mountains may move, but rivers flow on. I’ll bide my time now. When you fall into my hands, we’ll settle the score!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After mentally beating Zhao Yu senseless, Li Lin forced a smile and squeezed out a few words through clenched teeth: 「Your servant is entirely at Your Highness’s disposal.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin’s murderous gaze couldn’t be hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu’s ass clenched instantly: 「When I sleep with this Female Tyrant, I’d better be careful—don’t let her turn into Gurubolijin Guowohatun.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should he keep his distance from Li Lin for his own safety?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who ran him over in the first place was Li Lin—she was the mastermind behind his murder. If he didn’t run her over a thousand times, how could he avenge himself? How could he erase his burning hatred?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, Zhao Yu was deeply looking forward to the day when he’d slept with all five of them, and they’d all borne him children—then, when they discovered he too was a transmigrator, and realized that all these years they’d endured humiliation, served him faithfully, poured their hearts into pleasing him, thinking they’d been manipulating him… only to find they’d been manipulated all along. What would their expressions be? Would they feel like fools? Or collapse right there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu believed this was his greatest revenge for their having run him over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Pity there are too many people here—if not, I’d already collect some interest, make her experience my Eiffel Tower upside down and back again.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Zhao Yu could only say with regret: 「In a few days, when Zheng Yaban and Wang Yaban come over, all four of you will marry in together.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin replied: 「Yes.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Lin returned to her quarters, Yuan Qing Cheng had already come back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「I couldn’t find a chance to approach Zhao Yu. What about you, Sister Lin?」 Yuan Qing Cheng asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「I made contact.」 Li Lin said, distracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「What’s Zhao Yu like?」 Yuan Qing Cheng asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin recalled every detail of her interaction with Zhao Yu and evaluated objectively: 「He’s fine—more or less what Zhang Chun and Xiao Jiao said.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Lin’s low spirits, Yuan Qing Cheng asked: 「What’s wrong? Did your meeting with Zhao Yu go badly?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「It went well. Zhao Yu said to join him first. When he organizes troops or plans military deployments, he wants me to serve as his advisor—he’ll listen to my suggestions as much as possible. Once I earn some battlefield achievements and reputation, and the Song soldiers come to trust me, he’ll gradually let me take part in command.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she knew nothing of military affairs, Yuan Qing Cheng understood: having a girl who looked barely fourteen or fifteen command hundreds of thousands of troops was absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Qing Cheng even thought: if Zhao Yu truly entrusted tens of thousands of troops to such a Li Lin for reorganization and command, then Zhao Yu himself was unreliable—and they’d chosen the wrong man to replace Zhao Ji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Zhao Yu had Li Lin start as an advisor, train gradually, and only later, depending on circumstances, let her approach the army—this was prudent and gave Li Lin a real chance. One could say Zhao Yu had handed in a perfect score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Then what’s left for Sister Lin to complain about?」 Yuan Qing Cheng asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin didn’t let Yuan Qing Cheng guess wildly—she stated the reason bluntly: 「Zhao Yu wants me as his concubine. I agreed.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「This…」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they’d mentally prepared for this, Li Lin had barely met Zhao Yu, and he’d already demanded to sleep with her—Yuan Qing Cheng still found it hard to accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Is Zhao Yu that lustful?」 Yuan Qing Cheng frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin shook her head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「He’s about to become emperor—how could he lack women?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Besides, I know my limits—I’m not beautiful enough to outshine the others.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「It’s all Zhang Chun’s fault!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「We shouldn’t have let Zhang Chun approach Zhao Yu alone. She threw herself at him right away, then got Xiao Jiao to do the same—now Zhao Yu thinks all five of us want to be his concubines, so he uses granting concubine status as a tool to win us over.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Then why didn’t you correct him?」 Yuan Qing Cheng asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Do you think I didn’t want to? But if I corrected him, once he becomes emperor, surrounded by countless talents and buried in state affairs, he’d forget me in a few days. Even if opportunities arose, he wouldn’t think of me. As a woman, how else can I legitimately stay by his side except by becoming his concubine?」 Li Lin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Qing Cheng realized it was true. If they kept cleaning the side halls, what was the difference from being cast into the cold palace? In such a place, Zhao Yu might never come once in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After careful thought, they could only become Zhao Yu’s concubines—and must earn his favor—to remain by his side and realize their dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Li Lin’s choice was not wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After much hesitation, Yuan Qing Cheng asked: 「Then… did you mention me to Zhao Yu?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Yuan Qing Cheng’s relief, Li Lin said: 「I did. I mentioned Shi Yun too. Zhao Yu said all four of us will marry in together with Zheng Yaban and Wang Yaban.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Sister Lin is far more reliable than Zhang Chun. I made the right choice teaming up with Sister Lin.」 Yuan Qing Cheng thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out loud, she said: 「Now that Zhao Yu has given his word, even if Zheng Yaban, Wang Yaban, and Zhang Chun refuse to take us along, we’ll still make it to Zhao Yu’s side.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Lin doused her in cold water: 「Don’t get too happy—by this pattern, you and Shi Yun will probably get fucked by Zhao Yu too.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Qing Cheng bit her lower lip, silent and still…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1469,"2026-06-20T15:06:47.302Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8278e6f2277794c425c913d1a9e5e5295c5e31a9a27e99b6e18c835dbd0073e1","i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-chapter-69","i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-chapter-67",348,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-cover.jpg"]