Three Marriages to Topple a City: Raising a Domineering King to Love Me

Zi Yi YaoraoTadu Literature

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Word count: 360K words

Summary

A modern girl, Xu Ziyan, dies in a car accident while chasing a thief at the airport, and her soul transmigrates into the ancient kingdom of Hao as a newborn baby girl. She witnesses palace intrigues: her twin sister is swapped for a boy to pose as the 'prince,' while she feigns stupidity and grows up in the palace, secretly cultivating this fake brother. When the fake brother grows up and leaves to reclaim the throne, in a fit of pique she marries the rulers of other kingdoms one after another; her city-toppling beauty stirs up the troubled times, and ultimately draws him to mobilize his entire army and appear beneath the city walls. The story revolves around time travel, palace intrigue, and entangled multi-party romance, featuring characters such as Situ Zimo (Moli), Ye Lishang, Luoge, and Luowu.

Editor's review

Suitable for readers who enjoy time-travel palace intrigue, the 'raising' trope, and entangled multi-heroine romance. The opening, with its infant perspective and feigned stupidity observing palace schemes, is quite novel; the heroine is straightforward and free-spirited, and the pace is brisk. The shortcomings are that the setup is rather formulaic, the depth of palace intrigue and power games is limited, the romance threads feel a bit crowded, and the later plot drags. Suitable for casual reading rather than readers seeking rigorous historical logic.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy time-travel historical romance and palace and household intrigue
Readers who prefer heroines who feign stupidity and rise, and 'raising' storylines
Readers who can accept multi-party romance and angsty love elements
Web novel readers accustomed to fragmented mobile reading

Not a good fit for

Readers seeking rigorous historical research and power-game logic
Readers who dislike complex romance threads and multi-hero entanglement setups

Reading tips

Read the first volume at the start of the main text, which establishes the heroine's soul transmigration and swapped identity, to grasp the core setup before continuing.
Pay attention to the 'raising' interaction between the fake brother and the heroine; this is the key foreshadowing for the later struggle for the throne and emotional conflict.
While reading, note the interaction lines between each male character and the heroine to better understand the direction of the later multi-party romance.

About the publisher

Tadu Literature

Tadu Literature is a publisher focusing on online literature; publicly available information is limited, and details about its founding background and scale remain unclear. Judging from the 756 titles in the collection, its output covers common categories such as male-oriented fiction, Eastern fantasy, science fiction and the future, folkloric tales of the supernatural, and quality web fiction, with a preference for genre-driven storytelling and serialized reading. Representative titles include fantasy and science fiction works such as Nine Yang Elixir God, Swallowing the Dragon, Star Wars Civilization, and AI Crimes, as well as folkloric supernatural fiction like Chuma Xian: The Years I Was a Great Immortal. For female readers, there are titles such as This Concubine Is Not to Be Trifled With, The Legitimate Daughter Returns in Glory: A First-Rank Princess, and The Wealthy Family's Maid: Young Master Lu, Take It Slow! Authors such as Yiqi Juechen, Northeast Spirit Medium, Fireball Mage, Li Xueye, and Youhuang reflect the platform's ongoing accumulation of genre writers.

FAQ

Where is this novel serialized?

According to search materials, it is serialized on Tadu Literature, and can also be read on platforms such as Caiwei Academy.

Is the novel completed?

Baidu Baike shows it is completed, while some platforms mark it as ongoing, with about 135 chapters.

Who is the male lead?

In the search excerpts, Situ Zimo (Moli) and Ye Lishang have heavier roles, and the main text ends with Moli accompanying the heroine during childbirth.

How many words in total?

Online materials show about 360,000 words in 135 chapters.

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About the author

Zi Yi Yaorao Author

Zi Yi Yaorao is an author in the field of Chinese online romance writing about whom little public information is available; only one of her works is currently included in the library. Based on the known information, her writing centers on women's fiction, and her representative work is Marrying Three Times to a Flourishing City: Raising an Arrogant King to Love Me, which belongs to the typical female-oriented genre of ancient romance and time-travel alternate history. Elements in the title, such as "marrying three times" and the "arrogant king," suggest that the work revolves around emotional entanglements and character interactions, with a light and somewhat exaggerated narrative tendency—a style common to this kind of online romance. Because the author's nationality, dates of birth and death, and biographical details are not publicly recorded, no further background can be provided. The available material reflects only her attempt within this particular subgenre; readers may understand her writing orientation through the novel's time-travel alternate-world setting and romance plotline.