Novel Summary
Synopsis of "Starting with Eight Wives"
Empress Xiao Ruoli of the Great Qian Dynasty had not been on the throne for long when the country was struck by natural disasters and war. The number of men in the country had dwindled, and the government even forcibly assigned wives to poor young men. She went incognito to seek a way to save the country, but was caught in a flash flood and lost her protectors. She and her maid became refugees and wandered for half a year without anyone willing to marry her.
Sixteen-year-old orphan Chen Xuan, to avoid conscription, is forced by the government to a wedding ceremony. At the critical moment, the "All Things Enhancement System" suddenly sounds: "Marry eight women, gain a new life!" Ignoring the objections of the village chief and his second uncle, he marries eight "unsold" women, including the Empress, and brings them back to his dilapidated thatched hut.
Running out of rice? The system teaches him to forge spears and hunt, strengthening his physique; struggling to make a living? With the system's help, he catches fish, makes nets, sells crayfish, and opens a restaurant, earning a fortune; facing a chaotic crisis? He refines iron, forges weapons, and assembles a cavalry to protect his village and home.
The Empress, hidden among them, witnessed him stirring up trouble with his mortal body and realized with astonishment that this was the savior she had been searching for. When the conscription order arrived, Chen Xuan, armed with secret weapons, stepped onto the battlefield. From a country boy to a fierce general, from a wealthy man to someone who helps the Empress purify the court and quell foreign threats, watch as he, with eight women as his foundation and the power of the system, forges a path to defy the heavens and rises to power in this chaotic world!