A Handbook for Raising an Emperor

Feng Qianling, female captain of the Thunder God Special Forces, transmigrates into the body of Princess Yanzhao of the Ming Dynasty. The dreaded killer gazes at her frail yet breathtaking reflection in a bronze mirror. Even her anguished cry to the heavens has turned into the melodious song of an oriole. Princess Yanzhao, Feng Qianling, is surrounded by privilege and affection. Her cousin is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, her father is the regent, her eldest maternal uncle is the Grand General of the Cavalry, and her second maternal uncle is the Grand General Who Assists the State. Her mother is the eldest daughter of the Xie family. A kidnapping entangles her with Yuan Lang, a stable hand in her second maternal uncle’s household. He saves her, then kneels before the regent of the Ming Dynasty and asks for her hand in marriage. He nearly gets beaten to death by her seven or eight male cousins. That boy has guts, Qianling thinks with secret admiration. Years later. “Husband, the emperor is incompetent and the realm is in turmoil. The time has come for you to claim the throne.” “I only want to stay by your side…” “No. You want to be emperor.” “I don’t…” “Yes, you do!” Someone clamps a hand over the henpecked husband’s mouth. Gazing at his increasingly beautiful wife, a ripple stirs in his heart. When did the ethereal Princess Yanzhao he had once fallen for become this woman, smiling like a flower yet able to kill with a glance? The history of the Blood Clan, and the past and present of Great Yan, Zheng, and Chu, unfold here in a magnificent tapestry. The second installment in the Great Yan series, and the prequel to The Imperial Uncle’s Marriage.