Wen Ran loves reading novels, especially Qing-dynasty transmigration stories. But she only likes those set during the reigns of Kangxi and Yongzheng. After reading countless novels, she went through the women of those two eras one by one.
Yongzheng’s reign
Ula Nara: A biased mother-in-law, Empress Dowager De, makes for a difficult relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Lady Li: Of her three sons and one daughter, only one son and one daughter survived. She lost favor in her later years, and Hongshi was a bit of an idiot.
Lady Song: Yongzheng’s first woman, but not especially favored. With no son to rely on, her daughter also died young.
Little Nian: Her family background brought her success, and her family background brought her ruin.
Niohuru: Things went well after Qianlong took the throne, but her earlier years were rough.
Kangxi’s reign
Empress Dowager De: She went from a terrible hand to a winning one, then back to a terrible hand. Transmigrating when she had a winning hand would be fine, but with her early bad hand, she might never reach the winning one. Her late-game hand was so bad she was doomed.
Consort Rong: She had many children, and many of them died. Even if you transmigrated as her, you might not be able to save them.
Consort Yi: She had three sons: one she couldn’t raise, one who wouldn’t listen, and one she failed to keep alive.
Consort Hui: Her eldest son made her the foremost of the Four Consorts, but he was destined to be the crown prince’s whetstone. He was unwilling to accept that and tried to compete for the throne, but Kangxi wouldn’t allow it. Nothing good came of it.
Suddenly, an idea struck her: Empress Xiaoyi was a great choice.
The emperor’s cousin, in a high position, and she could get Yongzheng, such a fine son, without even giving birth. As long as that pregnancy and the birth of a daughter hadn’t ruined her health, she could keep her head down and coast her way to victory.
She never expected that the next day, she would really transmigrate into Empress Xiaoyi.
Wen Ran: …It’s fine. She can keep her head down.
