A New Qing Dynasty Story: Ertai's Candied Plum Princess

Ruan Li, a 21st-century foodie and dance student, loves watching Empresses in the Palace and My Fair Princess while she eats. By a twist of fate, she transmigrates into Yingxue, the beloved granddaughter of Niu Hulu Zhen Huan and the legitimate daughter of Prince Guo. She also becomes the childhood friend and close sisterly companion of Qing'er, her favorite character.

At first, Yingxue only wants to be Qing'er's little tagalong, happily watching the drama unfold from the front row. It never occurs to her that she'll get in over her head and throw the entire plot into disarray.

Even after somehow getting dragged by Fu Ertai into the great escape, Yingxue still can't quite recover. How did she end up on his bandwagon, completely caught in his trap?

“Xue'er~”

“Hmm?”

“Xue'er~”

“I'm listening!”

“Xue'er~”

“Are you going to say something or not?”

Yingxue is about to lose it. Her ears are practically growing calluses.

But whenever she turns and sees Ertai's smile, she can't help smiling too. She rises onto her toes, cups his face, and plants a quick kiss on him.

Even after all these years, Ertai still can't help blushing.

“All right, go bring Ning'er home. And remember to get me, ”

“I know! Two candied hawthorns!”

Watching Ertai walk away, Yingxue is so glad she grabbed his hand back then and leaped onto his horse.

Together, for all their lives.

Original female protagonist. Don't read if that's not your thing! I started writing this to give Ertai a happy ending. I'll keep the main cast in line (I absolutely adore Yong Yan, have a slight dislike of Er Kang, and break up Xiao Qing)! I won't deliberately vilify any original characters. This includes plenty of dialogue from the original series and may be out of character or melodramatic (for example, the rather far-fetched setup that Yingxue is Hong Zhan's daughter, please bear with me.