Nan Jia transmigrates and finds herself the original empress who died young in the history books, the first wife of Emperor Kangxi.
She is still alive and well, and the course of Qing history has already begun to quietly diverge.
Yinreng, who was originally the crown prince, is now merely the second prince, with the status of the emperor's legitimate son but no crown prince's aura.
Nan Jia consoles herself that it's just the butterfly effect. But she never imagined the flutter of those wings would send Yinzhen to her, making him her second son.
Nan Jia had only wanted to hold on to her son and live safely in the palace. Now she falls silent.
A second prince with no chance of becoming crown prince, and a fourth prince who is not Consort De's eldest son: standing at a crossroads where history could be rewritten entirely, she is overcome with uncertainty about the future.
But her uncertainty vanishes in an instant. She quickly composes herself and silently resolves that no matter how turbulent the world becomes, her son must ascend the highest throne in the land.
Knowing all too well the ruthlessness of the imperial family and the pain of siblings turning against each other, Nan Jia carefully raises her two sons from childhood. She devotes all her efforts to nurturing their brotherly bond and treats them equally in every aspect of their upbringing.
Perhaps her modern approach to parenting works too well. The brotherly strife and fratricide she once worried about night after night never happen at all.
Instead, she raises a pair of brothers who are utterly devoted to one another.
They are always respectful and considerate, yielding to each other in everything. In the end, they even try to give up the throne that everyone else would fight over.
Nan Jia: "..."
This is all a bit too absurd.
Her second son, Yinzhen, has been a bona fide unlucky duck since childhood.
He trips on flat ground, chokes whenever he drinks, and often gets food stuck in his throat. His kite string snaps, his carriage falls apart halfway through a journey, and even a trip from the Forbidden City to Ying Tai can end in a sudden encounter with assassins.
Kangxi once said plainly that anyone watching over Yinzhen had better stay alert every second.
For years, Yinzhen has believed that he was born under an unlucky star, destined for a life of misfortune.
He never knew that his birth had already used up every bit of bad luck he would ever have, leaving him with overflowing good fortune instead: he has parents who love him more than life itself, and an elder brother who, in this whole world, gives him all his tenderness and protects him so he can live a peaceful life.
A Qing-era childcare story. The main characters are Yinzhen and Yinreng, and Yinreng becomes emperor.
I don't want Yinzhen to suffer, so he isn't reborn and has no memories of a past life.
The female lead is Empress Hesheli, and her love interest is Kangxi.
A loving family, all together (not really).
Theme: Love embraces every hardship, and every hardship embraces love.