Also known as: After Switching Souls with the Emperor, He Got Pregnant
Wu Yi'an's grandfather was a meritorious general who helped Emperor Taizu conquer the realm. Her father is a trusted favorite of the emperor, and her family holds the richest fiefdom.
Born to privilege, she was given a name by the emperor and made a commandery princess before she was even a month old, with an income from an 800-household fief.
She thought that once her family left the capital, they would live out their days in comfort and luxury on their lands.
But the times changed. A new emperor ascended the throne and began cutting down the power of the vassal princes.
The vassal princes across the realm had their wings clipped one after another, and some were even stripped of their titles and reduced to commoners.
Wu Yi'an had no choice but to enter the palace as a hostage, proving her submission. Xiao Xuan casually made her a Beauty, then tossed her into the Music Bureau.
When Wu Yi'an opened her eyes again, she found herself lying on the imperial bed.
She had become a man! And not just any man, but the very man who had just ascended the throne and thrown her into the Music Bureau!
It went without saying where the real Xiao Xuan had gone.
Wu Yi'an's lips curled into a faint smile.
If he liked the Music Bureau so much, he could stay there and enjoy it.
After waking up in a woman's body, Xiao Xuan didn't panic.
She's only a woman. Surely she wouldn't dare sit on the throne. She'd have no choice but to invite him back.
Then he could figure out how to switch their bodies back.
Now playing fake emperor in the palace, Wu Yi'an realized she couldn't leave this man in the Music Bureau. An unpredictable factor like him had to be kept right under her nose.
To keep him too busy to go after her, Wu Yi'an selected a few palace maidens for the palace. Whenever she had the chance, she pretended to favor them and secretly egged them on to frame Xiao Xuan.
Xiao Xuan soon found himself being tripped up by several women, both openly and behind his back.
Drugging, framing, slanderous rumors... At first Xiao Xuan was bewildered, but gradually he got the hang of things, until the imperial physician diagnosed him as pregnant.
In the bedchamber, a furious female voice rang out: "Wu Yi'an! Tell me, how is one man supposed to get pregnant?"
Wu Yi'an, who had orchestrated all of this, felt guilty, but put on a convincing act. "Now that you have an heir, they won't be able to bully you anymore, right? Isn't that a good thing?"
Of course, Wu Yi'an had her own reasons. If he was pregnant, she could promote him in due course, help her family, the Prince of Qin's household, escape the turmoil of the campaign to abolish the fiefs, and even rise to greater heights.
As for the fact that he wasn't actually carrying a child, that was easy to handle. She could stage a miscarriage and frame someone in the process.
Just as Wu Yi'an was congratulating herself on devising a flawless fake-pregnancy scheme and thinking she was a political genius, she and Xiao Xuan suddenly switched back.
Wu Yi'an was stunned. To save her own skin, she could only follow Xiao Xuan obsequiously, putting on a shamelessly ingratiating smile. "When are we going to have the miscarriage?"
Xiao Xuan looked at her with solemn affection. "The child in my beloved consort's womb is my first heir. I eagerly await this child. Please don't say such things again."
Wu Yi'an: You're really getting into the act, huh?
Realizing she couldn't count on Xiao Xuan, Wu Yi'an started figuring out how to cause a miscarriage herself, and frame someone while she was at it.
But before she could finish her plan, the situation suddenly changed.
Bad news: Her fake pregnancy was exposed in front of a crowd.
Good news: The two of them switched back again.
[Extra Scene]
The emperor's new favorite consort is spoiled, arrogant, and utterly audacious. When she learns the emperor is about to hold a selection, she flies into a rage and smashes an imperial gift right in front of him.
Her wrath fills the hall. "You dare hold a selection!"
The mighty Son of Heaven can only cower and protest: "I was choosing them for you! I can't use them myself."
The beauty grits her teeth. "Wu. Yi'an!"
A young palace eunuch outside dares to peek in.
Who yells out their own name when they argue?
This Beauty Wu is so strange.
Not a female top. The woman is secretly wicked, the man is devious.
They will switch souls repeatedly. All intimate acts happen after they switch back.
Theme: Good people are rewarded
