I Was Born as Kangxi's Daughter

[No CP + devoted love + a doting dad raising a child]

[The female lead isn't a strong woman; the male and female leads are father and daughter]

Lin Jingyao, a history major, opened her eyes and found herself in Kangxi's womb.

That's right: Kangxi, a man, an emperor, was pregnant with her himself.

Kangxi flew into a rage and summoned every imperial physician to find a way to abort the pregnancy. Nothing worked. After he was forced to give birth, he named her Jingyao and went from resisting her to cherishing her above all else.

But the storm over the throne among the nine princes had already begun. The crown prince was deposed and reinstated three times. The Eighth Prince's faction closed in at every turn, the Fourth Prince held back his ambitions, and the Fourteenth Prince built up his own army. The brothers fought as if their lives depended on it.

Every prince thought the dragon throne would be his. Then one day, Kangxi sat on the throne and unfurled a scroll of imperial edict before all the officials and princes in court.

"I have ruled for sixty-one years. Now I pass the throne to..."

The Fourteenth Prince's head snapped up. The Fourth Prince's pupils contracted. The Eighth Prince went deathly pale.

"Princess Gurun Jingyao."

The hall fell silent. The princes collapsed to the floor. "Imperial Father... You even deceived your own sons."

Kangxi looked down at his sons coldly. Beside him lay several newly drafted edicts of house arrest. Watching all this, Jingyao finally understood what the Heavenly Dao wanted her to accomplish.

Theme: A father's love is as steadfast as a mountain, regardless of gender. An emperor makes the empire his board and his sons his pieces, all to protect one person. The so-called emperor of the ages is simply a father who uses the deepest cunning to do the gentlest thing.