Raising the Emperor

Jiang Wu transmigrated, and there was a skinny, pretty little kid beside her.

Completely bewildered, she stared wide-eyed at the child, and they squeezed in together to sleep.

When she woke up, she'd returned to her own world. She let out a sigh of relief.

Then one day she transmigrated again, to the same place, with the same child!

So she raised the child like a younger brother, caring for him and giving him a good education. “Little bro, study hard and pass the imperial exams. Once you're rich, don't forget your big sis!”

The child nodded earnestly.

Then an unexpected turn of events left her unable to return, and she really did have to rely on her younger brother to get by.

But isn't this a little too much wealth?! (Shocked face)

Also, there's something strange about the way her younger brother looks at her.

“I think of you as my younger brother. I really do...”

“But I've grown up. I don't want to be your younger brother anymore.”

Years later, he ascends to the highest position. His heart is hard as iron, his gaze sharp as a blade, but with her, he is always the gentle, refined young man she remembers.

*Written in 2018, revised in full in 2024 (^-^)V

*Chapter 93 is a long bonus chapter about going home to have a baby. Feel free to skip it.

Please add my upcoming novel, "Fleeing with the Little Prince": He took back the empire.

Ye Tang was playing a game when she suddenly transmigrated. From her limited memories, she learned that she was a three-year-old daughter of a marquis's family. Beside her was the emperor's fourth-year-old son, a little prince.

Had incredible riches finally come her way? Ye Tang perked up.

After two happy hours playing with the little prince, disaster struck without warning: rebels had breached the imperial capital and planned to slaughter all the powerful families and massacre the imperial household! Ye Tang nearly spat blood. So the incredible riches hadn't come for free after all. Just as she was about to flee, a small hand grabbed her.

The little prince asked her, “Tangtang, where are you going to play? I want to come too.”

Ye Tang looked at the innocent, confused little prince and couldn't bring herself to leave him behind. “All right, I'll take you with me. But you have to listen to me.”

In the chaos of war, as the land trembled and storms raged, Ye Tang relied on her game cheat to take the little prince from the palace to the outskirts, then from the capital into the wilderness. The two clean, pretty children became grimy little beggars, holding hands and relying on each other.

At last they settled in a quiet village, where they farmed, earned money, and built a house... slowly growing up and gradually becoming wealthy.

Just as Ye Tang began to think this life wasn't so bad, the little prince, who had supposedly gone off to trade in distant lands, returned in full armor. “Tangtang, I've taken back the empire. Come back to the palace with me.”

Ye Tang hadn't expected him to keep such a huge secret from her. She was shocked, and then furious.

“Go be emperor if you want. I'm staying here to farm!”

“If Tangtang won't come to the palace as my empress, what use is the throne to me?”

The innocent little prince of years ago had grown into a handsome, imposing emperor. He ruled a vast empire and had the people’s allegiance. His only problem was that he couldn't win the heart of the woman he cherished most.

Theme: I'll watch you grow up, and you'll stay by my side until we're old