I Became the Crown Prince in Ancient Times

[New story! Daily updates.] Gu Baoting, who never applied himself at school, was watching his older brothers fight crickets in the fields when a ragged soldier in red came running from the village entrance. He held up a rusty broadsword, dropped to his knees outside the Gu family’s crumbling earthen wall, and shouted, “Greetings to Her Majesty the Empress and all the princes!” His mother, whose wrinkled face made her look fifty or sixty and whose hearing wasn’t very good, laughed when she heard this. Hugging her darling Gu Baoting, she said, “Your father must be joking again.” But soon, an enormous procession of soldiers returned. His father, astride a tall horse, led them all. The heroic man, with his sharp brows and bright eyes, lifted his five-year-old son into his arms and kissed him. “My boy, your father has conquered the realm! From now on, you’ll have all the wealth and glory you could ever want!” Gu Baoting, who had transmigrated, excitedly hugged his father and kissed him several times. He’d thought he’d spend his whole life as a farmer. Who could have imagined he’d become a prince overnight? This treatment was unbelievable! He was perfectly content. “You’ll be Crown Prince!” his father continued. Gu Baoting: Wait! I have six older brothers! Can’t you just let me eat, drink, and wait to die? A looks-obsessed, silly-sweet shou who becomes a ruthless emperor and construction fanatic, paired with a powerful, vindictive prince from another clan who recognizes no family ties and overshadows the emperor through his achievements. Also known as: *So My Dad Really Did Successfully Rebel?* *Being the Son of a Founding Emperor* *What Happens When a Ruler and His Minister Get Together in Times of Chaos?* *All It Takes to Go from Farmer to Crown Prince Is a Founding Emperor for a Dad* [A few things to know before reading] The shou has maxed-out skills and a massive golden finger. He’s a maximum-level heartthrob, and absolutely ruthless. Very ruthless. The whole world has a one-sided crush on him. Weibo: @Jinjiang Big Chick Girl [This is Chick’s ongoing novel]*After He Was Reborn, the Man Who Loved Me Couldn’t Have Me* 1. Gao Xing was never clear-headed in his previous life. He muddled through more than thirty years until one day, meeting Cheng Qingshu hit him like a wake-up call. He didn’t finally wake up. He went mad. But Cheng Qingshu already had someone. They’d grown up together as childhood sweethearts, and that person had gradually drawn him into his arms. Gao Xing had nothing but the title of an illegitimate son from a wealthy family. Compared with Cheng Qingshu’s lover, he had no career and no money. Cheng Qingshu had never even spared a glance for his looks. Gao Xing obsessively gathered every scrap of information about Cheng Qingshu, then, bit by bit and without permission, drowned himself in a love the person involved knew nothing about. He was nearly driven mad in the vortex of unrequited longing. Then one day, he was suddenly reborn... 2. The summer of 1995 in Rongcheng was like a giant steamer. The dazzling sunlight was sliced into tiny diamonds by the leaves and fell over the white school uniforms of a group of teenagers. The boy on the bicycle’s front seat had healthy, wheat-colored skin and youthful muscle along his forearms. Grinning from ear to ear, he rode with Cheng Qingshu, who had just returned from his hometown, on the back, as if he meant to swallow up all the summer breeze in the county town. When they reached the little shop, the boy on the front seat stopped and carefully helped Cheng Qingshu down, as if he were tending to his future bride. Their hands remained linked, intentionally or otherwise. With his free hand, he pointed toward a tall boy making a fierce drive to the basket on the court in the distance. “Qingshu, you were sick for most of the semester, so you probably haven’t heard that a transfer student from the capital joined our class. His name’s Gao Xing. He seems all right. I’ll introduce you in a bit.” The boy, looking a little ill but irresistibly charming, turned his gaze that way. Even from far off, he seemed to feel the new transfer student’s gaze, a net cast wide enough to cover everything, holding him fast... [I don’t like the way he looks at me. It’s like he thinks I belong to him.] But then: Gao Xing, full of swagger: “Boss, need a sidekick? I’ll make you money. Just give me the title of boss’s wife.” Qingshu, trembling: “???” A refined, indifferent freeloader in his past life, now a sickly beauty with layers of tricks, shou, paired with a man who loved without reciprocation in his past life and is now a smiling, ruthless schemer who steals his love, gong. [Before you read] 1. The gong isn’t a good person. He’s only good to the shou. 2. The shou will gradually regain memories of his past life. 3. A stunningly beautiful, universally adored shou, doted on by everyone, who balances career and family. 4. Please add it to your collection~ Love you all! Theme: The importance of infrastructure and talent