Later, I Ran Away with His Baby (Transmigrated into a Book)

Coming soon, historical romance: "When My Political Rival Discovers I'm a Woman in Disguise." Scroll down for the blurb!

(This is a fictional Warring States era, not intended as historical research.)

Romance-focused blurb:

Shi Yue transmigrates into a classic melodramatic romance novel and accidentally gets pregnant by the villain.

In the original story, the child's father abuses his power and is cruel and violent. He torments the protagonists for a million words before having his eyes gouged out, his heart cut out, and his entire family executed.

Shi Yue decides that once she gives birth, she and Murong Ye can be family again in their next lives!

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The biggest mistake Murong Ye ever made was sleeping with the second daughter of that old fox of a chancellor while drunk.

He could hardly blame anyone else. He was in such good health that he suddenly got promoted to father.

Li Shiyue was delicate and so lovely that anyone would feel sorry for her. She probably couldn't survive without him,

...so he might as well love her a little.

The crown prince had made up his mind. He pushed open the bedroom door, only to find the servants wailing in despair: "Y-Your Highness... Her Highness is gone!"

A little bonus:

Murong Ye chased her to Jiangnan in a fury and found his wife, decked out in gold and silver, holding their equally lavishly dressed daughter. She ate one skewer of candied hawthorns and tossed another aside, drank a bowl of soy milk, then looked at another.

A passerby asked, "Where's the child's father?"

Shi Yue sighed contentedly. "He was unlucky. He died young."

Murong Ye said ominously, "I died young?"

Nation-building blurb:

The State of Wei is so poor it doesn't even have tofu.

Having transmigrated into a book, Shi Yue struggles to survive between the romance-obsessed protagonists while improving their living conditions.

Before she knows it, she becomes the greatest empress in history.

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Years later, the Duke of Wei, now ruler of one of the most powerful states, is interviewed by a historian:

Q: How did you win the queen's heart?

Murong Ye: I excel at the six arts and have a thorough knowledge of medicine.

Historian: ?

Murong Ye, clasping his hands behind his back: ...I'm good at taking care of her after childbirth.

See? The life of a powerful ruler and his wife is so modest and down-to-earth.

Murong Ye x Li Shiyue

Reading guide:

1. Transmigration into a book, fictional history, parallel Warring States era, with many original world-building details.

2. One-on-one romance, happy ending, marriage before love. Raising a baby while building a rich nation and a powerful army. No angst.

3. Coming soon, historical romance: "When My Political Rival Discovers I'm a Woman in Disguise."

#Corrupt official x corrupt official, romance. Please add it to your reading list!#

Blurb:

During the Jianyuan era, the emperor was growing old. The civil officials and military generals had split into opposing factions at court.

The civil officials, led by Chancellor Li Mingqiao, controlled the cabinet and used the imperial seal to command the officials.

The military, led by Grand Protector Yelü Haili, abused his power and endangered the nation, wielding his halberd to command the armies.

Fortunately, the old emperor was a master of keeping both sides happy. He kept the two ministers placated for years, and the realm remained peaceful.

Unfortunately, the old emperor was about to die.

Before he passed away, the old emperor called the young emperor to his bedside. "Grandpa has three secret strategies for you. Remember, only use them when all else fails."

A year later, after the chancellor had beaten him until his bottom was swollen, the young emperor tearfully opened the first secret strategy. It read: Swap ministers.

In other words, imitate Emperor Mingzong's response to the trouble caused by the military governors of Xiazhou and Yanzhou: swap their territories and their posts.

The young emperor slapped his forehead. The frail, bookish Chancellor Li Mingqiao, who could barely bring himself to kill a chicken, moved into the Grand Protector's residence, where the courtyard was full of bare-chested, muscular men and overwhelming testosterone.

Meanwhile, Grand Protector Yelü Haili, with an eight-pack and a body like a stud horse but no knowledge of the classics, moved into the Chancellor's residence, filled with the sounds of the qin and the scent of incense, and home to honeyed words and hidden daggers.

Three days later, outside the Xuanzheng Hall:

Li Mingqiao, who had been forced to spend three days and nights surrounded by muscular men, blushed.

Yelü Haili, who had accidentally discovered a whole cabinet full of little belly bands, blushed too.

Li Mingqiao: You're shameless!

Yelü Haili: You're shameless!

The eight-pack, stud-horse Grand Protector x the ruthless, cold-hearted female chancellor disguised as a man

Theme: Put agriculture first, strengthen the nation through science and technology, and build a wealthy nation and a powerful army!