The Ninth Princess Consort Knows How to Handle Her Husband [Qing Dynasty Transmigration]

My Days as the Principal Consort of Yanxi Palace (Qing Dynasty Transmigration) starts in May. Click my author page to bookmark it!

Word has it that Ninth Prince dotes on his concubines and neglects his wife. His mansion is full of charming entertainers from Yangzhou, while his Ninth Princess Consort is weak, bullied, and pushed aside at every turn. But at some point, the Ninth Princess Consort seems to become a different person. She secretly opens a hot pot restaurant, turns it into a chain, and eventually becomes the richest woman in the capital, known as the "Hot Pot Beauty."

Yu Yin: I'm eager to learn and love to read. I'm clever, enjoy inventing things, study foreign languages, and know how to make money in business. You're not the only one with skills, Ninth Prince!!!

"Your Highness, the Princess Consort... she..." the young eunuch stammers as he delivers the message.

Yinzhen frowns. "What's wrong with the Princess Consort?"

He has nearly forgotten that he even has a consort.

"The Princess Consort, she... she's gambling at dominoes with a crowd in the main courtyard!" (Dominoes are like mahjong.)

Yinzhen: ...Gambling at dominoes? Dong'e never used to do that, did she?

"Your Highness, the Princess Consort... she..." the servant says hesitantly.

Yinzhen wonders what's happened this time.

"The Princess Consort, she opened an embroidery shop."

"Oh, that's fine," Yinzhen replies indifferently.

Let her open one if she wants. The family has money, so he can consider it a shop for her to embroider handkerchiefs in.

Two days later...

"Your Highness, the Princess Consort is holding hands with a foreigner in the embroidery shop."

The young eunuch doesn't know what a handshake is, so he describes it as holding hands.

Yinzhen's gaze turns sharp.

"Your Highness, there's trouble, there's trouble!"

"What has the Princess Consort done now?" Yinzhen asks helplessly, rubbing his brow.

"The Princess Consort, she wants to live apart from you. She says she's going to Jiangnan to listen to music, enjoy the scenery, and discuss life's great questions with a few handsome young scholars. She's already been gone for an hour."

Yinzhen panics. As he swings onto his horse, he nearly misses the stirrup and almost takes a tumble.

Yinzhen thinks to himself: Yu Yin, I was wrong. I'll play cards with you every day from now on.

When Yu Yin reaches the Jiangnan she's dreamed of for so long, she discovers she's pregnant. She can't help but shake her head and sigh: Who would've thought that the cliched story of a rich CEO's runaway young wife taking their baby with her would happen to me by a twist of fate? What a miscalculation.

Yinzhen chases her all the way to Jiangnan and shamelessly clings to her, refusing to leave.

Yu Yin: "Go away."

Yinzhen: "I'm not leaving."

Yu Yin: "With the Ninth Prince here, eating my food and spending my money, people will say you're a pretty little boy kept by a woman." (In other words, a kept man.)

Yinzhen: "They're just jealous. Jealous that my wife is rich enough to support me!!!"

Yu Yin: ...What a shameless man.

A clever, carefree beauty who plays dumb x a scheming, tsundere moneybag who says one thing and means another

A lighthearted happy ending. A mostly fictional Qing Dynasty setting (or maybe a parallel Qing Dynasty). This story is made up, so historical accuracy buffs, beware!

Silly Fish's completed novel: Four Generations of Life After Transmigrating to the Qing Dynasty. Click the author page to find it.

Theme: Face love and life with a healthy, positive mindset.