Has the Prince Consort Been Face-Slapped Today?

Currently updating: After Transmigrating, I Made a Name for Myself Through Diving

Coming soon: Transmigrated as a Mind-Reading Little Chef

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Yao Zhenzhen transmigrated overnight and became Tang Zhen, a princess of the Great Yao Dynasty. The original princess had an unrequited love: Ye Tingxuan, the third son of a commander-in-chief, born to a concubine and unwelcome in the family.

Tang Zhen barely knew him and had planned to cut off the relationship cleanly. But afraid her identity would be exposed, and with a marriage alliance to escape, she had no choice but to drag Ye Tingxuan into her scheme and run away with him to Baihan City, a poor border town. That way, she could prove to her father that she and Young Master Ye were deeply in love, so much so that they didn't mind eating dirt.

Little Ye, don't worry. I'll set you free once we leave the capital.

But Little Ye didn't believe her. He thought this was just another new trick from the spoiled princess.

Hmph! I could never like you in this lifetime. Don't even dream about it!

They might be on the run, but Tang Zhen didn't want to actually eat dirt. To fulfill her duties as a princess, she decided to alleviate poverty and make a good life for herself with her own hands.

Before leaving, she discovered coffee cherries and beans from the Western Regions, tribute brought to the imperial palace. She planned to use this unique cash crop to revive Baihan City's economy.

As Baihan City's registrar and the princess's future husband, Ye Tingxuan was responsible for keeping her safe. He watched with his own eyes as Princess Tang Zhen, once haughty and overbearing and willing to do anything to get her way, rolled up her trousers and worked in the fields alongside the people, planting corn. She did everything she could to dispel the people's superstitions and persuade them to open a mountain road and boost the economy. She even recruited a gang of bandits who had made their home in the mountains, getting them to help everyone cultivate a coffee plantation...

This princess seemed different from the one he had known.

Ye Tingxuan struggled in anguish. No, she must be pretending. I absolutely won't fall for her tricks!

But his resistance was useless. His heart still fell for her, little by little...

Zhenzhen, I love that you don't depend on me, and yet you make me want you to depend on me.

I love you so much it hurts, and yet I am willing to hurt for you.

[Reader's Guide]

1. A clever, thoughtful princess who was born to fight x a long-suffering, devoted prince consort who can finally show what he can do after twenty years, and who eats his words and gets face-slapped. Two strong leads, mutual devotion, one-on-one romance, happy ending. (Note: No one is perfect. Even a clever, thoughtful person will make mistakes. Especially at the beginning, the princess has to sacrifice Little Ye a bit to survive, which makes their conflict worse and so on.)

2. A lighthearted, fun transmigration story in an imaginary setting, combining ancient-style poverty alleviation, farming, and infrastructure development. The princess does work in the fields herself, but her main role is planning and management. The story won't focus only on the fields, so don't worry about historical accuracy.

3. Because of the princess's special status, there will be a little palace intrigue near the end. There's very little of it, not even enough to count as real palace intrigue. It's more along those lines, and relates to the leads' romantic ending.

4. This story takes place in an imaginary setting. Don't apply real-world geography, climate, and so on. Everything follows the setting (please don't read if you can't accept that). The process of growing coffee trees is written like a wish-fulfillment story and won't run into major obstacles. The information about coffee is for reference only. The characters' dialogue should not be treated as expert opinion. It is all in service of the story and has no scientific or medical value. Thank you to everyone who reads, and a deep bow!

5. One more thing (sigh): the female lead has a transmigration pocket-space System. The System doesn't appear often, but it plays an important role. A heads-up for readers who don't like Systems.

P.S. The "Bai" in Baihan City means "destitute," and the "han" means "poor," not cold.

Other upcoming works:

1. Transmigrated as a Mind-Reading Little Chef

Blurb: Zhu Chenfeng, who once ran a food channel on a certain website, transmigrated overnight and became a young woman who had been abandoned at a charity cemetery to die.

After transmigrating, she recovered her health and went to a nearby county town to make a living. Using the skills she had in her old world, she became a little cook at a village school and unexpectedly awakened a golden finger: she could hear what diners were thinking.

She thought her days would be easy, just cooking and feeding adorable children. But her cooking caught the attention of Ming Yang, the county magistrate.

They say Magistrate Ming was born into a rich family, was a carefree playboy and picky, and was incredibly difficult to please. But he was so devastatingly handsome that his face made people forgive him for anything.

After tasting the food, Ming Yang thought: It's so good I could cry!

Then he put down his chopsticks and said coldly, "Hmph. It's nothing special."

Zhu Chenfeng, who knew everything: I've got something to say, but I'm not sure if I should say it.

Despite that, Magistrate Ming started coming to the village school to mooch meals more often, eventually showing up for all three meals a day.

Zhu Chenfeng kept an eye on his thoughts and unexpectedly learned about a case that was giving him a real headache.

If there's ever a time to use my golden finger, it's now!

From then on, Zhu Chenfeng's miserable life as a seven-day-a-week worker began. She had to cook for Magistrate Ming and help him solve cases.

One day, the county magistrate, who usually loved to eat, suddenly couldn't bring himself to touch the lavish meal before him and kept avoiding her gaze.

Curious, Zhu Chenfeng leaned in and heard Ming Yang muttering to himself: I've been so mean to her. If I suddenly confess, will she beat me up?

A rumor about Magistrate Ming circulated among the constables: They say the token of his love that he gave his wife was a Uzi steel kitchen knife. Its patterned blade was beautiful and sharp enough to cut through iron, and his wife loved using it to chop vegetables. The knife also had another use: whenever Magistrate Ming did something wrong and was punished with standing face to the wall, he would have the knife balanced on his forehead. It worked wonders. After each time, he would behave himself for at least three months.

Clever, lively little cook x a handsome, scheming county magistrate who acts like a playboy

A cozy everyday tale of food and crime-solving

2. From the Start in a Pit: A Marriage Alliance Reversal (Transmigrate into a Book)

An Shiyi transmigrated into a novel as a cannon-fodder female character with the same name.

She had barely transmigrated when her father and brothers were sentenced to death, while the women of the family were sent to the palace as slaves.

According to the plot, the old emperor of the Great Yin Dynasty would take an interest in her, drag her into palace intrigue, and have her tortured to death by the original female lead. She would be written out after just a few chapters.

To save herself, she set her sights on the third prince of the neighboring Wuxuan Kingdom, Rui Wang Xuanyuhong, who had come to seek a marriage alliance.

As it happened, An Shiyi's father had once guarded the border between the two countries, so the families had a bit of bad blood.

An Shiyi: I never imagined I'd one day fight tooth and nail to marry my enemy.

To survive, An Shiyi pulled off one outrageous scheme after another and finally became a "princess" sent off in a marriage alliance. Xuanyuhong had come to win the support of the Great Yin Dynasty so he could seize his own country's throne. He was in no position to be picky, so he had to marry her and thank the emperor for his favor.

Rui Wang wore a funeral-like expression throughout the journey. He brought her back to Wuxuan, intending to keep her under guard as a lucky charm.

Xuanyuhong: This prince will never set foot in her room!

He expected the woman to make a fuss, but a month passed in peace. Xuanyuhong couldn't help sending someone to ask what was going on.

Underling A: The princess is teaching the maids to read. They've become best friends!

Underling B: The princess is playing cards with the guards and won all their money!

Underling C: The princess held a drill with the city defense army and won decisively!

Xuanyuhong: ...

This woman has some skills!

That night, Rui Wang and the princess "happened to run into each other" in their own garden.

An Shiyi, smiling: Husband, if I help you take the throne, will you divorce me afterward?

Xuanyuhong, with a cold expression: Who wants that!

According to reports from the palace, Rui Wang ascended the throne as the new emperor of Wuxuan, and the empress moved out of the palace right afterward. It seemed the couple's relationship had fallen apart.

The senior maid beside the empress curled her lip. "Don't spread rumors or believe them."

An Shiyi was living comfortably in another residence, waiting for the right time to get her divorce papers and leave. But the maids kept coming to report things, none of them related to the divorce papers.

Maid A: His Majesty is waiting at the entrance. He wants to have dinner with you.

Maid B: His Majesty says he'll personally set off fireworks for you at the city gate tonight!

Maid C: His Majesty has been standing in the snow for three days. He's frozen into a snowman!

An Shiyi: ...

What is this man up to?!

The empress and emperor held a "friendly meeting" at the entrance to the other residence.

An Shiyi, with a cold expression: Where are my divorce papers?!

The guards and maids stared in shock as the usually aloof, ruthless emperor, who rarely spoke, clung to the empress and whispered sweetly in her ear. His eyes were red, as if he were pouting.

Xuanyuhong, overbearing and aggrieved: Ayi, I won't let you leave. Don't you care about the empire we built together? Don't you care about me?

A seemingly sweet and soft beauty who is bold at heart and loves building a career

A sharp-tongued, arrogant, outwardly aloof but secretly passionate, cold, overbearing young prince

Theme: Farm enthusiastically and escape poverty through hard work.