[Qing Transmigration] Incense of Return

In this story, both Kangxi and the Fourth Prince are reborn. The male lead is Emperor Taizong of the Zhenguan era, Li Shimin, who transmigrates from the fourteenth year of Zhenguan into Yinreng's body.

Another main plotline follows the political struggles in the early years of Kangxi's reign, spanning the seventeenth to the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi.

The emotional focus is the father-son bond between Kangxi and the Crown Prince. Romance plays only a small part, so the story is categorized as having no romantic pairing.

The author's knowledge of Qing history is limited, so some details may differ from history. This is an imaginative story, so please don't nitpick the historical details. There will be plenty of supernatural events. If that's not your thing, please don't complain.

--- Blurb ---

The Crown Prince's perspective:

In the seventeenth year of Kangxi's reign, Crown Prince Baocheng came down with smallpox. Everyone in the palace was anxiously wondering whether their young master, not yet five years old, would survive.

I woke amid a noisy commotion of joyful tears.

Half awake and half asleep, I sensed a figure in bright yellow pacing beside my bed. Sometimes, he would reach out with his broad palm and touch my forehead.

When I came fully to my senses, the man was right beside me.

He said, "Baocheng, how are you feeling?"

The name sounded completely unfamiliar to me. I knew I had never been called that before.

But who was I?

Kangxi's perspective:

In the sixty-first year of Kangxi's reign, a great emperor passed away peacefully. But after sleeping, he discovered that he wasn't dead at all. He had returned to the year he ascended the throne at the age of eight!

Having been hurt deeply by his sons in his previous life, he decided to save the Empress this time. In the end, however, Empress Heseri lived only one year longer.

In this life, the Crown Prince was frail. Kangxi had thought he would recover from smallpox in childhood just as he had in his previous life, but this time it proved even more dangerous.

Give me back my Baocheng! Give me back my Baocheng!

When he saw his son wake up again, he vowed that this time he would never abandon him.

Who could tell him how Baocheng had turned out like this?!

Since when had Baocheng become so fond of poetry, calligraphy, painting, horseback riding, and hunting? And now he even wanted to study musical instruments and firearms?!

Had he opened the story the wrong way?!

Theme: Li Shimin transmigrates into Yinreng.