The Days the First Emperor’s Daughter Failed to Lie Flat

Chang Huan transmigrates as a little princess. After observing the palace for a while, she realizes it’s quiet and peaceful. Nobody is putting on a palace intrigue drama, and a baby like her doesn’t have to perform. So she sprawls out on the bed, ready to lie flat. Babies really do sleep well~ Then one day, Chang Huan is carried before her birth father, and discovers that her dad is the First Emperor, Ying Zheng. Good grief, the First Emperor, Ying Zheng? Chang Huan bolts upright on her deathbed. What year was she born in, according to the First Emperor’s reign? If Ying Zheng is already called the First Emperor, doesn’t that mean he’ll kick the bucket in a few years? And when the First Emperor dies, won’t her good life as a princess be over, too? No way, no way. She has to find a way to protect her long-term meal ticket. “Fa, ” Chang Huan clings to Ying Zheng like a stubborn piece of sticky tape, impossible to peel off. After several failed attempts, Ying Zheng resignedly decides to raise the child himself. Reader’s Guide: This is not a strong female lead story or a feminist story, but the struggle of an ordinary girl. Overall, this is a slice-of-life story about working hard to make life better. There are lots of interactions, and the career plot is woven into everyday life as part of “making a life together.” The heroine is pretty lazy. At first, she doesn’t want to become emperor, but she decides to take the throne herself when she realizes her brothers and sisters can’t be relied on. Her father, the First Emperor, retires at seventy to travel the world. The heroine takes the throne in the main ending or an extra chapter. The heroine’s growth takes a long time, with many chapters devoted to her childhood and adolescence. There’s little romance, and she won’t have children. In terms of screen time, the First Emperor is the male lead. The heroine has a love interest, but they appear much later. Please add my upcoming story, A Qin Woman Soldier’s Rise Through the Ranks, to your collection. Xiao Yun wakes in the middle of the night from hunger. She never knew being hungry could feel so awful. She’s strong and has a big appetite, but ever since she transmigrated, she often doesn’t know where her next meal is coming from. Her state of Zhao has suffered earthquakes and droughts one after another, and has also been invaded by Qin troops. Corpses lie everywhere. Before long, Zhao can no longer hold out and surrenders to Qin. Xiao Yun’s country has suddenly fallen, but she has no time to mourn it. She only wants to fill her stomach and avoid becoming one of the people who starve to death. She sees her grandmother, half blind, earning a few meager coins by washing clothes for others. She sees her tiny, scrawny younger brother kneel to Qin soldiers passing by for a bite to eat, letting them mock him for their amusement. Poverty means having no hope and no dignity. Xiao Yun resolves to change things. Just then, Qin’s army sends out a conscription notice. Enlistees will receive daily rations. Qin’s military merit system has twenty ranks. Soldiers who distinguish themselves on the battlefield can earn a title, allowing their entire family to live without worrying about food and clothes. Everyone around her says Qin would never treat Zhao people so well. They’re surely tricking them into going off to die. But Xiao Yun stares at the “chicken scratch” she can’t read and resolutely takes the name of her missing older brother, entering Qin’s military camp… This is the story of a heroine who starts as a low-ranking soldier and rises, step by step, to become a marquis. Her love interest is Fusu. Please add my upcoming story, The Han Dynasty’s Female Vassal King, to your collection. In the third year of Emperor Jing of Han, the court sets up border markets to trade with the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu are ruthless and occasionally raid the border. Although the “border market” has been established, business is slow at first, and all the merchants are waiting to see what happens. At some point, a woman named Yao arrives at the border, saying disaster has struck her hometown and she has no choice but to make a living there. Yao has clever hands. Her rice balls, buns, and guokui flatbreads are easy to carry and delicious, and the tea she roasts brews up fragrant and refreshing. Not only do the Han Chinese at the border come to buy her food, but the Xiongnu visit her shop now and then, too. Gradually, Yao’s business grows, and the Xiongnu royal court buys large quantities of tea from her every year. This renowned merchant finally attracts the attention of the imperial court. The court official sent to investigate takes a close look at Yao, then at the missing-person notice in his hand. Isn’t this the missing Princess Liu Yao? Liu Yao’s father was the King of Chu, Liu Wu, who became a criminal after taking part in the Rebellion of the Seven States. Liu Yao alone had strongly opposed her father’s rebellion, and Emperor Jing allowed her to keep her title of Princess. Emperor Jing wants to bring his distant niece to Chang’an and keep her as a useful figurehead. If necessary, he can even send her to the Xiongnu as a bride. But by the time the court officials arrive, Liu Yao has already vanished without a trace. Several years later, no one could have imagined that this princess would build such a thriving business and become an honored guest of the Xiongnu royal court. Later, Emperor Jing pushes the bewildered little Liu Che into Liu Yao’s arms and tells him, “From now on, A Yao is your own sister.” Theme: Human will can overcome fate. Work hard to rewrite a tragic destiny.