A Noble Consort of the Qing Dynasty: Lady Tongjia

Tong Jiahe transmigrates to the Qing Dynasty and becomes Consort Tong, Kangxi's consort.

Her childhood sweetheart and cousin is Kangxi, her adopted son is the Fourth Prince Yinzhen, who will one day inherit the throne, and her maternal family is known as the Tong Half-Court because of its influence. Any one of her relatives could be a prominent figure at court.

With wealth and power, plus the effortless good fortune of having the most promising child around, Tong Jiahe's life skips twenty years of hardship. All she has to do is raise the boy well and outlive Kangxi to reach the pinnacle of life.

Kangxi: Cousin, you have to keep me in your heart!

Tong Jiahe, intent on enjoying a life of wealth in her first half: No problem. You're in my eyes and in my heart.

Fourth Prince Yinzhen: Mother Tong, you have to dote on me!

Tong Jiahe, intent on securing a peaceful life in her second half: Of course. You're the one your mother dotes on most.

When the two of them, one grown and one small, left Chengqian Palace satisfied, Tong Jiahe sighed. So making promises really was the way to survive in the imperial harem. The promises she made at Chengqian Palace were not only generous, but more than enough to go around.

Reader's Guide:

1. This is partly fictional, with plenty of original worldbuilding, so please don't nitpick the historical details.

2. Qing Dynasty setting with an emperor. This is not a story about two virgins.

3. The female lead is not a traditional good person and has her own agenda.

4. There are many characters, so it has a bit of an ensemble-cast feel.

My completed novel, Side Consort Nian in the Qing Dynasty, is also available. Please check it out!

Upcoming novel, Daily Child-Rearing as Pure Consort in the Qing Dynasty. Blurb:

Su Jingyu is born into the Qing Dynasty in the capital, where Manchu and Mongol nobles are everywhere. Thanks to her good looks, she becomes a concubine of the Fourth Prince, Hongli.

The Su family has been Han Chinese for generations, and even if you trace their marriage ties and old acquaintances back three generations, you won't find a single bannerman. After entering the palace, Su Jingyu becomes the lowest-ranking woman in the Fourth Prince's household.

On the bright side, no one in the household sees her as a rival.

Su Jingyu is relieved: safety first.

On the downside, even her immediate superior, the Fourth Prince, doesn't notice her.

Su Jingyu weeps: rock-bottom treatment.

Thinking of how the Fourth Prince will live to the age of eighty-nine and become the longest-lived emperor in history, the