The Socially Anxious Favorite of the Qing Palace Thanks to Memes

Blurb:

A genius little painter with severe social anxiety transmigrates into Yinzhi, whom a missionary has declared autistic. To get home, he must complete the “Happy Family” mission.

Yinzhen thinks he is “six years old and still unable to speak, and whenever he sees the late emperor, he is so terrified that he bursts into tears.” But he is only four now… Great!

I can work on being autistic until I’m seven!

Who knew that all he wanted was to stay home, but people kept forcing him to socialize?

The Grand Empress Dowager: “Sweet grandson, come visit Ugu Mama every day, okay? If you don’t, you won’t get any sweet milk tea.”

With his social-anxiety-ridden shut-in weakness held against him, Yinzhi was devastated.

Kangxi: “Third son, go study with your brothers at the Shangshu Study. No dinner until you can recite the Three Character Classic!”

He didn’t want to talk, so he switched to writing from memory, and accidentally became a child prodigy?! No… Yinzhi burst into tears.

Consort Rong, Lady Ma Jia: “Good boy~ If you want paints, paper, and brushes, take this money and go buy them from the missionaries at the Imperial Astronomical Bureau yourself.”

This is a nightmare-level mission! Yinzhi burst into tears again. Q_Q

Yinzhi and Yinreng: “Third brother, once there was a person who didn’t like talking or going out. And then… we beat him up!”

You mean brothers! I was… raised on scary stories! Yinzhi ran off in tears. Q_Q

Baby Yinzhen: “Gege, hug me~”

Help~~~ Human babies are the scariest things ever!!!

With no other choice, Yinzhi, who didn’t want to communicate, started handing out one self-drawn reaction image after another to express his dangerously close-to-exploding emotions.

[Stay back! .jpg]

[Without milk tea, I might never be happy again.jpg]

[Father, hungry. Food, please.jpg]

[Good and obedient.jpg]

Everyone was smitten by the ridiculously cute little dumpling. “You can have it, you can have it all!”

Coming next: 1. My Empress Is So Precious and Spoiled (Qing Dynasty). Please add it to your reading list~ (Original title: The Empress Just Wants to Take It Easy)

One-line summary: What should an emperor do when his empress doesn’t love him anymore?

Blurb:

Question: What’s it like to start with a max-level character?

Yu Ling, a pampered and demanding beauty, transmigrates into a book as Kangxi’s second empress, a member of the prominent Qing imperial Niohuru clan.

She has a generous dowry, a comfortable stipend, and countless treasures and gorgeous clothes and hairpins bestowed upon her… The only problem is, her current situation is a little dangerous.

Palace Intrigue System: “Kangxi once had a virtuous and gentle first empress whom he adored, now he has his close childhood friend, Noble Consort Tong, and in the future, he’ll have his true love, the female lead, Uya. As the daughter of a convicted traitor, with a godfather who was none other than the already-executed Oboi, you’ll die within six months. If you want to survive, go win Kangxi over…”

Yu Ling’s beautiful eyes widened in disbelief. “Pursue a man? Me?”

The System was firm: “Either pursue him or die.”

Yu Ling was unmoved.

“There’s no internet in this ancient world, and I can’t even leave the palace. I might as well get reincarnated sooner.”

“Wouldn’t it be wonderful to enjoy six months of life as empress, bask in all the wealth and splendor in the world, and then die?”

System: “…” This little darling really couldn’t put up with even the slightest hardship.

Yu Ling made a habit of being demanding and doing whatever she pleased.

In the morning, the female lead, a palace maid, helped her out of bed, gently dressed her and did her hair, practically feeding her by hand.

In the late morning, she watched a flock of beautiful women bicker below, occasionally munching on peeled melon seeds, while lazily remarking, “Their skills are so amateur. They’re not even as entertaining as a romance novel.”

The consorts: “…”

We’re sorry to have embarrassed ourselves in front of you.

At noon, she sampled the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast prepared by the palace’s finest chefs. When she got tired of abalone, she rinsed her mouth with West Lake Longjing tea.

Kangxi, who was frugal and hardworking, was about to lose his temper.

Yu Ling lazily raised her eyes. “What, can’t you afford to support me?”

Kangxi: “…”

Of course I can!

In the evening, she listened to a Jiangnan courtesan sing, soaked in the private bath reserved for the empress, and looked over masterpieces by famous ancient writers. She could even ask the actual author to hurry up and finish a story for her.

Nalan Rongruo: “…”

I don’t write romance novels!

*Uya is reborn, waiting for Empress Xiaozhao to send her to the emperor’s bed before she dies.

With her past-life experience of winning the emperor’s heart, she believes she can defeat all the other women, become the most favored consort, and take the throne as empress!

So she endures humiliation, serving the pitiful empress who is both pampered and demanding, thinking that her rival won’t be able to keep up her antics for much longer anyway.

But she waits and waits, and watches Yu Ling’s antics somehow make her position as empress more and more secure, until she truly becomes the most honored woman in the land, with everyone in court and in the palace hanging on her every word.

And when Uya sees the emperor cradle Yu Ling in his hands, calling out again and again, “Zhaozhao, don’t be angry anymore,” she finds it… perfectly reasonable?

Uya: “?”

Is something wrong here?

No, wait. Shouldn’t the most precious empress in the world receive the very best of everything?

*

After growing tired of life in the palace, Yu Ling pokes the System. “Why am I still not dead?”

System: “???”

You look healthy enough to keep doing whatever you like for another eighty or a hundred years.

*Notes:

1. The empress is the most beautiful! Her name comes from the Tang poem “Clear as the sound of jade.”

2. Lots of author-created details, and a golden finger.

3. Not a mutually exclusive relationship.

4. A demanding empress and her long-suffering emperor.

Coming next: 2. The Only Human Cub in the Entire Interstellar World

Ming Qing stepped into empty air and, when she woke up, discovered that she had arrived three thousand years in the future. Everywhere she looked, there were demons (mistakenly), and she had no money and couldn’t speak the language.

A kind member of the demon race took her to a place labeled “Ancient Earth Kindergarten,” where all the children were in their animal forms.

Ming Qing immediately understood: a kindergarten teacher! Her dream job!

The ancient Earth language, writing, and cuisine had all been forgotten. She would have to let the demon races experience the wonders of human culture all over again!

*From the perspective of the interstellar beastfolk:

A rare species that had been extinct for ages, humans, had suddenly arrived from three thousand years in the past. They were so beautiful! So adorable! The entire interstellar world went wild!

The Empire hastily built a kindergarten just to serve her, and top talents from every field across the stars rushed to become teachers.

Afraid of scaring the human cub, everyone transformed into adorable cub forms.

As they spent time with her, the teachers discovered that the human cub liked teaching them human language and writing. All right, then, let her teach them!

The human cub liked feeding them, so they let her feed them… blegh!

The human cub liked petting the teachers, so… get lost! It’s my turn to be petted today!!!

A year later, after finally learning the interstellar language through their mutual lessons, Ming Qing said, “???”

I’m the cub?!

When the people of the interstellar world discovered that the cub had reached the human age of courtship (eighteen), they once again plunged into an unprecedentedly fierce competition.

They transformed into what they thought were their most impressive and handsome adult forms.

Peacocks spread their tails…

Mermaids sang…

Phoenixes built nests and offered “bride price”…

Dragons released pheromones and tried to coil around her…

The elven king presented her with fruit from the World Tree…

“Qingqing, look at me! Don’t be so strict about gender~”

Ming Qing: “I’m not interested in nonhumans, for crying out loud!”

The Empire’s tyrant: “I’m human.”

For the first time, interstellar netizens boldly and unfeelingly pointed out the mistake to the tyrant they revered above all others: “Your Majesty, you have panda blood. You’re mixed-blood!”

The tyrant, now a round little panda cub, rubbed against Ming Qing and begged: So you really won’t consider me?

Ming Qing: “…”

[Bonus Scene 1]

The insect race heard that the human cub had no bloodline powers, was weak and helpless, and was coveted by the entire interstellar world. They secretly infiltrated the kindergarten, stole the cub, and offered her to their king.

Who knew that before long, humans would wipe out their nest?

The insect race: “QwQ… Weren’t we told she was weak and helpless?”

[Bonus Scene 2]

Ming Qing’s little lesson: “Say ‘Daddy’!”

The beastfolk: “Daddy!”

Got it. In the ancient Earth language, “baby” is pronounced “baba.”

Completed novels: The Gluttonous Little Crown Prince, Everyone’s Darling, and The Four-and-a-Half-Year-Old Dragon Princess. Come adopt these adorable little cubs from my author page~

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Theme: Warm family bonds are the best remedy for a wounded heart. Let’s spread positive energy.