A Tough Aunt's Daily Life Raising Kids in the Qing Palace

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Thank you to all the lovely readers who support legal reading, and best wishes!] [★Story blurb★] A powerful earth-type ability user from the apocalypse, who grew up wild and could talk circles around anyone, transmigrates in utero to become Heseri Qingyan, the second daughter of the Heseri clan, one of the Qing Dynasty's most powerful noble families. Her grandfather is a regent, her uncle is a first-rank duke, her father is honored as the current dynasty's "Minister Suo," and her cousin is the empress. Her family has a powerful background, but the moment the feisty Qingyan is born, she loses her memories of her previous life. After sixteen years of carefree, wild growth, she never expected her eldest nephew Chenghu to die young, her cousin to die in childbirth, and her younger nephew Yinzhen to be left isolated and helpless in the imperial harem. Since her age is suitable, she follows her family's wishes and resolutely enters the palace to look after her little nephew~ The ideal is beautiful, but reality is cruel. She is targeted as soon as she enters the palace. Only after recovering her memories of her previous life does she realize that her whole family is famously unlucky~ She has now been reborn as the cousin of Kangxi's first empress, a woman famous in history, the daughter of Suo Etu, the "Great Qing's Number One Sinner," and the maternal aunt of the unlucky crown prince whom Kangxi twice appointed and twice deposed... To keep her little nephew and the Heseri family from meeting the same tragic fate as in history, Qingyan originally plans to raise the young crown prince well, cling to Kangxi's coattails, and be the emperor's good little sister. Unfortunately, reality won't allow it. Qingyan can only brandish her whip, hike up her robe, and put on the persona of a fierce, coarse, and utterly uneducated woman. She hopes that Kangxi, the great pig trotter, will have his many beauties, graceful and plump alike, look down on her and keep their distance. She hopes the two empress dowagers from Mongolia will recognize the hidden Mongolian qualities in her and show her affection. Later, she never would have imagined: The chubby little crown prince, barely three heads tall, would wrap his arms around her neck and sob. The curly-haired Yinzhen would cling to her leg and wail. The future Prince-Regent Yinzhen, strong enough to shatter a table with one slap, still in split-crotch pants with a pacifier in his mouth, would turn to her and giggle. The future Prince Yi, Yinxiang, who looked almost exactly like Yinzhen, would reach out his little hands to pat Qingyan's knee and comfort his mother, telling her not to be angry. Qingyan wiped her face and went numb. In her previous life, she had been a fierce woman who could take on zombies alone, with a ruthless hand and a sharp tongue. Now, in the Great Qing's imperial harem, she had become a fierce woman who could carry a child in each hand, another on her shoulder, and one more strapped to her chest, while earning praise from the three powerhouses! [Before You Start Reading]: 1. Early on, the heroine will raise the crown prince Yinreng and the fourth prince Yinzhen. She will change the imperial clan register, and later give birth to identical twins, the thirteenth prince Yinxiang and the fourteenth prince Yinzhen. They look alike but have different personalities. 2. The crown prince will ascend the throne. This is an ensemble story with a slow timeline, a long childhood phase, and many characters. It's a long novel. 3. The fictional world is modeled on a floor plan of the Forbidden City. Any building on the floor plan exists in the world of the novel. 4. Most of the reference material comes from encyclopedias, such as the dates when consorts entered the palace, when princes and princesses were born, and where the palace buildings were located. Some dates have been adjusted. 5. This is an alternate Qing Dynasty with many invented elements. The author's notes contain lengthy explanations. If you don't like reading author's notes, I recommend hiding them. Strict historical accuracy is not recommended~ 6. The story is revised from time to time and differs greatly from pirated copies. Chapter One's author's note has detailed reading guidance. Writing is hard, and there is anti-piracy protection. I hope you'll support legal reading. Thank you very much~ Read if you like it. If it's not to your taste, please click the X and move on. Thank you, everyone. I hope every dear reader enjoying the official version gets everything they wish for, that all goes smoothly, that you get rich soon, and that you stay healthy~ (If I think of anything else later, I'll add it.) Completed Novel Recommendation [I'm recommending my completed novel "The Eldest Grandson of the Legitimate Line." It tells the story of Jin Tuan, the eldest grandson of the legitimate line, who uses a random transmigration System to take Kangxi and the Nine Sons to other worlds, where all sorts of things happen. Jin Tuan also occasionally dons the secret identity of the old ancestor "Rageful Ranter" to call out injustice. It's a lighthearted power fantasy. Its timeline begins twenty years after Qingyan's story, but the two novels are connected, and most of the characters overlap. Come check it out~] [Upcoming Novel Blurb 1] "The Eldest Grandson of the Legitimate Line in the Qing Dynasty Has It So Hard" In the modern world, Qianlong's surname is "Qian" and his given name is "Long," making his name a homophone for the era name of the Qing Gaozong emperor, Qianlong. Because of his unusual name, Qianlong's childhood friend always teases him, saying that he might have been a beloved grandson of Emperor Kangxi in his previous life! Whenever Qianlong hears this joke, he can't help twitching the corner of his mouth. Who would have thought that an accident would really make him be born in another world, becoming Emperor Kangxi's beloved grandson? Only, he isn't lucky enough to become Aisin Gioro Hongli. Instead, he becomes Aisin Gioro Hongxi. His father isn't the future Yongzheng Emperor, the Fourth Prince Yinzhen, but the crown prince Yinreng, whom Kangxi twice appointed and twice deposed. His mother isn't the future Empress Xiaojingxian, of the Ula Nara clan, but the crown princess of the Guaerjia clan. Thinking of how Hongxi, the "eldest illegitimate grandson" in history, met such a lonely, bleak, and tragic end, wouldn't his own fate be even worse now that he's been born as the "eldest legitimate grandson," Hongxi? Yikes! His predetermined future is terrifying! The little baby Hongxi, who doesn't even have many teeth yet, thinks about the tragic fate of their line in the Yuhqing Palace and can't even enjoy his milk. With tears in his eyes, he clenches his chubby little fists and looks at his elegant, noble crown prince father, who has lifted him by the armpits and is making him fly high. He clutches an imaginary handkerchief and cries out in his heart: Waaah, Father! Being born as a legitimate grandson of Kangxi who doesn't even exist in history is so hard for me!!! Note: 1. This is the initial blurb. It may be revised once the novel officially starts~ 2. It shares a worldview with the neighboring novel "The Feisty Aunt." Their core ideas are similar, and both can be seen as parallel worlds in an alternate Qing Dynasty. 3. Blurb dated December 27, 2022, screenshot saved. [Upcoming Novel Blurb 2] "A Family of Five Transmigrates to the Qin Dynasty" Ying Zheng has just conquered the six states, unified the realm, and proclaimed himself "First Emperor." After falling asleep, he wakes to find himself back in the past, turned into a baby swaddled in blankets. Before he can let out a wail, he sees his beautiful, delicate birth mother, Zhao Ji. Ying Zheng assumes he and his birth mother will once again suffer the humiliations they endured as children in Zhao. Who could have guessed? Zhao Ji's eyes light up as she calls him "little ancestral dragon," cuddling and kissing him. Ying Zheng is stunned. Before long, he also meets the members of his birth mother's family, whom he never met in his previous life. From the conversations between the five adults, he learns: After he dies in the future, his youngest son Hu Hai will succeed him, and the Qin Dynasty will fall in its second generation! His maternal grandparents can casually fetch things from the celestial palace in the sky! His great-grandfather is a famous village doctor for miles around, and his great-grandmother is a tailor! The First Emperor is utterly dumbfounded: Could his family in this life be immortals reincarnated? Zhao Lan opens her eyes to find herself a young woman in the Warring States period. She has just given birth to a son, and her useless husband has abandoned her and the baby! Just as Zhao Lan is feeling furious and terrified, she discovers that she is Zhao Ji, her useless husband is Prince Yiren, and the son she has borne is the future First Emperor! Zhao Lan: !!! Then Zhao Zhi discovers that her parents, grandmother, and maternal grandfather from her hometown have all come through with her, along with the six-story supermarket her family built in the town center! After Yiren returns to Qin, he is constantly worried about his wife and son. Who knew he would hear that his father- and mother-in-law and their family have hidden his son away and don't want him anymore? Yiren: Meow??? Note: Dated February 17, 2023, screenshot saved. [Upcoming Novel Blurb 3] "I Became Zhu Yuanzhang's Older Sister, Protector of the Nation" "I Became Zhu Yuanzhang's Older Sister, Protector of the Nation" Yuanxi, a powerful wood-type ability user from the apocalypse, transmigrates overnight to the chaotic end of the Yuan Dynasty, becoming a young widow! Her useless husband, Wang Qi, fell into the raging Yellow River and died while working on the river dikes. Her parents-in-law had already passed away, too. All she has left is a little baby, wailing "Waaah, waaah." There's not a single grain of rice in her shabby, empty thatched hut. Facing this hellish start, Yuanxi's eyes light up. However hard life at the end of the Yuan Dynasty may be, can it be worse than an apocalypse full of zombies and severe pollution? She inherits the original owner's memories, carries the baby on her back, and plans to follow those memories to seek refuge with her mother's family. Who could have guessed that after Yuanxi finally makes the arduous journey back to her family, she finds some have died and the rest have scattered. On the verge of tears, Yuanxi has no choice but to struggle along with the baby. Later, in Haozhou City, she runs into a mighty, imposing man. The moment he sees her, he tearfully calls her "big sister" and says that he is Zhu Chongba! Yuanxi is overjoyed. Her younger brother is a rebel, and she fully supports him! Her sister-in-law, Ma Shi, is also a lovely woman, and the two women get along well. Later, Yuanxi watches her younger brother fight the Yuan Mongols with fierce determination. Just as life is getting better and better, he suddenly comes to her and says: "Big sister, I'm changing my name. I'll be Zhu Yuanzhang! I swear to become the sharpest blade for wiping out the Yuan Dynasty!" At the words "Zhu Yuanzhang," Yuanxi's mind freezes on the spot: What? My little brother is Zhu Yuanzhang? Wasn't he called Zhu Chongba, Zhu Baba?! Note: Dated February 17, 2023, screenshot saved~ Theme: Avoid needless inner conflict, work together as siblings, and build a beautiful home