From Widow to General's Wife (Farming)

Blurb:

You Jun's corn had been eaten by some damned fool, causing her graduation project to fall short of the requirements. She had to delay graduating from college. When she heard the news, her heart stopped, and just like that, she was gone.

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in ancient times. More precisely, she had transmigrated into a farming novel. In the original story, the heroine became vicious after her husband died. She was lazy and beat and berated her children, leaving them mute, frail, and malnourished at a very young age. Later, her husband suddenly struck it rich. He had been thinking of bringing his wife and children together to live with him, but after learning what had happened, he gave up on the idea and instead married a princess from Bianjing.

The adorable little one in the story hugged his head and cried, "Mom, please don't hit me! It hurts so much! It hurts!"

Seeing the alarming red marks on the little one's body, she swore to treat him well. She took him to a doctor and worked hard in the fields to make sure he was fed.

With her extensive knowledge of agricultural science, she improved farming methods and optimized fertilizer use, increasing grain yields. She became the village's "expert" and finally cleared her name.

She also used a method for purifying coarse salt that she had learned in middle school to make fine salt, improving the family's meals.

One day, while picking fruit on the mountain, she discovered rapeseed flowers. She waited for the seeds to ripen, saved some, and later sowed them. The following year, a vast field of beautiful rapeseed flowers bloomed, drawing young women from villages miles around to visit and enjoy the spring scenery.

When the seeds ripened, she pressed them for oil. Her family became the only one in the village with cooking oil, and she raised her little one to be fair-skinned and handsome.

She could read and write, becoming the village's female scholar. Her poetry won the praise of teachers, magistrates, and prefects, and she even taught her son to become a top scholar.

She was a widow. Her husband had joined the army and died in battle several years ago, leaving mother and son struggling to get by.

But who was You Jun? A top student at an agricultural college. There was nothing about farming she couldn't handle. Just as You Jun was happily raising her child, however, her dead husband suddenly returned, now a Cavalry General of Bianjing.

The general returned to the village to find his wife. Seeing how capable she was and how adorable their child had become, he was even more taken with them and promptly brought them to Bianjing.

"You've worked so hard, my dear. Let me wash your feet." Faced with the general's sudden affection, You Jun was stunned, and her heart began to pound. Her husband was incredibly handsome!

As it turned out, during that battle, her husband had saved a prince, taken an arrow to the arm in his place, and then fought his way out of the encirclement with him.

Thanks to his connection with the prince, he was named Cavalry General when the victorious army returned to the capital.

The Cavalry General missed his capable wife back home, and later they all moved to the general's residence in Bianjing.

You Jun's son also came first in the palace examination, becoming a renowned top scholar in the capital.

When people learned that this top scholar, though the son of a general, had grown up with his mother in a remote village, they were eager to meet his mother. They were astonished to discover that she was not only breathtakingly beautiful, but talented as well. As one would expect, the mother who had raised a top scholar was exceptional.

As for the title of General's Wife, it turned out that the general was the one who had married above his station.

"The Sky Screen Says I Should Become Empress!"

Blurb:

Liu Xiange spent ten years working brutal 24/7 shifts at a major corporation before finally dropping dead and successfully transmigrating.

She became the least favored princess of all, born to a palace maid who had neither title nor name.

She decided to cling to the crown prince and live as a carefree slacker.

Her father the emperor passed away, and a sky screen suddenly appeared.

Golden characters filled the heavens: [The True Dragon of Northern Han, Chosen by Fate: The Emperor's Seventeenth Daughter, Liu Xiange!]

A bonus high-definition animated PV showed her future self wearing the imperial crown and ruling the realm!

Liu Xiange: "???"

It must be because she'd stayed up too late reading web novels on the System yesterday and hadn't gotten enough rest.

The next day, a crowd of tearful generals and ministers fell to their knees. Someone had produced a yellow robe from who knew where, and they all scrambled to drape it over her.

The old general at their head was overcome with emotion. "Your Majesty, please heed Heaven's will, ascend the throne, and save the people!"

The crown prince was right there. Liu Xiange, who had been planning to cling to him, said:

"Wait a minute! Who are you people?! Who put this yellow robe on me?! Take a good look. Does this make any sense?!"

The crown prince bowed. "Your Majesty, please ascend the throne!"

From then on, she regularly topped Northern Han's trending topics:

#Shock! The Good-for-Nothing Princess Is the Only Heir Officially Chosen by Our Dynasty#

#Who Changed the Imperial Edict?!#

#Sky Screen Livestream: The Empress Is Secretly Practicing Her Escape Again Today#

Her siblings frantically tried to drag her off the throne.

Her fanatical ministers insisted, "Fate is just a big basket, Your Majesty. Hurry up and put everything in it!"

She could only straighten her crooked crown tassels and sigh. "...First, let me be clear: I want plenty of overtime pay. Memorials must be under eight hundred words, and don't write in that flowery style. Just sum it up in one sentence. Also..."

"Can the imperial kitchen make roast leg of lamb tonight?"

[Reader's Guide]

1. Not serious political intrigue. A goofy, feel-good power fantasy with a quirky heroine and a cast full of comedians.

2. Spoilers from the start. The sky screen is online throughout, posting comments and spoilers, so expect chaos and laughs.

3. The heroine grows over time. At first, she's a slacker forced to do her job. Later... maybe she'll become an ambitious slacker?

4. There may be a few romantic pairings.

Coming soon: "Everyday Life Farming and Raising Kids and Pets with My Widowed Sister-in-Law"

Ye Chaochao was a 21st-century obstetrician-gynecologist. After dying in a medical dispute, she opened her eyes in an alternate ancient world.

The lazy original owner heard that her elder brother had just died in battle and immediately told her pregnant sister-in-law. The news sent the sister-in-law into such a state that she went into labor. As the original owner carried her sister-in-law to the city to see a doctor, she jumped into a river with her.

Her sister-in-law made it to shore. The original owner died.

When Ye Chaochao transmigrated, her sister-in-law was giving birth in broad daylight.

Ye Chaochao: "!!!"

Oh my god, ahhhhh!

Good heavens!

Good heavens!

Help!

Ye Chaochao immediately climbed out of the water, ignored her soaking wet clothes, and used her modern medical knowledge to help her sister-in-law deliver safely.

Then she carried the baby home with her sister-in-law.

That afternoon, her sister-in-law was about to go work in the fields.

Ye Chaochao: "!!!!"

Oh my god, ahhhhh!

She gave birth in the morning and was already heading to work with a basket on her back in the afternoon!

"Sister-in-law, don't move. You should rest. There's work in the fields, right? I'll do it.

"Sister-in-law, stay with us for now. You can remarry once the child is grown, or I can support you in the meantime." Ye Chaochao had accepted all the original owner's memories and circumstances, so she explained it to her sister-in-law.

Her sister-in-law stared at Ye Chaochao as if she'd seen a ghost. Had a water ghost possessed her younger sister-in-law?

Well, this water ghost seemed pretty nice.

The clean air and water, and the mountain scenery of ancient times, made Ye Chaochao feel refreshed from head to toe. She had never realized how beautiful a world without industrial pollution could be.

To her own surprise, she adapted with ease. She farmed, raised silkworms, and cultivated mulberry trees, and life kept getting better.

She bought clothes and makeup for her sister-in-law.

She bought brushes, ink, and paper for her niece, and sent her to school in town.

She raised cats and dogs of her own, and they all lived happily together.

Only then did she realize how naturally beautiful her sister-in-law was.

A fine young man from town fell for her sister-in-law.

Her sister-in-law said, "Little sister, I still want to live with you. My niece is all grown up now, but could you please not send me away?"

Ye Chaochao was moved to tears. "Sister-in-law, this is just too wonderful!"

An ancient woman choosing not to remarry and staying with her younger sister-in-law of her own free will was so touching.

The three women in their family were the odd ones out in this little place.

But their lives kept getting better and better.

Especially that younger sister-in-law, who used to be lazy and scatterbrained. Since when had she developed such miraculous medical skills, learned how to deliver babies for money, and become so diligent in the fields? Even the cats and dogs at home had grown fat as pigs.

Everyone was so jealous.

The men: I wish I could marry her.

The women: I wish I were her widowed sister-in-law.

Coming soon: "I Became a Fake Crown Prince and Successfully Ascended the Throne"

Blurb: Xiao Che transmigrated. Looking at the prince's python robe on his body, Xiao Che, who had read countless historical romance novels, understood the situation.

The Xiao imperial clan had twelve princes. Xiao Che was sixth in line. The eldest prince had died young, the second prince was blind, the third prince had died young, the fourth prince was dull-witted, and the fifth prince had become a monk.

The sixth prince, Xiao Che, naturally became crown prince. However, Xiao Che and her mother, Noble Consort Rongjia, shared a secret: Xiao Che was actually a girl.

Noble Consort Rongjia had deceived the court and hidden the truth, making Xiao Che's identity as a prince official.

As a fake crown prince, Xiao Che lived in constant fear. She tried to get along with her father and brothers, hoping they might spare her life when the truth came out.

Everyone around the sixth prince seemed blind to Xiao Che's identity. Even her mother accepted it perfectly well and wasn't the least bit worried.

The days passed one by one.

Until the fake crown prince successfully ascended the throne.

Coming soon: "The Noblewoman Marries Again"

Blurb:

An Yiyi was the niece of the current empress, born to a noble family. She was the second legitimate daughter of the General's household, with an elder sister and brother who both doted on her. Her sister became the wife of a young heir, and her brother inherited the title. The whole family enjoyed wealth and honor.

But her marriage was far from ideal. She first married the current top scorer in the palace examinations. Though he was merely a scholar, he was outstanding in both looks and talent, and had even caught the emperor's eye. Their married life was not particularly loving, but they treated each other with mutual respect and courtesy.

Unfortunately, their good days didn't last. The top scorer took a beautiful concubine. An Yiyi naturally couldn't stand the woman, but she maintained the bearing of a noblewoman and couldn't bring herself to behave like a jealous wife fighting for her husband's attention.

If he was going to be a bad husband,

then she would divorce him. Fortunately, the empress cared for her, and the emperor was benevolent, so he issued an edict allowing them to divorce.

After her divorce, An Yiyi gave up on marriage. There were rumors that the Prince of the Southwest had never married, and had spent years in the remote borderlands serving his country and its people. One day, the emperor summoned the prince.

An Yiyi had gone to the palace to visit the empress, and happened to meet the Prince of the Southwest at the palace gate. He was dressed in black.

Remembering that they had gone on a few outings beyond the palace when they were young, An Yiyi mustered her courage and greeted him. "Greetings, Prince of the Southwest."

She had assumed they were merely acquaintances who nodded to each other in passing.

But soon afterward, news spread through the palace that the Prince of the Southwest had asked the emperor for permission to marry An Yiyi, who was now divorced.

Hearing the news at home, An Yiyi felt a little puzzled. He was an illustrious prince who had never married. Why would he want to marry a divorced woman like her?

Years into their marriage, An Yiyi learned that when Lu Jiuyuan had hurried back to the capital through the bitter winter cold, it wasn't because the emperor had unexpectedly summoned him. He had requested the summons himself.

"I've kept this secret for so long. I never thought my wife would find out." The man's calm, self-assured voice rang out beneath the spring curtains.

Theme: Love life and cherish the little ones.