The Qing Dynasty's Greatest Cartoonist

★ My next book will be The Idle Fourth Prince's Everyday Farming Life. Please add it to your collection! Yinreng, the only crown prince in the Qing Dynasty, was reborn as a professional painter. Unfortunately, after staying up all night painting, he suddenly died and returned to his previous life. Little Yinreng recalled what had happened in his previous life and froze. His younger brothers fought tooth and nail for the throne, while he was appointed and deposed twice. After spending forty years as crown prince, he still never got to become emperor, and ultimately met a tragic end, confined until his death. Forget it. There's no point in being such a useless crown prince. Yinreng decided to lie flat and give up. He was going to be deposed sooner or later anyway, so he might as well have some fun while he could. And so... "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has taken a group of young princes to the imperial farm and is riding the pigs like horses!" Kangxi: !!! "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has turned the imperial garden into a vegetable patch!" Kangxi: !!! "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has skipped class with the Fourth and Eighth Princes and sneaked out of the palace to sell milk tea!" Kangxi: !!! "Your Majesty, all the palace maids who bought the Crown Prince's homemade whitening cream have had allergic reactions and their faces are covered in sores. Now they're all on strike." Kangxi: !!! "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince..." Eventually, just hearing the words "Crown Prince" gave Kangxi an instant headache. Yinreng had planned to keep giving up until he was deposed as soon as possible. But while he was having fun, he somehow became a comic artist known to everyone in the Qing Dynasty. * It all began when Consort De was heavily pregnant and about to give birth. Yinreng remembered that the child she was carrying was his sixth younger brother, Yinzhuo. The young prince had died before the age of six, and Consort De had been inconsolable with grief. Kangxi had also lamented that he hadn't spent more time with him. Yinreng thought that everyone, whether in the modern or ancient world, had regrets. You shouldn't wait until something is gone to learn to cherish it. So Yinreng began drawing the beautiful moments of palace life: The emperor and his consorts' affectionate everyday moments, the ladies' sisterly moments before they turned against each other, the princes growing up before their struggles for the throne; the ministers' workdays, the palace maids and eunuchs at work, and so on. And with a single stroke, he caused a sensation throughout the Forbidden City. His younger brothers would ask him, "Second Brother, did you draw today?" Everyone else would ask him, "Your Highness, did you draw today?" Looking at the crowd around him, eagerly waiting for the next installment, Yinreng wondered: When is Imperial Father going to depose me? He was still waiting to draw his elder and younger brothers' everyday lives as they fought over the throne... Bonus scene: Kangxi: "What is Baocheng doing?" "The Crown Prince is painting." Kangxi: "Call him here. Have him paint me handling memorials." "The Crown Prince says he's very busy and has no time right now." Kangxi: !!! #Has Yinreng Been Deposed Today?# #Well, Yinreng spends every day hoping to be deposed# Reader's guide: 1. Male lead's perspective 2. Plot-focused 3. A Qing Dynasty transmigration story about raising children 4. A goofy, lighthearted story Blurb archived on 2022.10.14 ★ My next book will be The Idle Fourth Prince's Everyday Farming Life. Here's the blurb: On his third birthday, Yinzheng recovered the memories of his previous life after coming down with a high fever. As the little boy recalled what had happened in his previous life, he learned that he had risen above all his royal brothers and successfully inherited the throne. The tragic part was that he had only enjoyed a few years of carefree life as emperor before dying from sheer overwork. Yinzheng: Huh??? Yinzheng: Right! Being emperor doesn't sound fun at all! Forget it. Whoever wants this miserable emperor's job can have it, as long as it isn't me. And so, determined not to repeat the same mistakes, Yinzheng set out to prove he wasn't cut out to be emperor. While his royal brothers studied hard and strove to improve themselves, he diligently learned to farm and became a happy little farmer. He planted potatoes in Consort De's back garden; He planted scallions in Kangxi's washbasin; He used the Imperial Kitchen's big pot to grow sweet potatoes; He even planted garlic in the Grand Empress Dowager's goldfish bowl; And so on... As he kept on farming, Yinzheng never imagined that he would not only help the country's refugees achieve a modestly prosperous life, but also fill the imperial treasury. Years later, Kangxi lay dying on his dragon bed and asked in a hoarse voice, "Who should inherit my throne?" The ministers answered in unison, "The Fourth Prince!" His elder and younger brothers blurted out, "Fourth Brother!" Yinzheng, utterly bewildered: Huh??? Theme: No matter what circumstances you find yourself in, live life with optimism.