The Side Consort Is Busy Winning Favor and Making Money (Qing Dynasty Transmigration)

This story updates very, very slowly, but I will make sure to finish it properly. Feel free to wait until it's complete before reading.

[Coming soon: Transmigrated as the Fourth Prince's Sister (Qing Dynasty) and A Little Taste of Life]

Li Yingzi transmigrates and wakes up in the Fourth Prince's household, becoming Side Consort Guarja, a woman not recorded in the history books.

The Fourth Prince was made a prince of the second rank at seventeen, and she was bestowed upon him by the Kangxi Emperor. In the household, she is the most honored woman after his principal wife, Ulanara!

Yingzi thinks: Not a bad start.

It's just that in this position, she can't even slack off and take it easy!

Yingzi springs into action. If she can't laze around, then she simply won't!

The women in the household are constantly scheming against one another. Yingzi's small goal: turn the Fourth Prince, who has one wife and countless concubines, into hers alone!

The Fourth Prince ascends the throne, and the harem's schemes grow even worse than before. Yingzi's big goal: Being empress sounds exhausting. She'd rather be an imperial noble consort who charms the ruler!

In just three months, Yingzi strokes her moon-bright face, clasps her slender, delicate waist, and calls him "Master" in a voice dripping with allure. She quickly becomes the thorn in the side of every woman in the household.

Everyone: "Guarja seduces the ruler. She deserves to die."

Then they turn around and see the Fourth Prince embracing Guarja by the waist in full view of the public, the two of them entering the courtyard inseparably.

If the ruler himself doesn't care whether she deserves to die, who dares say anything?

Even more infuriating, the Fourth Prince has a message delivered to the whole household: "To seduce the ruler, you need to have the looks for it."

Everyone: "..."

As if favoring her over the rest weren't enough, now he's insulting them personally.

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The Fourth Prince discovers that Guarja, who used to be beautiful but rigidly proper, has changed.

Today she's wearing a light-colored banner gown, looking just like a delicate white flower swaying in the wind.

Tomorrow she changes into a crimson Han-style outfit, and the day after that, something else...

Is his side consort putting on a fashion show?

Then he discovers something even more astonishing!

His side consort doesn't just put on fashion shows. She also has an ever-changing collection of recipes, excellent cooking skills, knows how to play mahjong, and has secretly built a thriving business!

The Fourth Prince looks at the ledger Su Peisheng obtained in secret and is at a loss for words. Could his side consort really be richer than he is?

#I don't want too large an age gap between the leads, so the setting is that the Fourth Prince is made a prince of the second rank early and can have a side consort#

#After the female lead transmigrates, it's one-on-one romance#

#The principal wife and the other concubines will have a rough time#

#The female lead takes the initiative and won't let anyone scheme against her. She gets even with anyone who wrongs her#

#The timeline doesn't match historical records, so please don't scrutinize it too closely#

Coming soon 1: Transmigrated as the Fourth Prince's Sister (Qing Dynasty)

Jiang Nuannuan transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty as the Kangxi Emperor and Consort De's seventh daughter.

But the historical seventh daughter died before she was two months old.

Nuannuan is distraught. To stay alive, she drinks milk whenever she's hungry and sleeps whenever she's tired.

When her wet nurse takes her outside for a walk, she cries nonstop. She can't go out, there are too many accidents waiting to happen...

And so, the seventh princess spends every day inside the palace hall, acting pitiful and ingratiating herself with everyone, especially her future emperor brother.

For now, though, the Fourth Prince is just an adorable little boy, and he's cute no matter how you look at him.

Nuannuan safely makes it through the dangerous first two months and officially begins her struggle to survive in the harem.

The emperor brother and her mother are distant. The little princess cries all day and all night, and only smiles happily when the Fourth Prince visits.

So the Fourth Prince starts coming to Yonghe Palace more and more often, bringing the little princess along to play whenever he does.

When the concubines in the harem give her mother the cold shoulder, the little princess wipes her tears and kneels before her imperial father, her little face red from the sun.

Kangxi's heart softens, and he bestows more gifts upon Yonghe Palace.

Gradually, everyone realizes that the little princess of Yonghe Palace is extraordinary.

First she wins over the Fourth Prince, then helps Consort De win the emperor's favor.

She even catches the eye of the Grand Empress Dowager, making her Consort De's strongest supporter!

The harem concubines: Have daughters! The emperor likes princesses, and so does the Grand Empress Dowager.

Consort De sits in Yonghe Palace, while the little princess everyone envies lies on her lap. Her fourth brother is on her left, her sixth brother on her right... Surrounded by two adorable little boys, she couldn't be happier!

#Set in the Qing Dynasty, with plenty of creative liberties#

#Let's raise a baby together and cuddle all kinds of little cuties#

#The protagonist is the historical Kangxi Emperor's seventh daughter, who died less than two months after birth#

Coming soon 2: A Little Taste of Life

Liu Ning transmigrates into the body of a blessed darling from a dirt-poor family, cherished by her grandparents, parents, and brothers.

Favoring boys over girls? Not a chance! Her grandparents treasure her above all else, and always give her the best of everything first.

Toxic relatives? Not likely. All her uncles dote on her, taking her up the mountains and down into the rivers, giving her whatever she wants.

What's more, Liu Ning discovers that she's the family's little lucky star.

She goes up the mountain, and a piece of prey barely dodges her eldest uncle's knife before crashing into her frail little leg and dropping dead?

She casually picks some herbs, and they turn out to be precious medicinal ingredients coveted even by the imperial consorts?

Her second aunt, who had been married for years without conceiving, gets pregnant after holding her once!

And her eldest cousin, who is already a talented writer but has repeatedly failed the exams, passes the scholar examination after buying something with her...

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Armed with a whole collection of recipes, Liu Ning helps the Liu family prosper and become well-off.

Beef, mutton, pork, greens, potatoes, and radishes: set up a barbecue stall!

Tomato broth, beef tallow broth, mushroom broth, and fish maw broth: open a hot pot restaurant with savory, sweet, and spicy flavors!

Longjing, Da Hong Pao, and Biluochun tea, plus comic dialogue, opera, and stage plays: set up a teahouse!

Gradually, the villagers notice that the Liu family has replaced their donkey with an ox, and then finally with a horse-drawn carriage...

Their clothes have gone from coarse hemp to fine silk and brocade.

The Liu family's sons used to be unable to find wives, but now matchmakers are pounding down their door.

The Liu family's daughters are sought after by a hundred families. People from the town, the county, and even the provincial capital come asking about them.

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Even the blessed darling runs into difficult people, and Jiang Sui is one of them.

Liu Ning: I'm the luckiest girl in Willow Leaf Village.

Jiang Sui: I'm a sickly person who's about to die. I happen to be looking for a lucky girl to bring me good fortune through marriage.

Liu Ning isn't willing, and neither is the Liu family, because Jiang Sui really is a sickly person who could meet the King of Hell at any moment.

Even though he's the best-looking man in the surrounding villages, he's also a scholar about to go to the capital for the imperial examinations.

The Liu family announces that they absolutely will not let their daughter marry Jiang Sui.

But just two months later, Liu Ning shyly tells her family that she won't marry anyone but Jiang Sui...

Jiang Sui refuses to believe it.

Liu Ning insists on making him believe!

Theme: Life is short, so don't make yourself miserable.