Transmigrating to Great Qi: The Daily Life of a Real Man

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Qing Ning transmigrates from a modern-day tough woman into the fifth prince of the Great Qi Dynasty, a real tough guy. To realize his dream of becoming a wealthy prince who can lie flat, he starts cultivating useful connections from childhood and quietly builds up a private stash, all to support the carefree, comfortable life of wealth he plans to enjoy as an adult.

As a little child, Xiao Zhuoyu has his eye on his imperial father's private treasury and his eldest brother the Crown Prince's private treasury. Whatever he can get into his hands, he makes sure never leaves. He even carefully saves all the toys he has played with, so he can come up with an excuse to sell them for money later. As a schoolboy, he focuses more on earning scholarships from the academy and gifts from his maternal grandparents to fill up his private stash. As a teenager, he plans to make money on his own and grow his savings. He never expects to become his father's and eldest brother's personal ATM, as well as the Great Qi Dynasty's biggest taxpayer. Xiao Zhuoyu...

The emperor is preparing to abdicate and let the Crown Prince take the throne, continuing the work of building a golden age of peace and prosperity. As he is about to grant his sons their princely titles, and having bestowed titles on the first three sons himself, Xiao Zhuoyu says in front of all the court officials, "Father, your son wishes to become a carefree prince. I ask you to bestow the title of 'Worthy Prince' upon me."

The court officials are stunned. They know His Fifth Highness is shameless, and that he'll cut every corner possible, even when giving gifts, to protect his private stash. But this is a title! How can he brazenly and shamelessly ask to be made a "Worthy Prince"?

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Content warning: There is currently no romantic pairing in the main plot. The protagonist is entirely focused on his career and his dream of becoming a wealthy prince who can lie flat. The story is mainly about amusing childhood adventures and may be a little dull.

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After spending ten years in the harem, living in constant fear (and having a grand old time), Xiao Zhuoyu has wished upon every star and waited for the moon. At last, at age ten, he gets to leave the capital for a study tour.

He rubs his hands together, ready to go. This time, he's determined to make a fortune and come home laden with riches.

As the emperor's youngest son, born to a consort, Xiao Zhuoyu has dreamed since childhood of becoming a carefree, wealthy prince. When he was little, he relied on his adorable act and shameless begging to squeeze gold, silver, and jewels from his powerful royal family and build up his private stash.

Now that he's nearly twelve and a teenager, it's time to earn his own money and make his savings even bigger. In two years, when he leaves the palace and establishes his own residence, the only thing separating him from the carefree, wealthy life he wants will be money.

As a well-loved imperial scion, Xiao Zhuoyu considers himself exceptionally enlightened, a one-of-a-kind figure whose like has never been seen before and never will be again.

He doesn't covet power. He only loves money, and only money he earns through legitimate means. What could be more upright?

Yet despite being so upright, his father and eldest brother don't appreciate him at all. They just keep taking advantage of him.

In the imperial study, Emperor Taikang runs his fingers over a sheet of paper whose edges have started to fray. Lowering his eyes in thought, he lets out a long sigh after a while. "This would be a great undertaking for the age, but without silver in the treasury, we can't take a single step."

Beside him, his wonderful eldest son, Crown Prince Xiao Zhuosheng, gently strokes the green jade ornament at his waist and smiles warmly as he offers to ease his father's worries. "Father, I've heard that Fifth Brother has quite a bit of spare money in his private stash. Why not borrow it for now, then repay him once the treasury is full again?"

Emperor Taikang looks up at the Crown Prince. He really is confident enough to reach into Little Five's pocket. Still, father and son are of one mind. Laughing heartily, the emperor pats the Crown Prince on the shoulder.

"Ha ha ha! Good, good! That's an excellent idea. You take care of it. I don't expect there to be any problem."

When his youngest son comes back to the capital, he won't hold the emperor responsible. The eldest came up with the idea and handled the whole thing himself. It has absolutely nothing to do with the emperor. Ha ha ha! Excellent, excellent.

Before long, Xiao Zhuoyu receives a letter from the capital: "The bank drafts have been cashed. We'll pay you back someday."

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Xiao Zhuoyu's blood boils. His eyes blaze with rage as he roars at the heavens, "You dare touch my private stash? Just you wait!"

On his study tour, Xiao Zhuoyu works hard toward his little goal.

Before he can even get started, he receives a letter from Emperor Taikang. It reads: Little Five, your father can't keep going, but he can't bear to give up! Your father is afraid your eldest brother won't be able to protect you all, and so on and so forth...

The entire letter is full of emotional appeals. After reading it, Xiao Zhuoyu writes back through tears: Father, your son has some savings with Fatty Fan. Take this handwritten note and withdraw them.

His tears fall onto the paper, blurring the ink. He weeps for his own heartbreak. Another stash of savings is gone. o(╥﹏╥)o

His business has just started to take off. He has only just received some money from a transaction and hasn't even balanced the books when a letter arrives from the Crown Prince. It says: Fifth Brother, when will you come home? Father thinks of you day and night and has been longing for your return. He's wasting away, thin as a rake, and can't sleep at night. I miss you too. I hope you'll return soon.

Xiao Zhuoyu collapses into his chair in tears. His eldest brother doesn't miss him at all. He misses the money that just came in, the hard-earned cash Xiao Zhuoyu made by staying up all night and losing his hair!

Many years later, Xiao Zhuoyu can no longer remember the ignorant dream he had as a child. But everyone in the capital knows that the Virtuous Prince Shengde dislikes gold and silver and has a special fondness for hell money.

The Virtuous Prince Shengde himself, Xiao Zhuoyu...

Damn it, I only like hell money because you left me no choice!

Go and see for yourselves. His treasury has only a few chests piled high with hell money, and nobody touches them.

Besides, if he suddenly drops dead one day, it'll be ready to burn. He can take it straight away and bribe the King of Hell to give him a good rebirth.

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When Liu Ye reaches the age to be matched, she takes a fancy to Chen Dongyu, the most famous eligible bachelor in the surrounding villages. He's her father's senior disciple and the village head's grandson. He's already over twenty and still unmarried, and his grandmother has even threatened to kill herself to force him into marriage.

Everyone sighs, "A splendid peony has been stuck in a pile of old cow dung."

Liu Ye says, "To tell the truth, I married into the Chen family as the eldest daughter-in-law because I had my eye on Grandma Chen, who has one foot in the grave."

She doesn't want an arranged marriage. She doesn't want an old ox eating young grass. She doesn't want to have sex before she turns eighteen. For her husband, she picks Chen Dongyu, her childhood friend and fellow disciple, a hopeless case who isn't quite so young, hasn't come of age emotionally, and is about to enter a period of mourning.

Chen Dongyu has someone hidden in his heart. Because she comes from a distinguished family, he has never mentioned her. He keeps putting off marriage until at last he has turned himself into an old bachelor.

His grandmother is clinging to life just long enough to see him marry. The whole family blames him for being unfilial, and Chen Dongyu heads outside in a foul mood.

That stroll brings him a marriage. He marries the moonlight in his heart, the junior apprentice who is praised by everyone in the village and whom every family wants as a bride. In a single leap, he goes from old bachelor to the luckiest man alive.

★ Before the wedding

Liu Ye mutters to herself, "Chen Dongyu is a taciturn, simple-minded blockhead. How does he look anything like the scholar my father says he could become?"

Chen Dongyu scratches his head, brooding. "My junior sister is so capable and talented. I wonder which bastard will get lucky enough to marry her."

★ After the wedding

Liu Ye glares at the swaying curtain and covers her burning cheeks, nearly grinding her back teeth to dust. "Chen Dongyu, you bastard! You're a lecher hiding behind that blockhead face!"

Chen Dongyu smiles as he touches his lips and thinks, My wife looks so irresistible when she's blushing and shy.

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Theme: Born at the peak, she only wants to lie flat.