When Will the Crown Prince Make His Move for the Throne?

Next up: The Crown Prince Returns, and Great Qi Is Safe at Last! Please add it to your wishlist. Li Xun, an army major, transmigrates into a romance novel called The Emperor's Beloved. In the story, Emperor Jiayou goes to great lengths to help his beloved's son inherit the throne, maneuvering the eldest prince and the crown prince, whose maternal family is powerful, into competing against each other. The eldest prince dutifully wages a succession battle for over a decade as a disposable tool, but after the emperor gets what he wants, he ends up confined for the rest of his life. Unfortunately, Li Xun transmigrates into the role of that eldest prince. Li Xun tears up this doomed script. What's so interesting about fighting for the throne? There's a whole wide world out there waiting for him to conquer! "Father, give the throne to my younger brother. I want three thousand soldiers to go to the northern frontier!" Emperor Jiayou, who had been scheming for years: ??? * The succession battle in the Great Qi dynasty is about to reach its climax, when the popular contender, the eldest prince, suddenly drops out and asks to be enfeoffed in the dangerous, bitterly cold northern borderlands. Everyone thinks he must have lost his mind. But before long "Report! The eldest prince has wiped out the Northern Rong cavalry and captured three Northern Rong tribes." The officials, who had always been terrified at the mere mention of a Northern Rong invasion, feel as if they're dreaming. "Report! The eldest prince has taken all of the northern deserts and discovered an incredibly rich silver deposit underground!" The princes, squabbling over the empty treasury, begin to question their lives. "Report! The eldest prince has reached the capital of the far-northern Sand Kingdom. The entire kingdom has submitted!" The emperor's eyes widen in shock. The Sand Kingdom has twice as much territory as Great Qi! Later, the bitterly cold northern frontier becomes a paradise beyond the Great Wall, powerful and prosperous. Officials and commoners throughout the court and country flock in droves to sneak across the border and become the eldest prince's subjects. Those who fail to make it keep asking every day: When will the eldest prince return to fight for the throne? They can't wait for him to become emperor! Emperor Jiayou, still determined to put his beloved's son on the throne: ...!!! Build up the nation, expand the borders. The world is so vast. I want to conquer it. Here's another preview. Visit my author page: [The Pampered Scion's Guide to Reviving the Family] A spoiled young heir transmigrates to the modern era, then returns to ancient times. From that day on, he turns over a new leaf, cherishes his family, and revives his clan. The wastrel, scorned throughout the capital, becomes a merchant who creates a legend: winning a title and fiefdom and bringing glory to his family! [Transmigrated as an Ambitious Concubine in a Powerful Household] Lin Yanran, the youngest chemistry professor in China, transmigrates into a household-intrigue novel called Rules for the Second Wife. She becomes Lin, a villainess concubine with the same name. In the book, Lady Lin is a noblewoman by birth who falls in love with the male lead, the Marquis of Zhenbei. His sickly first wife ruins her reputation through a scheme, turning her into the marquis's concubine. Unwilling to remain a concubine, Lady Lin competes with the low-born second-wife heroine over everything. She plots constantly, determined to reclaim her rightful place as the principal wife, but ultimately ends up banished to a temple, where she dies a miserable death. When Lin Xiao Ran arrives, the original owner has just been slapped by the Marquis of Zhenbei for stealing a phoenix hairpin meant for the principal wife. The marquis looks at her with disgust: "A concubine is lowly for life. I warn you, from now on, stay in your place and stop coveting what doesn't belong to you! Ambitious women are repulsive." He tosses her a book of household rules and orders her to copy it five hundred times, then storms out. After reading through pages of rules about the hierarchy between legitimate and illegitimate children, the three obediences, and the four virtues, Lin Xiao Ran throws the book into the fire. She has a stiff spine and would rather break than bend. The rules of this world have always been made by the strong, and end when the strong trample them underfoot. #How is taking back what's rightfully yours being ambitious?# #Conquering the realm and claiming the Central Plains: that's real ambition.# * As the transmigrated heroine of the book, Wang Shuniang initially believes the gulf between principal wives and concubines is unbridgeable, and that living peacefully means never fighting, never competing, and never crossing the line. Watching Lady Lin, who is clearly also a transmigrator, invent glass and make a fortune, create cement and earn rewards, then form a fleet and sail overseas to trade, Wang Shuniang thinks it's all a farce. She watches coldly, waiting for Lady Lin to bring about her own ruin. But Lady Lin not only avoids destroying herself, she builds a kingdom in Lingnan and forces the imperial court to divide the land with her along the river. Meanwhile, Wang Shuniang keeps to her place and manages her husband's household for years. At last, she wins his heart and thinks they can be together for life, but not two years later, she discovers that he has taken a young and beautiful concubine. Wang Shuniang finally sees the truth. No amount of favor or love can give you the freedom that power brings. She kicks the scumbag to the curb and promptly heads south: "I'm a transmigrator too. Big-shot sister, take me with you!" Completed feel-good stories. 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