After Becoming the Useless Tenth Prince, I Became Everyone’s Favorite

★ My next novel, The Lazy Fourth Prince's Farming Life, is now underway. Please add it to your reading list!

One day, Ni Nan transmigrates and becomes Kangxi's tenth son in history.

He's dumbfounded. Kangxi has so many sons, so why did he have to become the useless tenth prince?

His imperial brothers are either brilliant or skilled in both the literary and martial arts. He's the only one who's slow and foolish, as dumb as a pig.

Ni Nan thinks, Forget it. I might as well lie flat and give up.

And so...

"Your Majesty! The Tenth Prince took the Ninth Prince and used a slingshot to cripple the tutor's horse!"

Kangxi: ???

"Then the tutor fell off the horse and broke his leg..."

Kangxi: !!!

"Your Majesty! The Tenth Prince led a group of young princes into the Imperial Household Department and secretly changed all the consorts' selection plaques!"

Kangxi: ???

"He changed them all to the names of palace maids from the Laundry Bureau..."

Kangxi: !!!

"Your Majesty! The Tenth Prince..."

Kangxi clutches his chest. "Just tell me what he did this time!"

"The Tenth Prince blew up the Imperial Kitchen's cooking pot! He burned the kitchen down, too..."

Kangxi: "He didn't even spare the Imperial Kitchen???"

Well, it's all about eating, drinking, and having fun. He's had his fun, so how could he leave out the food and drink?

And then...

"Your Majesty! The Tenth Prince turned the Imperial Kitchen into a steamed bun shop!"

Kangxi grits his teeth. "So he really didn't spare the Imperial Kitchen!!!"

Well, the steamed bun shop has everything you could want.

Diet meals for the consorts, nutritious meals for the princes, work lunches for the ministers, and even late-night snacks for the palace maids and eunuchs.

Ever since the shop opened, the consorts have been enjoying their meals, the princes have stopped being picky, the officials have started looking forward to morning court, and the palace maids and eunuchs have had more energy on night watch.

Ni Nan never imagined that his constant experiments with food would accidentally make him the most sought-after chef in the Forbidden City.

Kangxi no longer scolds him, and his imperial brothers no longer make fun of him.

Looking at the crowd gathered around him, Ni Nan is dumbfounded all over again.

Huh??? How did I become everyone's favorite???

Bonus Scene 1:

Kangxi: "Did Yinsi cook today?"

"The Tenth Prince has already cooked for the entire palace."

Kangxi, who hasn't received a single dish: "Where's my portion!!!"

Bonus Scene 2:

Kangxi: "I heard Yinsi made his wife so angry she went back to her parents' home again? Why is he so clueless about romance?"

"The Tenth Prince asked, 'What is love? Can you eat it?'"

Kangxi: …

Bonus Scene 3:

Kangxi: "It's a lovely spring day. Bring me my horse. I haven't ridden in a long time."

"The emperor's horse can't run anymore."

Kangxi: ???

"Well, the Tenth Prince fed it until it got too fat to run."

Kangxi: !!!

Reader's Guide:

1. Told from the male protagonist's perspective

2. Plot-focused

3. A Qing Dynasty transmigration story about raising children

★ My next novel, The Lazy Fourth Prince's Farming Life. Here's the blurb:

On his third birthday, Yinzhen recovers memories of his previous life after coming down with a high fever.

As the little dumpling recalls his past, he learns that in his previous life he stood out among his imperial brothers and successfully inherited the throne.

But the tragic part is that after only a few years of carefree life as emperor, he was worked to death by his overwhelming workload.

Yinzhen: Huh???

Yinzhen: Right! Being emperor sounds no fun at all!

Well, forget it. Whoever wants this miserable throne can have it. Just don't make me take it.

So, determined not to repeat the path of his previous life, Yinzhen sets out to prove he's not cut out to be emperor. While his imperial brothers study hard and strive to improve, he diligently learns how to farm and becomes a happy little farmer.

He plants potatoes in Consort De's back garden;

scallions in Kangxi's washbasin;

sweet potatoes in the Imperial Kitchen's cooking pot;

and even garlic in the Grand Empress Dowager's goldfish bowl.

And so on...

As he keeps farming, Yinzhen never expects to help all the country's refugees achieve a comfortable life, or to fill the national treasury, too.

Years later, Kangxi lies on his dragon bed, on the brink of death. In a hoarse voice, he asks everyone, "Who should inherit my throne?"

The ministers answer in unison: "The Fourth Prince!"

His imperial brothers blurt out, "Fourth Brother!"

Yinzhen, utterly bewildered: Huh???

Blurb archived on August 29, 2022

Theme: Caring for children is everyone's responsibility.