The Laid-Back Concubine Takes on the Daily Task of Raising a Child in the Cold Palace (Qing Dynasty Transmigration)

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Tong Linlang transmigrates into Emperor Kangxi's harem, landing in the Cold Palace with a Favorable Consort System.

Favorable Consort System: Analysis indicates that Kangxi prefers consorts who are virtuous, kind, and wise.

"Plain, cold, and useless" Tong Linlang: ?

System: Though you're in the Cold Palace, first get Yinfeng's attention, then win Kangxi's favor, and finally defeat the other consorts. Then you'll become the most favored consort in the palace.

Tong Linlang, who has already decided to lie flat: Sure, sure.

The System drones on, full of ambition; Tong Linlang spends every day slacking off and happily playing in the dirt.

She tends to her little plot in the Cold Palace and digs a little crown prince out of the cornfield; she goes fishing outside and catches Emperor Kangxi by the pond.

The tiny dumpling of a child is sharp beyond his years and keeps hanging around the Cold Palace for food and drink; the young Emperor Kangxi is hard to read and shamelessly follows right behind him.

Before long, Tong Linlang is invited out of the Cold Palace and promoted three ranks at once.

Favorable Consort System: ???

Linlang is favored overnight, breaking the harem's existing balance.

Consort Yi, Guoluoluo, loves competing with her for beauty and favor, determined to be the best in the harem;

Consort Xi, Hesheli, spends every day seeking out fragrances and flavors, yearning for the delicacies in Linlang's Changchun Palace;

Consort Rong, Ma Jia, and the later-promoted Consort De, Wuya, are always looking for her to act out scenes with them. They're the few consorts who take palace intrigue seriously.

Linlang turns them all away.

She waves her little fan and gazes at the ground. Another happy day as a little palace consort!

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Xuanye ascended the throne as a child, eliminated Oboi and quelled the Three Feudatories. He has seen every kind of grand occasion.

That is, until he hears an electronic voice beside Lady-in-Waiting Tong.

Beep beep beep, target character Emperor Kangxi is approaching!

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System 886 has had two Hosts. The first used it to farm and boost agricultural production in the Qing Dynasty; the second used it to strengthen the nation and usher in a flourishing age.

-Please, it's a Favorable Consort System!!! Could you show it some respect? QAQ

Reading guide:

1. A king who overthinks everything vs. a clear-headed layabout

2. Loosely based on history, with many original details

3. A slow pace, relatively lighthearted. Food and fun are woven throughout the main plot.

4. For Yinfeng's first interaction with the heroine, see Chapter 14; for Kangxi's first real interaction with her, see Chapter 30.

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A Qing-Dynasty Guide to Retiring as a Layabout

Blurb:

Ruan Ruan transmigrates into Emperor Qianlong's harem, becoming a little palace maid about to die after being framed, along with a young woman with the surname Wei.

The young woman is not only ambitious, but also rather like the future Consort Ling.

Ruan Ruan is getting ready to help her new friend rise through the ranks when she happens to discover that everyone in the harem has a golden finger!

Consort Xian, Nara, is reborn;

Concubine Jia, Jin Jia, has a System;

Consort Chun, Su, is a transmigrator;

Lady-in-Waiting Lu has a pocket dimension.

What's the point of competing for favor?!

She packs up her bedding, grabs her new friend, and happily runs off to Changchun Palace to retire.

She hears the Empress treats her people generously, giving them holidays and extra pay for the festive seasons. Isn't that better than fighting for favor?

She spends her days slacking off and eating pastries, and every so often gets to admire a handsome, refined young guard. Ruan Ruan's life is truly wonderful.

The young man's face is bewitching, and his features are stunningly beautiful. He's not only kind to her, he wants to marry her.

But the young man has a lot of family baggage, and Ruan Ruan doesn't like trouble, so she politely turns him down.

She explains earnestly and sincerely: I've already saved enough for retirement, and I have someone I love outside the palace. Once I'm old enough to leave the palace... I'll be with him.

The young man, who has always treated her gently and looked at her with tenderness, suddenly turns cold-eyed. He chuckles in a low voice. "Is that so?"

Then an imperial edict arrives.

She goes straight from a palace maid to a Noble Lady.

Ruan Ruan, still completely bewildered: ???

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-Ruan Ruan knows that many of the harem consorts have golden fingers, but she doesn't know that Qianlong can hear other people's thoughts.

-Hongli only meant to tease this little palace maid, but didn't expect to end up losing his heart to her.

My author page also has The Little Fairy Who Became a Hit on a Parenting Variety Show, told from the child's perspective, and After Becoming the Female Side Character in a Xianxia Romance, a xianxia love-triangle showdown. Feel free to add those to your collections too!

Theme: Those who are content are always happy.