My Nephew Is Yongzheng

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At the very top of the capital's world of secondary daughters, Shuning has a loving stepmother, a doting elder brother, and an elder sister, Consort De, who has her back.

She goes to the selection, only to be dismissed, and then an imperial edict arrives, granting her a marriage.

Her fiance is the descendant of a meritorious noble family, a close aide to the emperor, and utterly devoted to her.

Everyone envies her, and Shuning thinks she is fortunate too.

That is, until she unlocks the golden finger of prophetic dreams and learns that her ideal husband has poor judgment and plenty of nerve. In the future, he will get involved in the succession struggle and back the wrong side. His three sons will drag down more than one and a half branches of the family, and even their tombstones will be engraved with the words, "Disloyal, unbrotherly, violent, greedy, and incompetent."

Shuning is so miserable she nearly cries: The marriage was granted by imperial edict. She can't refuse it. What can she do?

After turning it over in her mind, she can only set her sights on her eldest nephew, the one in her family who will emerge victorious from the Nine Princes' succession struggle. While he is still young, she'll build a good relationship with him and secure a place among the first group of prospective imperial loyalists, so that someone will have no other choice.

She sends her eldest nephew sewing supplies and delicious food every day. If she isn't bringing him warmth, she's on her way to do so.

And as she keeps doing it, she becomes the sort of woman all the women in the realm envy.

As the wife of a First-Class Duke, she keeps Lord A, a First-Class Duke and Chief Imperial Bodyguard, devoted to her alone. Their children surround them, all filial and accomplished. The emperor even respects her and treats her with filial affection, while a constant stream of gifts flows into their home. Is that treatment almost on par with the Empress Dowager's?

P.S. The heroine is a native-born young woman, neither transmigrated nor reborn. She is skilled at cooking and embroidery, and can see the future in her dreams. She is paired with Lord A, who loves his wife above all else.

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Her father and mother are known together as the Two Sages, and all four of her elder brothers dote on her. As the little darling of the imperial family, Bao'er thinks she is the ultimate winner in life.

It isn't until Tibet sends an envoy to ask for her hand in marriage, and her mother builds the Taiping Temple for her, that Bao'er finally remembers her past life.

It turns out she has been born into the body of Princess Taiping, and her happiness is only temporary.

Her eldest brother will die young, and her father will pass away in just a few years. Her mother will ascend the throne and become the only female emperor in history. Her second brother will be executed, and her third brother will be poisoned by Empress Wei and Princess Anle. Her fourth brother will yield the throne twice, but at least meet a peaceful end.

But his good son, Li Longji, will not only kill her, his ally, but nearly ruin the Tang Dynasty as well!

Thinking of her own historical fate of execution, then considering the miserable late Tang, when the capital will fall six times and the emperor flee nine times, Taiping decides that unless she works hard to become Crown Princess, both she and the Tang Dynasty are finished.

The road to seizing the succession is full of difficulties, and it is even harder for a woman to win. Fortunately, she has the memories of her past life.

She can recommend talented people and help her mother manage state affairs. She can promote double-cropping rice and have people forge iron woks, bringing stir-frying into ordinary households early. She can even draw a map of the world by hand and send people overseas to search for corn and potatoes, making sure all the preparations are in place.

But before she has even warmed up, her brothers and cousins are already admitting they can't compare to her?

Theme: Fate determines three-tenths, but hard work accounts for the other seven.