Kangxi’s Merchant Wife (Qing Dynasty Transmigration)

The new book, The Noble Consort Wan of the Qing Dynasty, is being drafted. Please add it to your library!

New book blurb:

Chen Wu transmigrated to the Yongzheng era, becoming the daughter of a schoolteacher.

After struggling to survive in the apocalypse in her previous life, all she wants in this one is to eat her fill and wait for death.

One day, a guest came to her home. Chen Wu, who had reached the age of fifteen, secretly peeked out from behind the door.

The visitor's son was refined and dignified, a handsome young man. Chen Wu fell for him at first sight, then shook her head regretfully.

Someone like him wasn't right for her.

She put the thought aside and quietly turned to leave.

Who could have known that a few days later, an imperial decree would arrive, assigning her as a concubine to Prince Bao, Hongli?

Only after entering Prince Bao's residence did Chen Wu realize that she was the Consort Wan in Qianlong's harem, the woman who lived to the age of ninety.

Chen Wu counted on her fingers. She still had at least seventy-five years to live, and immediately felt at ease.

She kept slacking off, only occasionally attending to her boss.

Somehow, while slacking, she became The Outcast, second only to one and above tens of thousands.

From a nameless little concubine, she quietly endured her way to the position of empress.

This story is entirely fictional. Entirely fictional.

(Blurb for this story)

Li Hanzhang was famed for her beauty in the capital. She was stunning and knew how to make money, making her a famous wealthy woman in the Forbidden City, as well as an older unmarried woman. Her family schemed with greedy intentions, and her father even threatened to kill himself to seize her property, but she always brushed it off with a smile. That is, until she picked up a handsome young man who had lost his memory, then let desire take over, using threats and inducements to snatch him from someone else and make him her live-in son-in-law.

In his previous life, Kangxi sat on the throne and worked diligently all his life, afraid he would not be a good emperor and would let the Grand Empress Dowager down. After dying, he was reborn and swore not only to become an emperor for the ages, but also to wield a big stick and teach those little brats what it meant to be a loving father and filial sons. Yet, by a twist of fate, he lost the memories of both his lives and became the live-in son-in-law of a merchant's daughter. Kangxi was troubled, wondering how he could cover up this shameful episode.

Who would have thought that after he regained his identity, that woman would run even faster than he did, swiftly cutting ties as if he were some kind of monster.

He thought the two of them would never meet again, but later he heard that she had picked up another pretty young man. Kangxi, inside the imperial palace, couldn't sit still.

In the back courtyard, Kangxi narrowed his eyes and blocked someone's path, his voice husky. "I heard you picked up another pretty young man? What, are you looking for another live-in son-in-law?"

With both hands restrained by him, Li Hanzhang gave him a knowing smile. "Is this the pretty young man you're talking about?"

Three-year-old Li Jinran came over angrily and glared at Kangxi. "Let go of my mother!"

Kangxi was dumbfounded.

1. Extra sweet, satisfying, and swoon-worthy.

2. Set in a fictional Qing dynasty. Please don't compare it with historical facts.

Theme: Women should be self-reliant.