My Empress Is a Cross-Dressing Expert [Book Transmigration]

Also known as: The Empress Above, His Majesty Below

[The Serious Blurb]

Gu Ling Shu transmigrates into a book and wakes up in the body of a sickly prince, one who is destined to die alongside his ministers on the day his nation falls.

Whoever wants to die can go ahead. I'm not dying!

So, to save his own skin, Gu Ling Shu marries the beautiful "younger sister" of the original novel's protagonist.

With this wife, it's like he's got a cheat code. He fights corrupt officials, takes to the battlefield, and eventually even ascends the throne to become emperor!

He'll go mad for his wife, go wild for his wife, and bang his head against a wall for his wife.

But what do you do when your wife won't let you touch her?

Wife: Darling, I'm a man. Can you handle that?

Gu Ling Shu: A man? Uh... can we just be friends?

Wife: I suppose we can, but I want kisses and cuddles and to be lifted up high!

But... why am I the one getting kissed, cuddled, and lifted up high?

Aah... Put me down!

Xi Chen was dressed as a girl from childhood and raised as a daughter.

Though he had never wanted this, the emperor decreed that Xi Chen marry a sickly prince who just wanted to lie flat!

How could that be!

He was meant to make a name for himself on the battlefield, commanding armies and shaping the world.

But the more he looked at his sickly husband, the more he liked what he saw.

Yet when he told him he was a man, his husband only wanted to be friends?

That wouldn't do! Bring on the romance novels!

Xi Chen: Husband, I've been so good to you. How about we sleep together tonight?

Gu Ling Shu: Why?

Xi Chen: We're both men. Isn't that normal?

Gu Ling Shu: I guess there's nothing wrong with that...

A few days later, Gu Ling Shu: Why don't you want to sleep with me tonight?

Xi Chen: Give me a kiss, and I'll sleep with you.

Gu Ling Shu: Why?

Xi Chen: We already sleep together, so what's the harm in kissing me on the cheek?

Gu Ling Shu: I guess there's nothing wrong with that either.

A few days later, Gu Ling Shu: How did our kisses end up on the lips?

Xi Chen: We've already kissed. Why don't we consummate our marriage?

Gu Ling Shu: Why?

Xi Chen: Aren't we married? We've already kissed, so what's the harm in sleeping together?

Gu Ling Shu: I guess there's nothing wrong with that either.

The next day, Xi Chen knocked on the doors of the Qianqing Palace. "Your Majesty, should we sleep together tonight?"

Gu Ling Shu: "I don't believe a word you say!"

[The Not-So-Serious Blurb]

Others transmigrate and get an overbearing CEO, a prince, and a golden finger.

He transmigrates and gets a frail body, a chronic illness, and the cold of the palace.

Others have harems filled with three thousand beauties.

His harem has one fierce husband.

Others scheme in the inner palace, playing the innocent and plotting behind everyone's backs.

He causes a scene, acts cute, and gets into fights.

Others have empresses who are refined ladies, gentle and charming, from illustrious families.

His empress comes from a military family, can fend off ten thousand troops with a fist, and has the spirit to swallow mountains and rivers.

Others become emperors and command the world, outsmarting their enemies.

He becomes an emperor in name only, a puppet who must outwit his brother-in-law.

When he unifies the realm and wants to step back from the throne,

the empress says, "Your Majesty, it seems we still haven't consummated our marriage."

[Bonus Scene]

Gu Ling Shu: Empress, how about I...

Empress: No! We have to be together for a lifetime, just the two of us!

Gu Ling Shu: But we're both men...

Empress: What, are you prejudiced against gay people?

Empress: Your Majesty, remember, we still haven't consummated our marriage, right?

Gu Ling Shu: For someone as beautiful as you... Uh... I guess there's nothing wrong with that!

Cross-dressing powerhouse, career-minded princess top X sickly, laid-back bottom who just wants to lie flat

Reading Guide:

1. About the princess top: He was raised as a daughter from childhood, so of course he's proud and petulant, and he cries like a girl, too.

2. The bottom is always saying he wants to lie flat, but he never actually does. He's even more proactive than the top.

3. The top and bottom have known each other since childhood, but they aren't childhood sweethearts. They were separated for a few years. When they reunited, the top recognized the bottom, but the bottom didn't recognize him. That's why the bottom says things only a jerk would say.

Theme: A frail body and chronic illness are no obstacle. With diligent governance, love for one's country, and hard work at one's studies, one day you can stand at the pinnacle of the world.