Father, Why Are You Urging Me to Ascend the Throne?

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On his way to work overtime, Zhao Jinyu is riding a shared bike when an overspeeding car going the wrong way “sends him to the afterlife.” He unexpectedly transmigrates into the useless Ninth Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, hated by people and dogs alike.

At first, Comrade Xiao Zhao imagines a prince’s daily life as follows:

Living in a mansion covering a hundred mu, riding a fine Ferghana horse, having servants at his beck and call, and feasting on delicacies every day.

Zhao Jinyu: “Oh, I couldn’t possibly! A fine young man from our socialist society mustn’t be corrupted by the sugar-coated bullets of feudal dregs!”

But the reality is...

“Your Highness! The shopkeepers are coming to collect the money you owe all over town!”

“Your Highness! The Longevity Festival is almost here. What do you think of the birthday gift for His Majesty...”

“Your Highness! We can’t put off this month’s stipend any longer. More than a hundred people in the whole household are waiting for food, clothes, and daily necessities!”

“Your Highness...”

Zhao Jinyu: . So other people got to enjoy the good life, and all he inherited was a mountain of debt :)

At first, Zhao Jinyu only repays his debts because he has to feed the hundred or so people under his care. But along the way, he opens restaurants, starts businesses, invents waterwheels, improves farm tools, establishes maritime markets, and opens up trade routes...

Before he knows it, he has become the richest tycoon in all of Great Qian!

And his barren border fief, where birds wouldn’t even leave droppings, becomes Great Qian’s most prosperous grain-producing province, busiest trading port, and most important military manufacturing base...

Now free of debt, Zhao Jinyu looks at his thriving estate and thinks that he can finally fulfill his original dream: live comfortably as a wealthy prince and enjoy an early retirement.

But his emperor father clings tightly to his hand and pleads, “My son, Great Qian really can’t manage without you!”

And the officials who once impeached him relentlessly now wait eagerly, asking, “Your Highness, when will you return to the capital and ascend the throne?”

[Important]: The setting is very loosely based on history! Everything serves the plot, so please don’t scrutinize it.

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Xiao Jingyan, who dies from overwork, transmigrates into the villainous legitimate elder brother in The Concubine’s Son Strikes Back.

The original Xiao Jingyan is cruel, ruthless, and vicious. From childhood onward, he relentlessly bullies and suppresses his younger half-brothers. But the boys are gifted and hardworking. One later places third in the palace examinations and rises to the highest ranks of government, while the other becomes a renowned general with countless victories on the battlefield.

The two join forces to repay every humiliation they once suffered. In the end, the original Xiao Jingyan is stripped of his title, separated from his wife and children, and dies miserably on the road to exile...

Eight-year-old Xiao Jingyan, who has only just turned eight: Thanks for asking. I’m already lying down, ready to live off my younger brothers.

To change his fate, Xiao Jingyan rescues his two young brothers from the clutches of vicious, status-conscious servants and raises them with plenty of good food and care. But...

Is this snot-nosed kid who doesn’t even know his own name really going to become the Grand Secretary, second only to The Outcast in authority and above everyone else?

Is that skinny beanpole who gets winded after a few steps really going to become the great general who charges alone into an enemy camp?

With no choice, the worried Xiao Jingyan personally teaches and pushes them, hoping his younger brothers will quickly grow into the strongest support he can lean on. But how come he ends up placing first in the palace examinations himself?

Theme: Focus on people’s livelihoods and keep striving forward.