Emperor Yongzheng, Yin Zhen, was a notorious workaholic.
Even after death, he kept up his impressive work ethic. After striving for more than two centuries, he was finally assigned as an intern at his former residence, Yonghe Temple.
His job was to hear the wishes of people who came to pray and grant them as appropriate.
Workaholic Yin Zhen: "As appropriate? My performance has to be one hundred percent. I'll grant every single one of your wishes."
Yin Zhen's father, Kangxi, described him as "unpredictable in temper." His motto was basically, as long as the result is right, nothing else matters.
Recently, rumors have been spreading online that wishes made at Yonghe Temple are incredibly effective, though they tend to come true in slightly unexpected ways.
Wisher 1: "I wished to become fair-skinned, got into a car accident, and spent three months at home with broken bones. Now I'm pale as if I'd just crawled out of a coffin."
Wisher 2: "I wished for romance, and three handsome guys have confessed to me in the past month. Oh, and I'm a guy."
Wisher 3: "I wished to get rich. My company fired me, so I sued them at the labor bureau and got 100,000 in compensation. Now I'm unemployed."
Yin Zhen: "That's just how I do things. Tell me, did your wishes come true or not?"
Just as he was about to become a permanent employee, a major problem kept him tossing and turning, much like the rough path he had taken to the throne in life.
Pei Tingyue had never believed in ghosts or gods.
When a classmate dragged her to Yonghe Temple to make a wish, she stared expressionlessly at her classmate with hands clasped in prayer. Remembering the Qing dynasty transmigration novels she'd read in her reckless youth, she started curling her toes in embarrassment.
She wondered sardonically: "Is it really that effective? Could it make me fall in love with the Fourth Prince?"
The Fourth Prince himself, Yin Zhen: "..."
Coworker: "Actually, our company doesn't object to employees dating, as long as the other person knows your situation."
Yin Zhen: "Knows what situation?"
Coworker: "That you're a workaholic? That you're involved in a romance between a human and a ghost? That you don't have a stable job?"
Yin Zhen: "..."
Theme: Work hard and keep improving every day.