The Ming Dynasty's First Princess Consort

In her previous life, Xu Miaorong worked herself to the bone for her company, racking up countless achievements. Unfortunately, one misstep in a business war cost her life, and she woke up in the Ming Dynasty.

In this life, she learned she had become Xu Da’s fourth daughter, Zhu Di’s sister-in-law, and the current Prince An’s consort. She decided to lie flat and enjoy life as a noblewoman of the Ming Dynasty.

But...

Life as a noblewoman wasn’t easy.

“Your Highness, all the invitations you sent for the flower-viewing banquet have been declined!”

“Your Highness, your stipend has been delayed again this year!”

“Your Highness, the proprietors of the rice shop, coal shop, poultry shop, fresh fish shop, and fruit and flower shop are all here to collect their debts!”

“Your Highness, the Prince loved the grand gift you gave him. He says he’s going to lock you in the Buddhist shrine!”

Xu Miaorong was close to tears.

This wasn’t the noblewoman’s life she’d imagined. Being a noblewoman was worse than being a workhorse.

What was she supposed to do?

Go back to her old line of work and be a workhorse again.

Only this time, she’d be working for herself!

A little scene:

The workhorse’s finest hour...

The Ming Dynasty developed at an unprecedented pace. One day, a historian picked up his brush and asked everyone to describe Prince An’s consort in one sentence.

Zhu Di: I’ve never met anyone so greedy!

The imperial clan: I’ve never met anyone so unscrupulous!

Zhu Zhanji: I’ve never met anyone so far-sighted!

Yang Rong: I’ve never met anyone so talented!

Xu Huizu: …

Empress Xu: …

Zhu Ying: …

The historian: …

One sentence from each person, and he still couldn’t fit it all on one page. Forget it. He’d ask Prince An’s consort herself.

The historian: Your Highness, how would you describe yourself?

Xu Miaorong: They’re all right. I won’t deny it.

Reader’s guide:

1. A married couple from the start: Xu Miaorong, Xu Da’s fourth daughter, x Prince An Zhu Ying, Zhu Yuanzhang’s twenty-second son.

2. A partially fictionalized Ming Dynasty.

Next story begins

Li Xingyao was writing furiously, denouncing Chang’an in the Tang Dynasty as “unfit for living,” when everything went black and she was transported to the Tang Dynasty.

Not only was her home in Chang’an, she also had a sign-in System with her.

“Sign-in System”: Roam the city of Chang’an. Reach the required number of steps to sign in successfully and unlock the corresponding supplies.

Looking at her body, which would pass out after just a few steps, Li Xingyao was close to tears.

What made her even more upset was that her home was in the south of Chang’an, surrounded by vast farmland. Her mother worked at Princess Pingyang’s residence in the north of the city to make ends meet, while her father served under the crown prince, Li Jiancheng.

Li Xingyao: …

To change her family’s fate, she decided to walk until she dropped.

But she didn’t pass out.

Not only that, she successfully unlocked an iron wok, a spinning machine, cotton, glass…

Knowing that the tallest tree catches the most wind, Li Xingyao began to quietly amass a fortune.

She advised her mother: “Mother, Princess Pingyang is about to die. You should run away.”

Her mother, Princess Pingyang: ?

She advised her father: “Father, Li Jiancheng won’t become emperor. You should run away too.”

Her father, Chai Shao: ?

Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao, keeping their composure: If we run away, who will support this family?

Li Xingyao: I will!

I’ll siphon resources away from the Tang Dynasty and support you with my engineering projects!

Theme: A good life is earned through hard work