I Built an Empire, Then Ascended the Throne

Cheng Xuan transmigrated into the Great Zhou dynasty, becoming a prince.

She felt the stiff wrapping against her chest. Well, would you look at that: a prince disguised as a man!

Her politically weak maternal family pushed her to compete for the throne. Cheng Xuan took one look at her brothers, each backed by a powerful maternal clan, while she had neither influence nor support. Her maternal relatives were a bunch of brainless fools jumping around, and she had to stay on guard so her real identity wouldn't be exposed. What a joke.

She immediately got out of there.

She requested a post away from the capital, packed up her little bundle, and went off to Lingnan to eat lychees and longans.

Her remaining brothers were dumbfounded. "Has that kid lost his mind? Lingnan is full of miasma. Only officials who've made a mistake get exiled to that barbaric wasteland!"

Cheng Xuan didn't care about other people's strange looks. She developed agriculture, boosted production, built irrigation systems and infrastructure, and made her career flourish...

A few years later, Lingnan was home to a wealthy merchant with a fortune around his waist.

The emperor, traveling incognito, took one look and thought: Hey, isn't that my sweet child?

Her bargain-basement emperor dad: "Sweet child, come back with me and be Crown Prince."

Cheng Xuan: "!!!"

Her bargain-basement dad: "Sweet child, I've found you a wife. Get ready for the wedding!"

Cheng Xuan: "???"

Later, on their wedding night, beneath the lamplight, the beauty lowered her face shyly.

Cheng Xuan clutched her chest, afraid the other woman would pounce on her and discover her secret: she was a woman disguised as a man.

The bride clutched her own chest, afraid the other woman would devour her like a ravenous wolf and discover her secret: she had no breasts, and was a man disguised as a woman.

[Screenshot: 2023/08/23 23:42]

Theme: Hard work will eventually be rewarded.