Marrying the Crown Prince's Father for a Second Time (Qing Transmigration)

The ongoing story, Blessed by Marriage, can be found on my profile.

[Old-school melodrama: reborn + taking by force + amnesia + palace intrigue]

After Emperor Kangxi ordered Crown Princess Yun Qing executed, she was reborn as his favored consort!

Yun Qing spent her life in love with Crown Prince Yinreng. How could she turn around and fall into the arms of his imperial father?

She did everything she could to avoid his favor, even disguising herself and serving as a maid, all in the hope of leaving the palace once she came of age.

But no matter how she tried to keep her distance, Emperor Kangxi kept closing in.

*

On a cold winter night, candlelight flickered in the Hall of Heavenly Purity, and the beauty outshone the moon.

With her father in prison, Yun Qing was forced to flatter the emperor before his throne. “I am guilty for not serving Your Majesty of my own accord before.”

The man's burning fingertips traced her snow-white cheek again and again. His gaze was unreadable. “There are countless servants here. Why... would I need you to serve me?”

Yun Qing bent her knees and lowered her head. Her straight back, proud as bamboo, was bent beneath the weight of imperial power. “This concubine will serve Your Majesty... in bed.”

*

He took power as a teenager, captured Oboi, and put down the Three Feudatories. At twenty-five, Emperor Kangxi was like a lion of the grasslands, looking down on all things, ruthless and decisive.

In his eyes, there was nothing in the world he could not conquer.

Until he met Wei Yun Qing...

The day Emperor Kangxi learned the truth about her previous life, he went mad.

In the quiet of the Buddhist hall, eyes bloodshot, he kissed her and demanded again and again, “Qingqing, when you called someone ‘husband’ in your dreams, were you calling me?”

[Reader's guide]

1. This is an alternate-history Qing dynasty, with plenty of fictional details!

2. The male lead has a sexual past. The romance is bittersweet, but he will devote himself to her alone later on.

3. The heroine is reborn in a different body. The marital relationship and its ethical implications from her previous life are over.

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Liang Zhi's timing when she transmigrated was truly unfortunate.

Her original body had just been transported to an isolated island, cut off from the rest of the world.

She was about to be sent to a military brothel.

Liang Zhi refused to give up. She tried everything and begged to be taken on by the commander-in-chief, Marquis Dongjing.

She knew how to treat damp-related ailments and maintain good health, and she could manage a household and keep accounts. She'd be more useful than a military prostitute.

A rainy dusk, a dark sea, and a thick blanket of cold fog.

The man looked down at her coldly for a long time, then a strange smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

*

Later, Liang Zhi got her wish and became a junior bookkeeper.

She worked hard, throwing herself into her work day and night, all for the chance to become chief accountant. By the end of the year, she could accompany Marquis Dongjing back to the capital to report, then find a chance to escape.

But somehow, she seemed to have worked a little too hard.

The Marquis brought her along for everything, kept her by his side at all times, and even had her with him every night...

“Little A Zhi, do you really not understand? You manage my household and keep my accounts. Do you still think you can leave with your innocence intact?”

[Taking by force + faking death to escape + groveling chase]

Theme: Everyone suffers, but no one gives up.