After Clinging to My Reborn Eldest Sister's Coattails

★Coming Soon: Transmigrated into a Book as Nanny Rong, The Six Fan Gate's Junior Forensic Investigator, After My Little Restaurant Connected to Every Dynasty After Ming Yue transmigrated into a book, she became the fifth daughter of the Yu family of Yingchuan. For generations, the Yu family had been distinguished officials, but unfortunately, their descendants had little to show for it. The first and fourth branches fought bitterly over control of the household. The second branch had married into the family of the daughter of the Earl of Jing'an, yet spent their days drinking and carousing. As for Ming Yue's family in the third branch, they were thoroughly laid-back introverts. In the book, the eldest granddaughter, Yu Mingze, turned the tide. She entered the palace as a study companion to a princess and was eventually personally chosen by His Majesty to be the Crown Prince's consort. What was there to hesitate about? She had to cling to her big sister's coattails! And so Ming Yue became a devoted big-sister fan, happily embarking on a wonderful life: standing guard while her eldest sister fought the household battles, grabbing a brick when her sister went to a banquet, liking her sister's new friends, and enjoying the clothes and food her sister earned. * Nobody knew that Yu Mingze had been reborn. In her previous life, she had exhausted herself trying to do everything, only to end up estranged from her husband and dying of illness in the depths of the palace. Given another chance, she wanted only to live life on her own terms. At first, when her fifth younger sister grew close to her, Yu Mingze thought she had simply acquired a little shadow. Later, she came to believe in her heart that an eldest sister was like a mother, and cherished her sister as the apple of her eye, a jewel in her palm. * Xie Xilou, heir to the Duke of Ningguo, was as graceful as a crane and sturdy as a pine. Skilled in both letters and arms, he was the object of every noble maiden's admiration in the capital. Yet time and again, whenever the palace tried to find him a suitable wife, Xie Xilou smiled and turned the candidates down. Until one day at a banquet, he saw the fifth young lady of the Yu family protect the eldest young lady by lifting a stack of bricks with one hand, while secretly stuffing her mouth with snowflake cake. She was so endearing that he couldn't help laughing. Xie Xilou chuckled, finding her rather interesting. "From now on, I have no heart to love a beautiful night. Let the moon shine down on Xilou as it will." Coming Soon 1: Rong Wan, an executive assistant, transmigrated into the daughter of a bondservant household registered with the Imperial Household Department. She had just turned sixteen at the start of the year when she entered the palace through the minor selection. Assigned to the Qianxi Second Residence of Prince Bao, Hongli, she became a serving maid in the side quarters. Her daily duties were fetching water and sweeping, and even passing dogs could order her about. The work was miserable. Her monthly pay was barely half a string of coins, her regular allowance wasn't enough for food and drink, and the usual rewards had nothing to do with her. If she wanted a better life, she would have to climb the ranks. It was already the eleventh year of the Yongzheng reign. In two more years, the throne would pass to Qianlong. As the saying goes, it's good to enjoy the shade beneath a big tree. Rong Wan found herself a good employer: Fuca, the Princess Consort of Prince Bao. It began when the young prince Yonglian choked on his food. Rong Wan saved him with the Heimlich maneuver and earned herself a transfer to the main courtyard. Later, the Princess Consort noticed that she was quick-witted, knew acupuncture, and could make all kinds of strange toys and treats that children loved. She promoted Rong Wan to serve at her side. Through the years of ups and downs in the palace, Rong Wan stayed quietly in her corner and devoted herself to her work. Little by little, she rose from a maid in the Qianxi Second Residence to the head matron of Changchun Palace, eventually becoming the revered Nanny Rong. Crown Prince Yonglian: "Nanny Rong, if you don't give me acupuncture today, can I still have crispy chicken?" (Well-behaved) Yongcong: "If Big Brother gets some, I want some too!" (Drooling) Hejing: "All you ever think about is food. When I leave the palace and build a big house, I'll give Nanny a home for her old age!" Rong Wan: "All right, all right. I want to retire already. QAQ" Coming Soon 2: After working overtime for 72 hours, forensic examiner Zhou Tan blacked out and woke up in the Ming dynasty. She had become Tan Niang, a refugee girl from a shantytown outside the capital whose parents had just died. She also had a scrawny little brother and a baby sister crying to be fed. The good news was that her beloved examination kit, which she never let out of her sight, had come with her. To make ends meet, Zhou Tan took her siblings by the hand, returned to her old line of work, and began helping the county office solve cases. It wasn't long before the Six Fan Gate's secret agents heard that a remarkable young girl had appeared among the refugees west of the capital. She could determine the time of death from rigor mortis, identify where a body had been dumped by tracking the flies, and use a silver hairpin and white vinegar to detect traces of arsenic. So Tan Niang was specially permitted to work for the Six Fan Gate. She would earn three strings of coins a month, with additional rewards for solving major cases. That was enough for her to rent a small courtyard outside the city, so she no longer had to sleep in the open with her siblings or spend every day on guard against those old creeps. * Ever since Tan Niang joined the Six Fan Gate, everyone had been amazed by her. She looked like a soft, delicate little girl, but worked with remarkable speed and experience. She taught them how to use magnetic powder to reveal fingerprints. She had a whole set of scalpels for examining corpses. She could even help when someone in the organization was badly wounded by an assassin, calmly using a hemostat to clamp down on his intestines. She was truly born for this line of work! * Wei Wushe was the sharpest blade in the Six Fan Gate. He was an agent of the secret service, an assassin, a guardian who could never step into the light. But on the day Tan Niang saved his life with a hemostat and shouted at him, "Can evidence really matter more than a human life?" a glimmer of light began to fall upon Wei Wushe. Tan Niang would use her scalpel to uncover the truth. He would use his embroidered spring sword to keep her safe. Coming Soon 3: Gu Xiaoman inherited a dilapidated little restaurant. The day before it was due to close, several diners from different eras suddenly arrived through the broken wooden door in the back courtyard. Grilled fish, skewers, chicken cooked in an iron pot; river noodles, pan-fried buns, spicy mixed dishes... After welcoming them, Gu Xiaoman was delighted to discover that the diners' copper coins were automatically converted into a balance on her bank card. Maybe this business really could work! Good wine fears no deep alley. Xiaoman's Restaurant grew more and more popular among the locals, and soon some famous historical figures began visiting too. One serving of crayfish to go for Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han, with a bonus "tips for spotting a charlatan alchemist" (1/1 complete) A Cantonese-style dim sum breakfast for Grand Councillor Zhang Juzheng, who had been implementing reforms for days (1/1 complete) A hot pot for Zhu Yuanzhang, so he could get furious and curse out his descendants (1/1 complete) [Ministers' Private Room]: Song minister: "What do you know? Our dynasty's annual tribute payments were a sound policy." Ming official: "Sound my ass! Sound enough to bring down the dynasty." Tang general: "You should learn from our stranger's sword formation. We'd slaughter the enemy to the last man!" Han envoy: "...I'll go get some takeout containers." [Emperors' Private Room]: "..." Silence. Silence is the Cambridge of this night. [Group Meeting Room]: Zhu Di: "Regarding the compilation of the Yongle Encyclopedia..." The officials: (Munching away) "This is delicious!" Theme: Do things by first being a good person; be a good person by first cultivating virtue.