Transmigrated as the Beloved Consort's Younger Sister

After transmigrating into the body of a noblewoman from a powerful family, Cheng Yunxiang is delighted to discover that her elder sister is the emperor's favorite consort. At last, all this incredible wealth and privilege has fallen into her lap.

But powerful neighbors covet the northern border, while arrogant aristocratic clans run rampant at home. Her brother-in-law, the emperor, has no interest in state affairs and spends his days lost in his sister's affection, content to live as a pampered idler.

Cheng Yunxiang: "..."

An emperor who holds the throne but refuses to bear its burdens? This country is doomed.

Cheng Yunxiang hasn't even had a chance to enjoy her luxurious new life, and already she can't sit by any longer.

After meeting a scholar with a keen understanding of commerce, she hurries to the inner palace and whispers in her sister's ear, securing him a post as a vice director in the Ministry of Revenue. Then there's the fair-minded eldest son of a once-prominent chancellor's family, whose fortunes have declined. Cheng Yunxiang gets him appointed a junior minister in the Court of Judicial Review...

She has to do something to save the country.

As it happens, most of the men she recommends are elegant, refined scions of noble families. So Cheng Yunxiang earns a reputation for "loving handsome men" and for having "a court full of powerful officials who rose from beneath her skirts."

Cheng Yunxiang: "..."

This is so hard.

Not long afterward, Fu Yuan, the Grand General Who Guards the Nation, is falsely accused of rebellion and thrown into prison. Someone advises his grandson, Fu Xian: "With your looks, the young lady Cheng is sure to like you."

The young general sits in a teahouse, watching the young lady of the Cheng family stroll down the street, his lips pressed into a thin line.

1. This is a fictional setting that blends different dynasties. No historical accuracy intended.

2. The heroine takes office and holds an official post. This novel is also known as The Embroidered Uniform Guard.

My next novel, My Husband Is Quite the Catch:

Cen Sui is the daughter of a disgraced official. Although her father has fallen on hard times, he still has high standards, and so does she. She keeps turning down suitor after suitor until she's nearly eighteen and at risk of becoming an old maid. Only then does she agree to marry Gu Yanling.

He's a jailer who spends every day dealing with prisoners. He's not even as respectable as a blacksmith in town, but at least he's honest and seems easy to manage.

Sure enough, after they marry, he's completely henpecked and listens to Cen Sui in everything. One day, when she visits him at the prison, she overhears Gu Yanling glance at a fat, greedy merchant and say coldly, "This man's crimes are serious. No visits or food from family."

The merchant's legs go weak. Trembling, he pulls a gold ingot from his sleeve and begs Gu Yanling to make an exception.

After asking around, Cen Sui gets the gist: under her husband's watch, new prisoners who are criminals have to pay a fee just to settle in. Family visits are charged by the hour. If they want to avoid a beating, they have to pay protection money. Want a dry cell? Pay a "room transfer fee" and you'll be upgraded to VIP treatment in no time.

But he goes out of his way to look after those who have been wrongfully accused.

Good grief, he's no mere jailer. He's the king of his own little corner of the prison.

Thanks to the reputation and connections he builds in prison, it takes only a few years for him to rise through the ranks and become the Censor-in-Chief, one of the Three Excellencies.

Newly ennobled Madam Cen Sui: I always knew my husband was quite the catch.

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A ruthless official and his pampered wife. Now open for advance collection in the author's column!

Theme: Always be prepared for trouble.