Yang Yaoruo transmigrates into the body of a poor farm girl who has to live under someone else's roof, with barely enough food or warm clothes.
After her uncle locks her in a dark room yet again, she makes a half-asleep wish for meat, warm clothes, and a brazier.
Far away in the imperial palace, the emperor has governed diligently and brought peace and prosperity to the realm, but has exhausted himself and is on the verge of death. He hears a voice announcing that a System has bound itself to him.
[Beep! The Host has issued a task!]
[Prepare meat, warm clothes, and a brazier. Complete the Host's task to earn a reward: one day of life.]
[Number 116, the hardworking System, must remember the rules: work diligently for the Host and fulfill all of the Host's needs!]
[The new System's introductory guide is complete. From now on, Number 116, the hardworking System, will communicate with the Host directly!]
The dying young emperor spends the last of his strength summoning an attendant and sending everything as requested. The next day, he appears alive and well in court.
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Yang Yaoruo discovers that after being bound to a System, she can make wishes to it, and it even teaches her how to deal with her uncle's family.
Not only does she have enough food and warm clothes, she also has more money than she can spend.
Until one day, imperial guards surround her home, and the young emperor bends down to put on her the cloud-toed shoes she had wished for not long ago.
He says, "Let's go home."
After learning that she was bound to a System, this is the first wish Yang Yaoruo makes.
Reader's Guide:
1. The male lead is an ambitious young emperor. Once he meets the heroine, it is 1v1.
2. There is a large age gap.
3. The first chapter focuses more on the male lead's perspective; the story returns to normal afterward.
4. The heroine has an ordinary person's intelligence and life experience, and hasn't been battered by society. Don't expect too much from her early on.
5. As in point 4, feel free to criticize the male lead, but please don't make personal attacks on the author.
Recommended: My friend Fu Hongzhuang's novel, "The Spoiled, Wealthy Beauty of the 1970s"
A spoiled, wealthy beauty who has been taught that "marrying well is better than working hard" wakes up and strives to improve herself. She turns the tables and supports the man she once hoped to climb up to, a fake young master kicked out of the compound. They fall for each other, and she discovers that even after leaving the compound, he is still a powerful man!
Coming soon: "Everyday Life in Bianjing"
When Chen Yuanniang was born, her father was demoted from a military officer to a commoner. She went from being a pampered young lady of an official family to a farm girl, spending her childhood cutting grass, herding cattle, and doing hard labor.
Even her betrothal, arranged when she was a baby, fell silent.
The family's grain jar was nearly empty. As her grandmother cursed her as a burden and sent her up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables, Chen Yuanniang was lucky to have the sharpest eyes in all the surrounding villages. Every time, she managed to gather more wild vegetables than anyone else.
Then fortune fell from the sky: she would never have to dig for wild vegetables again!
Her fiance's family had sent someone to break off the engagement!
A thick stack of silver notes, countless chests of gifts in compensation, and even the family's former ancestral home. This wasn't a broken engagement. It was the God of Wealth showing up to save them.
But it also stirred up the whole village's jealousy, and people hoping to marry her for her money came pounding on their door.
Her grandmother looked at her lovely granddaughter and her young grandson, who was old enough to start school and pay tuition, then gritted her teeth and made a decision.
"We're moving! Moving house!"
The whole family quickly moved to Bianjing, where they settled into a small courtyard with a shop facing the street and began their lively life in the city.
Scene One:
Her younger brother goes to school, while her grandmother and mother knead dough in the shop to make steamed buns. As for Yuanniang...
She rolls up her sleeves and prepares to help, only for her grandmother to slap her hand away. A rouge-red mark appears on her fair arm.
Her grandmother's sharp voice fills the room. "You silly girl! What respectable young lady bares her arms and legs? Do you still want to find a husband or not? Do you think this family needs you to earn a few measly coins?"
Her gentle-natured mother silently rubs her injured arm.
"Buy yourself a couple of pretty outfits." Her grandmother tosses down a heavy little purse, then continues gruffly, "Finding a good husband is what matters."
Yuanniang smiles and doesn't argue. She just stuffs the purse into her sleeve and nods over and over like a squirrel.
Her younger brother, back from school, puts on a serious face and says, "Sister, don't worry. I'll study hard, and when I pass the highest imperial exam, I'll earn you and Mother noble titles. I won't need outsiders to bring glory to our family."
Scene Two:
Since everyone in the family is so capable, Yuanniang has no choice but to take the purse and spend her days going out with the neighbor girls to buy rouge and watch the fun, becoming just like a girl born and raised in Kaifeng.
Chen Yuanniang soon sets her sights on a handsome scholar from a well-off family. He often comes to the shop to buy steamed buns, and his gaze always lingers on her. She pretends to be shy and occasionally lifts her lovely face to ask him to teach her characters, until he falls completely in love with her.
After that, there are fresh gifts at her door every day: sometimes rouge, sometimes pastries, sometimes hairpins...
Their feelings for each other grow stronger.
Until the scholar reveals who he is and says he wants to come to ask for her hand in marriage and wed her properly. Chen Yuanniang is struck dumb, frozen in place.
Isn't that the family of the fiance whose engagement she broke off...?
Theme: Keep hope in your heart even in desperate situations
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After reading it, I have the same feeling... The late emperor failed halfway through his business venture... I didn't write down what I wanted to read, and read a lot of what I didn't want to read.
I don't understand why the heroine is moved. She clearly knows that the hero is a wise man, and she also knows that she has a special relationship with him. She also wants to go home, but she is moved by the words of a person who clearly has evil intentions. She doesn't understand where this is going. It would be too strange to use this to create conflicts.
Zhao Su: Well... Main system: Don't try to eat my cabbage easily
Is there any extra? I still feel like I don't understand why the main system does this?
Don't be be 😭 😭, even if Zhao Su is not a lover, he is still the one who supports and witnesses Aruo's growth. It's so sad to say goodbye [cheek-holding] [cheek-holding]
Suddenly I felt very sad for the original owner. Everyone showed up after her death, but no one showed up before her death.
This is an unequal relationship
What is the significance of the author placing the heroine in this position, and where is the main plot? Where does the heroine grow? What is the significance of the merit mentioned earlier? In the case of the Huan family mother and son, the heroine has not grown up at all. After becoming a master, she just went out and wandered around, changing the behavior of the lower class for a short time, and socializing here meaninglessly. Her identity is unclear to that of the hero, which makes people misunderstand. What is the definition of a heroine, and can she be allowed to ascend to the throne? If not, what do you want to do with this direction? If you don't want to keep the heroine in captivity, what are you doing by taking her brother away? I bought it all and looked at the progress bar. I was full of doubts and felt that this article must not explain anything clearly and it was a waste of my money and time.
Feeling a bit stuck??
It's been a week, is it a trap?