Huang Qi was terribly, terribly vexed.
She discovered that she had transmigrated into a game she used to play, Diary of an Empress's Growth.
She understood the logic, but why had she become the main player's hapless daughter?
The sins she had committed in the past had finally come back to haunt her.
What goes around comes around.
Her wife had become her stepmother, and her favorability was in the negative.
Her ministers had become traitors, and their loyalty was in the negative.
She was truly abandoned by everyone.
She even saw her country's precarious finances on the System interface.
"If your finances reach zero, you will be immediately removed from the System and become..." The System helpfully popped up a new screen showing what she had looked like after dying: "a puddle of minced flesh."
To keep from becoming a puddle of minced flesh all over again, she reflected deeply and decided to become a diligent and capable empress who wouldn't lose herself in beauty.
She was now an adult, and the System had automatically declared her betrothal to the Third Prince of Beiyun valid.
In a carriage draped with gold, silver, and fine silks, Nan An lowered her eyes, hiding the last trace of reluctance.
Huang Qi sat upright in Hanyuan Hall, her mind occupied only by the budget deficit already flashing red.
But when she saw Nan An approach step by step, supported by someone else, dressed in fabric as hazy as drifting clouds, her gold bangles chiming as she moved,
her mind short-circuited.
Nan An stood before her, removed her veil according to Yuling custom, and knelt to pay her respects.
Huang Qi felt her head grow warm, and her face grow warm too.
At least her past self had done one good thing:
She had sent Nan An to her side.
Diligence was important, but so was beauty.
★ You made this mess, so even if you cry, you'll have to see it through.
★ A terminally face-conscious, sarcastic heroine x an exceptionally gentle, handsome, tragic male lead
★ The heroine is dependable, and so is the male lead
★ One-on-one romance, male pregnancy, the male lead suffers more physically
Theme: Cherish the person before you