Back to Ancient Times to Raise the First Emperor's Child

(The blurb may be revised later, but the setting with the First Emperor of Qin as a child will stay the same.)

Zhao Zhi died young in her previous life. As she breathed her last, nobody cared. Only her nephew, Ying Zheng, who wasn't even two yet, stayed by her side, crying inconsolably.

It wasn't until she transmigrated to the future that she learned what had happened: not long after her death, the Qin prince had abandoned his wife and child and fled back to Qin. Her well-behaved little nephew had become a pitiful punching bag, and his childhood in Zhao had been miserable.

After being reborn, Zhao Zhi signed an agreement with the System without hesitation. In this life, she would stay alive and protect her nephew. No one would ever bully him again!

After her elder sister left the child behind and ran away with the Qin prince, Zhao Zhi used her golden finger to exchange for supplies, making a comfortable life for herself and raising the little fellow until his cheeks were plump and he was full of energy...

But there was another problem: she'd maxed out the favorability of the people around her, yet her total points were still very low. She couldn't get any upgrades or supplies from the System shop.

She couldn't live off her savings forever. She thought she needed to find a way to get close to historical figures with high point values. So she brought chicken and tofu stew to visit several neighbors who were officials, hoping to build a rapport and make a request when the time was right.

Who knew that one day, when she opened the collection panel without thinking, she'd see this:

"Wei Xiangzi's favorability has increased by 5%. Favorability points +600"!

Zhao Zhi was overjoyed. She'd worked so hard to max out the favorability of so many people, and had only earned a little over 500 points. This person had to be a famous historical figure. She had to keep raising their favorability!

But the next moment, she began to worry: Was there really a famous historical figure called Wei Xiangzi during the Warring States period? Who was this person?

*

Short Scene

Two-year-old Ying Zheng went out to play by himself. A child ran up and insulted him: "You poor little Qin brat! Your father and mother don't want you anymore. They threw you away!"

Ying Zheng blinked, slowly pulled out a fragrant piece of cake, and answered as he ate, "But I have my auntie!"

Another child ran up to insult him: "You little beggar from Qin! Your father and mother will have lots of younger brothers and sisters in Xianyang, and they'll never love you again!"

Ying Zheng wiped his mouth and slowly took out a greasy chicken drumstick. Eating as he spoke, he replied, "But Auntie loves me the most!"

The children sniffed hard and stepped forward, swallowing hungrily. "W-what are you eating? Give us some and we won't insult you!"

Ying Zheng backed away a few steps, looking fiercely adorable. "No! Auntie made this for me. I'm not giving it to bad people!"

A little while later, a bunch of children came running after him in tears. Ying Zheng ran home too, wailing loudly. Zhao Zhi rushed out and scooped him up. "What's wrong, Zheng'er? Did they bully you? Come on, let's get revenge!"

Tears streamed down Ying Zheng's cheeks as he sobbed and nodded. "They said they were going to take my auntie away from me, waaah!"

Zhao Zhi, just about to charge in and attack everyone indiscriminately: "Wait, what?"

The heroine is a native of the Warring States period. She lived one lifetime in a future technological age, and now she's been reborn back in the Warring States period. She has a System and a golden finger. This is a warm, family-focused, slice-of-life story about raising the First Emperor as a child, with court intrigue, farming, and infrastructure development.

A parallel world, not real history.

Theme: Let all the people of the realm have enough food and warm clothes.