Back to the Zhenguan Era as a Side Consort

[Reading Guide]

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Chapters 31 and 32 are revised chapters that were previously published. They contain minor edits that do not affect the later plot. Readers who have already read them, please use your own judgment before purchasing!

Please support my forthcoming novels: The Empress Xiaojing Has a Farming System (Qing) and Diary of the Emperor and Empress Switching Souls (Qing)~

[Novel Blurb]

Wen Xiwen, a medical student, suddenly died after staying up late to study during an internship at a hospital, with exam season right around the corner. She transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan era and became a secondary consort newly sent to the Eastern Palace.

From the point in time when she transmigrated, the Crown Prince would be deposed in five years.

Wen Xiwen: ...Thank you, I guess.

Oh well, when you get to the mountain, there'll be no way through. Since Li Chengqian's deposition couldn't be changed, she might as well enjoy herself while she was still the Crown Prince's secondary consort for the next few years.

So Wen Xiwen simply gave up trying.

While others curried favor, she chuckled to herself. While others worked hard, she slept.

But why was history starting to change?

Lady Wu had switched careers and become a female official?

Li Tai had given up competing for the throne?

Li Chengqian had become emperor?

Li Chengqian's perspective

Ever since the first time Li Chengqian saw Wen Xiwen, he had been hearing an extremely strange female voice.

[Ah!!!! He's so handsome!!!]

He realized it was the inner voice of his newly appointed secondary consort.

Then, whenever he went to dote on Wen Xiwen, he heard all sorts of nonsense in her thoughts, including when his father, Li Shimin, would die and what would become of him.

Li Chengqian: ...I don't want to hear this!

Once he realized he couldn't escape it, he finally faced his fate and began striving to improve himself.

After he ascended the throne, it was only when he looked back on the past that he realized what an opportunity Heaven had given him.

Notes:

1. Add the novel to your favorites so you don't lose track of it. Thank you, everyone~

2. The story is mostly based on fictional settings, with historical sources as a supplement. Please don't scrutinize the history too closely, mwah~

3. Marriage before love. They are not each other's first. He doesn't dote exclusively on her at first. If that bothers you, please think carefully before starting.

4. Empress Wu is still around. The story simply doesn't follow the imperial consort route.

------- Forthcoming novels, listed below. Whichever gets more pre-orders will be updated first ---------

[Forthcoming Novel 1] The Empress Xiaojing Has a Farming System (Qing)

[Forthcoming Novel 2] Diary of the Emperor and Empress Switching Souls (Qing)

[Forthcoming Novel 1] The Empress Xiaojing Has a Farming System (Qing)

Qi Shuhua graduated from an agricultural university, but couldn't find a job in her field, so she had to stay at home.

While helping her farmer parents work the fields, she opened and closed her eyes and transmigrated into the body of Ulanara Shuhua, the primary consort of Yinzhen, the Qing Dynasty's fourth prince during the Kangxi era. She also got a "farming System."

Looking at the dazzling array of seeds and all kinds of tools in the System's shop, Shuhua was practically drooling.

If she could take all this stuff home, she'd be rich!

System: I have a way to get you home.

Shuhua: What way?

System: ...

Shuhua: Can I take these things back with me?

System: ...

Shuhua: Say something!

System: ...

Shuhua: Have you gone mute?

System: This feature will unlock after an upgrade.

Shuhua: ...

Upgrading required farming, so Ulanara Shuhua started planting crops in her own backyard.

Until...

Yinzhen: Where did you get these rice seeds with such large, full grains?

Shuhua: I saved them myself. (They came with the starter pack.)

Yinzhen: Where did you get this fertilizer that works so well?

Shuhua: I made it myself. (I bought it in the System's shop.)

Yinzhen: Where did you get such a huge greenhouse and all the strange things inside it? Don't tell me you built it yourself.

Shuhua: Uh... I hired someone? (The System directed people to help build it.)

Yinzhen: ...

From then on, the fields of green turned golden.

Yinzhen's perspective

For thousands of years, the people have depended on food, making agriculture the foundation of a nation.

Yet for thousands of years, no dynasty had ever truly managed to make its people secure and its land prosperous.

That is, until I met Shuhua.

The fine seeds she cultivated could ensure no one in the land would ever go hungry again. The techniques she offered could bring peace and prosperity to the world.

Yet once her work was done, she left without seeking fame or recognition.

I, Yinzhen, have never admired anyone before. But when I saw Shuhua, I truly came to admire her deeply.

But in the end, she will have to leave. Can I keep her here?

[Forthcoming Novel 2] Diary of the Emperor and Empress Switching Souls (Qing)

What does it feel like to transmigrate into an empress, then turn into an emperor?

Hang Yunting raises her hand: I know this one!

Hang Yunting was an ordinary accountant who transmigrated into Nala Yunting, the future Empress Consort of Qianlong, who was still Consort Xian at the time.

Knowing that Emperor Qianlong would live a long life and that his successor empress wouldn't have a happy ending, she kept her head down in the palace.

After struggling through eight years and diligently working for Qianlong, she finally became empress and started taking it easy. But while she was sleeping, she woke up in a different body.

Nala Yunting, still groggy from sleep: Am I the boss now?

After switching into Qianlong's body, Nala Yunting finally held her head high. She no longer had to put up with Fourth Brother's bad temper or the snide remarks of his consorts.

But why did an emperor have to get up so early? Why did an emperor have so much work? Why was being an emperor so exhausting?! (Screams like a groundhog!)

When she realized that the soul in the empress's body belonged to the Qianlong who had tormented her for so long, Nala Yunting broke into a wicked grin.

Wouldn't it be great to let the boss experience the joys of being a wage worker?

Qianlong's perspective

Hongli had been sleeping soundly, but when he awoke, he had become the new empress he had just appointed.

Who was trying to harm me?! (Horrified.)

Hongli desperately wanted to know whose soul was inside the emperor's body, but now that he was in the empress's body, he couldn't even see his original imperial body.

But given the situation, all he could do was play the empress and plan his next move.

Then he discovered that his respectful, gentle, and capable empress had a side he had never known about.

Hongli: Stop rushing me, stop rushing me! Being a contractor is exhausting T T

Theme: The longing for a better life is humanity's greatest productive force.