[Qing Transmigration] The Fifth Prince Has Given Up

One moment, Yin Qi was in the ICU, staring up at the ceiling. The next, she discovered she had become a swaddled infant.

The good news: she had skipped death.

The bad news: she had started life over from the beginning.

Yin Qi's first thought was that this meant she would never get to drink Meng Po's Soup. What a loss. She had never even tasted it.

When Yin Qi learned which dynasty she had transmigrated into, she couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath.

There was nothing wrong with transmigrating to the Qing dynasty, but everyone knew how hard it was to be one of Kangxi's sons.

Not one of the princes involved in the Nine Princes' Succession Struggle was easy to deal with.

Worse, she had transmigrated as the Fifth Prince, Yinqi. Her younger brother, Yuntang, had earned the resentment of the victor of the succession struggle, Emperor Yongzheng, and was ultimately renamed Seshei. Even their mother, Consort Yi, was excluded when Yongzheng appointed his consorts as imperial dowagers. Whichever way she looked at it, her future seemed bleak.

She had planned to protect herself and leave it at that, but her mother was loving, and her younger brother Yuntang, though a little mischievous, treated her very well.

To change the fates of her mother and brother, Yinqi secretly vowed to keep a low profile. She would also persuade her brother and mother not to antagonize the resentful Emperor Yongzheng.

She had only meant to avoid standing out and remain invisible among her brothers, but unexpectedly, she won their admiration.

The Crown Prince: Fifth Brother may be unremarkable in both literature and martial arts, but he's mild-mannered and the easiest to get along with.

The Fourth Prince: Fifth Brother quietly helped me out of a jam. He gave me a peach today, and I'll repay him in kind someday.

The Seventh Prince: If not for Fifth Brother, I'd probably still be wallowing in self-pity. So what if I was born with a disability? I can still go to battle.

The Ninth Prince: All of you, move aside! I'm Fifth Brother's real younger brother!

Huh? How did she suddenly become so popular?

* An alternate-history Qing dynasty, not entirely based on historical fact.

* Told from the male protagonist's perspective. There won't be much focus on romance.

--- Here's an upcoming story: [Qing Transmigration] Hooray, I Don't Have to Work Hard!

After Hong Zhou got into a car accident in the modern era, he opened his eyes and discovered that although he was now in ancient times, he had been born into a pretty decent family. Look at these elegant furnishings. They clearly belonged to a wealthy household.

Still, this seemed to be a wealthy household of some ethnic minority. Hong Zhou listened to his mother and father speaking in a language he couldn't understand.

As he grew up, Hong Zhou finally learned that his father was a prince.

There was an arrogant third older brother in the prince's mansion, as well as a fourth older brother, who was the same age as him and always looked after him.

Hong Zhou often heard his mother telling him to study hard.

There was no chance he would inherit the title in this household. His third older brother, born to Concubine Li, came before him, and his sixth younger brother, born to Concubine Nian, came after. These two were their father's favorites.

When the time came to take the exam for a noble title at the Imperial Clan Court, he would need real ability to earn one.

Hong Zhou was no genius, but he did work hard at his studies. Then, when he was ten, everything changed.

His father, who had been Prince Yong, ascended the throne.

Hong Zhou went from being a little prince in a princely mansion to a young prince in the Forbidden City.

Hong Zhou was overjoyed: Doesn't that mean I won't have to take the title exam to get a noble rank?

In response:

Fourth Prince: Forget it. This kid has never listened to a lecture, even as a child. Let him be.

Hong Li: Fifth Brother, if you don't like working hard, then don't. Your big brother will protect you from now on.

* An alternate-history Qing dynasty, not entirely based on historical fact.

* Told from the male protagonist's perspective. There won't be much focus on romance.

Theme: Rise above the succession struggle and work hard to strengthen the country.