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Li Jue, the legitimate youngest son of Emperor Qingwen, is the apple of his father's, mother's, and Crown Prince elder brother's eyes. His life has always gone smoothly, until one day he falls into the water and loses consciousness. He has a very long dream, in which a mysterious person tells him that in the original world, he was supposed to die, and his parents' relationship would fall to a freezing point. During an outing, the emperor meets a woman and dotes exclusively on her from then on. They have a son, and he even plans to depose the Crown Prince.
The person in the dream calls himself Sanqi. He comes from a distant place and has arrived to help Li Jue change his fate.
“If you don't change your fate in time, your Crown Prince brother really will be deposed. Your mother will also become estranged from your father, and your uncle, the great general, will fare even worse.”
Li Jue is so frightened that he sobs, his voice choked with grief. “I... I'll listen to you.”
“Good.” The System is delighted. “Sign and put your thumbprint here. I'm worried you won't do the work properly.”
Li Jue is silent for a moment, then says quietly, “I... I can't read yet.”
In the Great Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qingwen has nine sons. He always thought they were at each other's throats, but never imagined they would one day become a loving family. The Great Qing Dynasty once held an important position in the Central Plains, but Emperor Qingxiao has no ambition and has been repeatedly bullied by the Northern Hu and Southern Wu in recent years. Then gunpowder appears out of nowhere and astonishes the world.
Li Jue is exhausted to the point of collapse. Every day, he has to learn to write first, then rack his brains to pass various things to his Crown Prince brother. Fortunately, his beloved Crown Prince brother trusts him no matter what he does. Li Jue is moved to tears. What a wonderful Crown Prince brother! How could he possibly be deposed?
But little by little, Li Jue realizes that his mother and Crown Prince brother can also foresee the future. Why do they know even more than he does?
Frightened, Li Jue pretends not to notice and races through his tasks without stopping.
“Task one: reforming education, complete.
Task two: improving medical practice, complete.
Task three: improving printing techniques, complete.
Congratulations, all tasks are complete.”
Hearing Sanqi finally say something that sounds like human speech, Li Jue lies back on his bed in relief. But the Crown Prince pulls him right back up. “Little Fish, no sleeping. We'll both work to make the Great Qing prosper.”
“And us!” his second through eighth brothers chime in from behind.
“Help!” Li Jue clutches his head and cries in utter despair, his heart breaking. “Sanqi, are you sure this is how the story goes?”
Li Yang has struggled so hard to appear just as the plot reaches its climax, only to find that the Ninth Prince is still alive and well! After finally getting a chance to meet the emperor alone, she discovers that he thinks she's affected. She's the protagonist, the protagonist, the future empress and the mother of the future emperor!
Unfortunately, the people she thought were a bunch of disposable side characters are no longer any such thing, and she is no longer the protagonist she thought she was.
Content warnings: 1. This is a fictional historical setting with little research behind it. The author is a beginner, and the writing is not very polished.
2. The empress and the Crown Prince have both transmigrated and been reborn. This is their third life: the first was in ancient times, the second in the modern era, and the third has brought them back to ancient times. So they can be described as both transmigrated and reborn.
3. The male lead is a native of ancient times. He has no golden finger, and he has neither transmigrated nor been reborn. He was simply chosen by the System.
4. This story moves at a somewhat slow pace, so I hope you'll be patient with it. Thank you <3
Theme: Strive tirelessly to build a better Great Qing.
It looks good. When will the author plan to update it? Looking forward to it.