I Became Emperor in a Dog-Blood Story (Quick Transmigration)

Please add my upcoming book, "The Crown Prince's Everyday Life of Lying Flat (Qing Dynasty)," to your reading list!

Blurb

Han Zhou ascended the throne at seven, took power at fourteen, and died at eighty-seven. In his eighty years on the throne, he quelled border troubles and put the court in order, laying the foundation for four centuries of peace and prosperity under the dynasty.

After Han Zhou died, he was forced to bind himself to a System and complete missions in various small worlds.

System: "The mission is simple. Just be an ordinary emperor."

Han Zhou: "I'm an expert at this!"

First world: The regent seizes the eldest princess by force. For the sake of her ten-year-old younger brother, the emperor, the eldest princess endures humiliation and becomes the delicate flower the regent keeps hidden in the deep palace.

Han Zhou is that ten-year-old younger brother.

Han Zhou: There is no way a regent like that could exist in my world.

Half a year later, the regent is exiled to Lingnan for his crimes and dies on the way. The young emperor takes power.

As for the eldest princess, with her younger brother protecting her, she no longer has to hide in the deep palace in fear. She enjoys boundless wealth and gets to choose from handsome men of every kind.

Second world: The daughter of the Chancellor's family and a hostage prince from an enemy kingdom save each other. The hostage prince suffers endless humiliation, but is rescued by the Chancellor's daughter. Later, when he takes revenge and leads an army to breach the capital, he treats only the Chancellor's daughter, who once saved him, with tenderness.

Han Zhou: Wait, you think my capital is that easy to breach? This is just a trap to catch you all in a jar!

The hostage prince from the enemy kingdom is shot dead by a hail of arrows. The emperor personally leads his troops to war, forcing the enemy kingdom to submit once more!

The kind and gentle daughter of the Chancellor's family has already been betrothed by Han Zhou to the heir of a marquis's household, a suitable match. Her life is peaceful and happy.

Third world: A deranged powerful eunuch and a deposed empress banished to the cold palace.

Han Zhou: Taking care of a eunuch should be a piece of cake, right?

He sends the deposed empress out of the palace to live under an assumed name and start a new life.

After Han Zhou kills off several male leads in different small worlds, causing those worlds to collapse, he finally gets a male lead he can tolerate.

Born into humble circumstances, the male lead rises from a common soldier to a great general through his military achievements and marries the woman he has always loved.

Just as the System thinks the mission is about to succeed, Han Zhou says, "A brilliant general is hard to come by. Help me pacify the surrounding tribes, and I'll make sure your name is remembered throughout history. How about it?"

So the general male lead accepts his orders and goes to war, becoming a legendary general!

The general and his wife spend little time together, and their letters to each other contain many deeply moving poems that are passed down through the generations!

System: "Please! Can't Your Majesty just complete the mission properly?"

Han Zhou feels wronged: "You told me to be an ordinary emperor!"

System: "You call this ordinary?"

Reader's guide:

1. There is a romance, but not much. One-on-one pairing.

2. The protagonist is an ancient emperor and holds feudal views on social hierarchy.

--- Upcoming book: "The Crown Prince's Everyday Life of Lying Flat (Qing Dynasty)" ---

After transmigrating, Yonglian becomes the Duanhui Crown Prince, the son who died at nine years old during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.

Now five years old, Yonglian rests his chubby face in his hands and sinks into thought. If he doesn't play it safe, he'll be dead in three years.

But if he does, he'll have to be Crown Prince for more than sixty years...

His second granduncle was Crown Prince for forty years and nearly went mad. Sixty years as Crown Prince...

Wait! They practice secret succession now. Apart from his imperial father, nobody knows he's the Crown Prince, not even Yonglian himself.

In that case, he might as well lie flat for now.

The pressure is on Qianlong. The little Crown Prince he chose is frail, mediocre at both scholarship and archery, and soft as dough.

What can he do? This is the precious Crown Prince the empress bore him!

He'll just have to work a little harder as the father.

He'll avoid extravagance and waste, and leave Yonglian more money.

He'll treat his other sons better, so they won't think he favors Yonglian and resent him.

He can't close the country off from the world. Yonglian likes Western things just like Emperor Kangxi.

As Yonglian lies flat, he discovers that the Qianlong era is no longer a false golden age. Great, he can keep lying flat.

Until one day, he discovers that his imperial father has secretly taken down the succession edict hidden behind a plaque.

Yonglian: ? Has Imperial Father finally had enough of him and decided to choose another Crown Prince?

Qianlong: I'm getting a little worn out. What if I want to hand over the throne early?

Theme: Strengthen the nation and its armies, and usher in an age of prosperity.