A Qin Dynasty Transmigration: Opening Mystery Boxes with the First Emperor

[New Novel: The Crown Prince Dies, and She Becomes Empress Dowager] is now being serialized. Welcome to my author page to read it! [Exclusive bonus scenes will drop in the official V chapters from time to time. There is also a crossover novel next door, The Whole Family Transmigrates to Qin. Thank you for your support!] When Qin Ying opened his eyes again, he found himself in an ancient era, reborn as a newborn baby. Everything around him felt utterly unfamiliar: blurry sights he could barely make out, incomprehensible babbling, and strange objects everywhere. His mother looked after him every day, while his father was always busy and rarely home. By the time he was six months old, he could guess his way through about half of the ancient language. Then he saw his mother take his tiny hand and sigh with worry: "Ying, your father said the wrong thing today and made your grandfather very angry. Your grandfather is going to confine your father for a month. Today is your first time meeting him, so be sure not to anger him." Qin Ying's eyes widened in shock. He couldn't believe what kind of unlucky, ill-spoken father and harsh, quick-tempered grandfather he had ended up with! Just because his son said something displeasing, a father was going to lock him up for a month? Could that guy be his stepfather or something?! Furious and stunned, Qin Ying clenched his tiny fists as his mother hurriedly carried him to the home of his "harsh, quick-tempered" grandfather. To his surprise, his grandfather lived in a majestic palace. With a growing sense that something was amiss, Qin Ying was finally ushered through layer upon layer of attendants and brought before his powerful grandfather. But the moment he saw what his grandfather looked like, his eyes flew wide with shock. A middle-aged man wearing a tall ceremonial crown, dressed in dark robes and a crimson skirt, with a bronze sword measuring five feet two inches at his waist. He stood nearly six and a half feet tall, with a dignified face and long, narrow phoenix eyes that radiated intimidation!!! That height! That outfit! That face! Qin Ying excitedly cried, "Waaah, waaah, waaah!" "Heavens! Mother, why didn't you tell me my grandfather was Qin Shi Huang?!" "And my unlucky father is Crown Prince Fusu?!" At thirty-nine, the First Emperor, Ying Zheng, had just unified the realm and was full of confidence. But his eldest son, Fusu, in whom he had placed such high hopes since childhood, had grown more and more stubborn with age. He had joined a group of Confucian officials clamoring to revive the feudal system and opposed his father's commandery system, infuriating the emperor so much that he confined his eldest son for a month. When his eldest daughter-in-law brought his eldest grandson, Ying, to see him, he casually picked the child up. Then he saw his grandson's eyes widen with surprise and astonishment. [As someone who transmigrated into the Qin Empire, your grandfather is Qin Shi Huang, and your father is Ying Fusu! An incredible start, a disastrous ending!] [At six months old, a high fever accidentally damaged your brain, leaving you dull and slow from then on. Though you are the First Emperor's eldest grandson and Fusu's eldest son, you barely register within the royal family!] [Even though fate has treated you unfairly, you are "brain-damaged" yet determined, resilient, and never give up easily!] [At ten, your fate finally takes a turn. You successfully bind to a blind-box sign-in System, and the System's energy repairs your brain damage. With your intelligence restored and memories of your past life returned, you are given a new life. However, your grandfather Ying Zheng will die of illness at Shaqiu in one year! Your father Fusu will draw his sword and take his own life in one year! Your eighteenth uncle, Hu Hai, will kill you in one year! And the Qin Empire will be completely finished in three years!] Qin Ying: "???" ["Ding"...] [To save your miserable fate and achieve MQGA, work hard, young man!] [Complete the beginner's quest within half an hour: Make a spectacular first impression, and amaze your family, relatives, and elders by making them realize, "Huh, the emperor's eldest grandson is surprisingly bold!"] [Quest reward: One random blind-box draw] Six-month-old Qin Ying stared wide-eyed in astonishment after suddenly hearing a long stream of mechanical announcements in his mind. [Thanks for asking. I'm in the Qin Empire, transmigrated as the First Emperor's eldest grandson, and I just turned six months old.] [The good news: After transmigrating, I got a golden finger System to protect myself!] [The bad news: My System seems unable to tell how old I am. It arrived ten years too early, and it's an incomplete, clueless System whose perspective is permanently fixed ten years in the future!] [Bonus Scene] The night he held his eldest grandson, the First Emperor dreamed of a little child and a huge, colorful spinning wheel. The child gave the wheel a push. It spun around twice with a rumble, then popped out a small wooden box. The child, who had his back to the emperor, happily opened the box and took out a thick, square object. The emperor instinctively stepped closer and heard the child say in a babyish voice: "Let me look through Records of the Grand Historian. Oh, the Qin Empire will fall in fourteen years." The First Emperor, who had only just unified the realm: "..." "Sigh. My father will eventually take his own life, and after my ruthless eighteenth uncle usurps the throne, he'll run the Qin Empire into the ground in three years. The Qin will fall after just two generations. How am I supposed to turn things around in such a difficult situation?" The First Emperor's pupils contracted in horror: "!!!" What? The Qin Empire has only just been founded, and it's already going to fall?! [Note] 1. This blurb was posted on August 6, 2024, and revised on March 30, 2025. Screenshots have been archived. 2. This novel and The Whole Family Transmigrates to Qin, which is next door on my author page, are part of the same series of parallel-world Qin transmigration novels. They share a setting and most of the same characters, but the events take place at different times. Theme: When the young are strong, the nation is strong!