Name: [Qing Transmigration] The Leisurely Days of Prince He
Author: Hua Ying

Synopsis

After Hong Zhou got into a car accident in the modern world, he opened his eyes to find himself in ancient times. At least he had been born into a fairly decent family. Just look at these exquisite furnishings. They were clearly a wealthy household.

But it seemed to be a wealthy family from an ethnic minority. Hong Zhou listened to his mother and father speaking in a language he couldn't understand.

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

There was a third brother in the prince's household who thought the world of himself, and a fourth brother, the same age as Hong Zhou, who was always looking after him.

People were constantly telling Hong Zhou to study hard.

He had no chance of inheriting the title. His third brother, born to Concubine Li, came before him, and his sixth younger brother, born to Concubine Nian, came after him. Those two were their father's favorites.

To earn a title in the future, he would have to pass the imperial clan's examination and prove his worth.

But Hong Zhou had never cared about titles, so he didn't take any of it to heart.

Then he happened to learn that if he studied hard and earned a title through the examination, he could take his mother away after his father died.

He could turn his mother from a concubine in the prince's household into the honored matriarch of his own estate.

Hong Zhou: Hm? Put it that way, and I guess I'd better work hard.

Hong Zhou wasn't exceptionally clever, but he did study diligently. Then, when he was ten, everything changed.

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

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

Hong Zhou was overjoyed. Didn't that mean he would get a title without having to take the examination?

His father had only three sons in all. Surely he wouldn't be too stingy with him?

As for that...

The Fourth Master: Forget it. This kid has never listened to a word of advice. He's been full of schemes since he was little. What else can I do but spoil him?

Hongli: Don't worry, Fifth Brother. Your big brother will look out for you.

*An alternate Qing dynasty, not entirely based on historical facts

*Male protagonist's perspective, with little focus on romance

*Everyday-life story

---Here's an upcoming novel, "The Late Emperor Loved Him Dearly"---

Yin Mi was born in the fifty-fifth year of Kangxi's reign. By then, Kangxi had twice appointed and twice deposed the crown prince. He had long since seen through the power struggles hidden beneath the filial faces of his adult sons.

At such a time, a newborn child who understood nothing helped Kangxi rediscover his loving affection for his children.

When he looked at his sons in their thirties and forties, all Kangxi could think about was weighing the pros and cons.

But with his youngest son, he could simply be a loving father. At least when he became a father in his twenties, he had never imagined letting a child ride on his back like a horse.

The good times did not last. As Kangxi lay dying, besides his second son, who was under house arrest, the person he worried about most was this child, who was only five or six.

He repeatedly urged Yin Zhen to take good care of the boy.

After ascending the throne, Yongzheng launched a fierce crackdown on the Eighth Prince's faction. He found this little brother, who was even younger than his own sons, a bit of a handful.

He planned to raise him well, just as their father had said, and let him establish his own household when he was older.

But he could never quite figure out how to treat this younger brother. He was so young, the same age as Hongli and Hongzhou.

It didn't seem right to raise him as a son, but treating him as a younger brother felt even stranger.

Still, remembering how dearly their father had doted on this brother, Yongzheng could only sigh and indulge the boy a little more.

Whenever Yin Mi caused trouble, he would think, The late emperor loved him dearly, so I should look after him a little more.

And so he kept cleaning up after his little brother.

When it came time to make his sons princes, he even included Yin Mi, granting him the title of Prince of the Second Rank.

He received the same treatment as Yongzheng's two biological sons.

When Yongzheng was dying, besides his unreliable fifth son and his newborn youngest son,

the person he worried about most was this little brother.

Qianlong solemnly promised at his father's bedside that he would take good care of his young uncle.

Very well, the late emperor loved him dearly.