A Grandfather Who Spoils His Grandson from the Start

Jiang Xuange is born into the body of the eldest grandson of a minor landowning family in the final years of the Liang Dynasty. His birth mother dies young, and his father is never around, but he lucks into a top-tier, grandson-obsessed grandfather. Old Master Jiang teaches the Three Character Classic to his one-month-old grandson, uses the Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government as a lullaby, and firmly believes that his grandson is a literary star destined to pass the highest imperial exam.

"Xuange picked up a hoe at his one-year celebration? He must be destined to become an upright official who encourages agriculture!"

"My grandson says he wants to improve the waterwheel? Tear down the ancestral hall beams and give him the timber!"

When a great drought leaves bodies strewn across the land, the boy casually draws up plans for a bucket waterwheel. That very night, his grandfather pawns the family fields: "Raise money for my grandson to build twenty of them!"

When rebels sweep across Jiangnan, Jiang Xuange refits farm tools into weapons and leads the tenant farmers, while his grandfather blocks the city gate with a hoe: "Who dares lay a hand on my future top scholar?!"

Then one day, the boy points to a map of a land engulfed in smoke and flames. "Grandfather, actually, I don't want to become a top scholar..."

"Then don't!" His grandfather smashes a walnut with a hearty slap. "We'll go straight for Imperial Tutor!"

"...I want to become emperor."

The ancestral hall falls silent for three seconds, then his grandfather's booming laughter rings out: "I told you that wandering Daoist knew what he was talking about! A literary star isn't enough. My grandson was born to be the Purple Star Emperor!"

Years later, at a state banquet of the new dynasty, the retired emperor proudly shows off his great-grandson and the family's time-honored approach: "Look at those brows and eyes! The very image of a wise ruler!"

Jiang Xuange, seated on the dragon throne, holds his forehead. "Imperial Grandfather, he's only three months old..."

"So what if he's three months old? I could already tell you'd become emperor when you were three months old!"

Reading guide:

1. Female soul in a male body

2. Infrastructure-building and founding an empire

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