[Complete. Bonus chapter updated on June 2.]
Coming soon from the author's page: Back to the Villainous Princess's Consort's Youth; I Write Wild History in the Tang Dynasty; Later, the Male Leads Regretted Everything (Quick Transmigration); Forget That Gentle, Scheming Beauty (Quick Transmigration)
Unlucky wage slave Bo Qingyao died suddenly and was reborn in the chaotic final years of the Qin dynasty, as an utterly ordinary little girl in the Wei capital.
With only a shallow knowledge of history, Bo Qingyao was married off at her mother's arrangement, blundering through the whole affair, and then blundered into having a child.
The child's father had met her only once and was a busy man with a thousand things to do. Even the child's name was sent over by a palace attendant.
The child was named Heng, his father's surname was Liu, and the dynasty was now the Great Han.
Only then did Bo Qingyao realize: I am none other than Consort Bo!
Thanks to all the historical dramas she'd watched, she had a rough idea:
1. Consort Bo was not favored, so she wouldn't have to serve an old man.
2. The little bundle in her arms was her son, Liu Heng, the future Emperor Wen of Han.
3. In a few years, she could go with her son to his fiefdom in Dai and escape the persecution.
4. Her future daughter-in-law would be Dou Yifang, her future granddaughter would be Princess Guantao, Liu Piao, and her future grandson would be Emperor Jing of Han, Liu Qi.
A battle for favor in the harem, or a struggle for power at court?
Bo Qingyao chose to lie flat.
When the harem fought for the emperor's favor, she focused on raising her child, making money, and staying healthy.
When the princes fought over the throne, she focused on raising her child, making money, and staying healthy.
When Empress Dowager Lu ruled, she focused on raising her child, making money, and staying healthy.
During the Rebellion of the Lü Clan, she focused on raising her child, making money, and staying healthy.
When Emperor Wen returned to the palace, she could finally lie back in peace and spend every last coin she'd earned.
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Even after becoming emperor, Liu Heng still loved clinging to Bo Qingyao every day, just as he had as a child:
Mother, are you feeling well? Do you have enough money to spend?
I just had a few more chests of gold brought to your palace. I've also arranged those fiefs in Qi for you...
I heard there's a hot-spring palace in the south that's good for your health. I'll send a carriage to take you there...
Mother, could I come with you when you leave the palace to travel...
Later, everyone praised Emperor Wen: diligent in governing and caring for his people, he served his mother with exemplary filial devotion, setting a model for future generations.
Reader's guide:
1. A slow-paced, everyday story about raising a child, with a small ensemble cast and all the gossip of the early Western Han.
2. An alternate version of the Western Han. Any historical inaccuracies serve the plot.
3. The heroine is Bo Qingyao. Her official love interest appears later. The male lead is Liu Heng, and the CP is Dou Yifang.
Theme: Keep a low profile and live earnestly.
Writing Unofficial History in the Tang Dynasty
The Male Leads Regretted It Too Late (Quick Transmigration)
Back to My Youth as the Villainous Princess's Consort
The White Moonlight Perfectly Plays the Cinnabar Mark (Quick Transmigration)
After Completing Each Mission, I Always Fake My Death (Quick Transmigration)
But I feel that there is no change because of him or not. At most, Liu Heng did not marry a relative of Empress Lu. I feel that other changes are not very big.
It looked so good, I cried at the end
When will I be able to open an independent novel by Liu Heng✘Dou Yifang? The last part of the crying part is so well written.
When will the welfare episode be released?
Great author, I, Heifeng, like this article so much
This Liu Heng will not die young like in history, right? 😭 No, no
When will we write the extra story about Liu Heng and Yifang?
I think that in this period of history, Ah Yao took her to atone for her sins and endured hardships to educate her. At that time, I felt that Empress Dowager Bo was so powerful and wise. I really want Ayao to be free. Ever since Liu Heng got married and left one by one, I feel that Ayao is so lonely. The child has his own family. I hope to write more about Ayao's mother-child love and the love between grandparents and grandchildren.