A Spoiled Princess, but an A-Rank Lady of Talent

Blurb One:

Di Qingheng's espionage mission failed, and she was silenced and left to die in a black hole. When she woke up, she found herself in an old-fashioned, melodramatic interstellar novel as a debauched, profligate princess, doomed to be punished by the villainous female chancellor.

The heroine, the eldest princess, is studious, clever, and devoted, but is bullied because she is out of favor. By contrast, Di Qingheng is useless at both letters and martial arts, extravagant, lecherous, and stupid. She usually throws her weight around, relying on her beloved mother, the imperial consort.

The most satisfying part of the story is when Di Qingheng provokes the villain and is dismembered. The eldest princess takes the opportunity to win favor, take revenge on the imperial consort, and become a promising candidate in the eyes of the civil and military officials.

Di Qingheng, who was forced to read the entire novel while undercover and was annoyed that the cannon-fodder character shared her name: "..."

Cannon fodder? Not even a dog would take that job!

In a fit of anger, Di Qingheng swears off pleasure and resolves to work hard. But the long-lost delicacies of the interstellar era soon steal her heart, and she spends her days and nights on a quest for good food.

The quest for good food is lonely. After unexpectedly meeting a beautiful adviser, Di Qingheng recruits her as a dining companion. She seeks her out for meals whenever she can, and life is delightful.

Who would have thought that even a lazy, profligate princess could catch the heroine's eye? Di Qingheng is forced out to relax by her dining companion, who has suddenly become determined to improve herself. She accidentally eats an aphrodisiac, and while fleeing in a drunken state, is pulled away by her dining companion.

After that, things take a turn.

The good news: the heroine's scheme fails.

The bad news: after getting drunk and drugged, Di Qingheng sleeps with her dining companion.

Di Qingheng frets: Can she still invite her dining companion to eat together after sleeping with her? It's so hard to find someone whose tastes match hers.

Two days later, Di Qingheng still hasn't figured out the answer when her dining companion, as usual, drags her into a study session. She has no time left for overthinking.

Six months later, Di Qingheng wants to run away, but a little one claims her as their mother. Holding her dining companion, she can't make sense of it at all.

Fu Fuhuan, a female chancellor who crawled out of hell. She loves power and money, and despises lecherous libertines.

Lately, however, Fu Fuhuan has been troubled.

She only meant to lend a hand to a princess who still had a conscience and was secretly very talented, but she fell for her.

A romance between women is scandalous enough, especially when the other woman is a princess. Fu Fuhuan had planned to give up, but the princess kept coming to see her, smiling brightly and declaring every day that she couldn't eat without her. She clung to Fu Fuhuan, whispering sweet nothings and acting like a lover.

Fu Fuhuan: She has feelings for me!

One day, Fu Fuhuan finally decides to give up and not lead Di Qingheng astray. Then she learns that the eldest princess has taken Di Qingheng to a pleasure house. Furious, Fu Fuhuan goes to confront them, only to find Di Qingheng flushed and stumbling, trying to go off with someone else. In a fit of anger, Fu Fuhuan spends the night with her.

That night, Di Qingheng showers her with praise and loving words. Fu Fuhuan is completely lost.

Fine, fine. She loves me so much, and she's so delicate. If I refuse, she'll probably cry for years. I might as well give her what she wants.

Fu Fuhuan prepares to help Di Qingheng pressure the officials after she takes the throne. Then one day, Di Qingheng sheepishly tells her that she's pregnant.

Fu Fuhuan: "Is there something wrong with Your Majesty's head?"

Di Qingheng cries out: "It's not me, I didn't do it! You're the one who's pregnant, and that child is claiming me as its mother!"

Eight months later, Fu Fuhuan suddenly gives birth to a chubby baby. Holding the child, she stares in bewilderment. "I really was pregnant?"

Di Qingheng: "."

[Blurb Two]

Di Qingheng is an elite female Alpha spy in the interstellar empire, skilled in every art, ancient and modern. Her espionage missions have a success rate of ninety-nine percent.

There was only one failure in her career, but it got her killed by enraged nobles, making her the first person to be sent bodily, with no protection, through a black hole.

As the tearing sensation battered her mental form and she fell unconscious, Di Qingheng never imagined she would wake up again.

The day she woke, a beauty was right in her face, and someone had buried her head in their chest. Confused, Di Qingheng squeezed the solid forearm in front of her. That night, her beautiful, alluring mother chased her for two miles with a stick.

Di Qingheng fled in a daze, jumping and scrambling until she hit her head and regained her memories.

Oh my god! She had become the lecherous, libertine princess in an old-fashioned interstellar melodrama, a wastrel who teased the villainous female chancellor, was punished by her, and ended up dismembered in the wilderness!

What beauty? She's done with love! She'll live a chaste life and escape her cannon-fodder fate!

Di Qingheng swears this with absolute conviction.

Fu Fuhuan, the youngest female chancellor in the history of Wu Qin, an evil spirit who crawled out of hell. She hates lecherous libertines most of all, especially the clueless, shameless second princess.

She thinks nothing of Di Qingheng, but keeps hearing that the princess has changed her ways and no longer visits those debauched places of pleasure.

Di Qingheng has found a new interest. She spends her time visiting street vendors and restaurants, often splurging on food without a care for appearances. She's still outrageous, but a great deal better than before.

Fu Fuhuan scoffs, believing people never change. Yet whenever she goes out incognito, she keeps running into Di Qingheng. By a twist of fate, she is even recommended by an adviser to join the second princess's household.

When she sees Di Qingheng beat up a young wastrel who was racing through the street on horseback, all because he had interrupted her meal of tangyuan, Fu Fuhuan thinks the princess is putting on an act.

When she sees Di Qingheng almost castrate a lecherous petty official for the sake of a young woman's pickled-vegetable pastry, Fu Fuhuan is momentarily distracted.

When she sees Di Qingheng secretly slip a diagram for channeling water from below to irrigate a melon farmer's thirsty fields, Fu Fuhuan's eyes widen. For the first time, she steps before Di Qingheng as an adviser.

Fine. The next generation of princes and princesses of Wu Qin are all a disgrace. Di Qingheng may be extravagant, but she's not bad at heart. With guidance, she can still be saved.

From then on, Fu Fuhuan takes on the role of adviser, guiding Di Qingheng toward the right path while secretly joining forces with the officials to plan for her to take the throne.

Lately, Di Qingheng thinks her adviser companion, who knows exactly how to win her over, is acting strange. She drags Di Qingheng into study sessions every day, but at least afterward she offers delicious food to soothe her wounded spirit.

With good food as an inducement, Di Qingheng reluctantly studies and generously lets her companion slack off.

After all, nobody wants to work. She doesn't either.

But lately, her adviser companion has been busy with their other friends behind her back. She keeps sending people to Di Qingheng's residence and taking her out to drink, eat, and make new friends.

Di Qingheng, who has grown a little antisocial since transmigrating, can't stand it. She finally finds her companion, intending to politely decline.

That very afternoon, Di Qingheng is dressed in a dragon robe, crowned with an imperial diadem, and seated on the throne. She has become the new empress of Wu Qin.

Di Qingheng: "???"

No! She doesn't want to ascend the throne and become a high-ranking wage slave! Sob!

Di Qingheng has nothing but escape on her mind. But on the day she tries to flee, she discovers their child inside her companion.

Di Qingheng: Help! Nobody said my female Alpha body would come with me when I transmigrated! And nobody said getting drunk and sleeping together could result in a baby!

Di Qingheng can't bring herself to take another step.

For the sake of her partner and child, she accepts her fate and works herself to the bone.

The Annals of Emperor Hengwen record: The second princess of the Lie Lineage was deeply misunderstood by the world. Everyone said that Emperor Hengwen was obsessed with beauty and that both the civil and military officials were appalled, calling her a foolish ruler. But the female chancellor recognized the princess's talent and declared that she could become a sage in letters and secure the nation through martial prowess. She urged the princess to take the throne. Later, the emperor displayed her abilities: she invented paper, improved crops, standardized writing, compiled a dictionary, and more, earning the title of Sage Emperor of Qin. At thirty-seven, she led an army to expand the borders and forge the spirit of Wu Qin. Such was the emperor's talent.

Reader's Guide:

1. An alternate ancient setting where people of all genders can hold office.

(Disguise expert, versatile little Alpha, slightly antisocial, rebellious wage slave, food-loving girl, and brilliant princess Alpha top x cunning but compassionate, brilliant at reading into things, naturally fragrant with Omega pheromones, beautiful and tragic, ruthless social butterfly female chancellor bottom)

2. The setting is still feudal society, with some oppression.

3. Female Alpha transmigrates with no special abilities.

4. The villainous female chancellor naturally has Omega pheromones.

5. She will take the throne and serve up some face-slapping. Political scheming takes a back seat to romance.

6. Mental energy can conceive children. This is an invented setting detail.

Theme: Study hard and reach for the top.