The Sweet, Soft Princess and Her Hapless Prince

After transmigrating into the body of the widow of an impoverished prince, Pei Qing was determined to stop the court from abolishing his fief. She stuffed a pillow under her clothes, stuck out her belly, and pretended to be carrying the prince's posthumous child. Then she got down to the daily business of building infrastructure, farming, and making money.

The servants at the prince's manor: The food's awful, and the work's exhausting. Let's get out of here.

Pei Qing parted her red lips, her eyes soft as spring water, and said in a sweet, gentle voice, "I may hold everyone's contracts in my hands, but I'm the softest-hearted person you'll ever meet. Anyone who doesn't want to double their monthly wages and get a house of their own can walk right out the manor gates. I promise you won't get a share of the year-end profits."

Later, the servants revered the princess consort as a goddess and happily swallowed every promise she dangled in front of them.

The eunuchs sent to abolish the fief: The King of Hell is easy to meet, but his underlings are a pain. If you don't pay us, we'll abolish your fief.

Pei Qing furrowed her delicate brows and pressed a hand to her heart like the tragic beauty Xi Shi. With a plaintive, tender voice, she said, "Everyone knows eunuchs are no good, but people praise you gentlemen alone as righteous, impartial, and virtuous. Talented men like you, who stand shoulder to shoulder with sages, surely wouldn't make life difficult for a widow and her child, would you? Surely not?"

Later, the eunuchs sent to abolish the fief risked life and limb for the princess consort, investing all their family fortunes in the fiefdom's grand infrastructure projects.

The fiefdom grew stronger than ever, with a bright future ahead. But Pei Qing never imagined that the leader of the personal guard she'd painstakingly trained was none other than the "late" prince, Li Junzi!