Lu Zhi, who has thoroughly studied five thousand years of history through the System, wakes up as Ulanara Zhi Ran, Yongzheng's primary wife.
A newlywed, she finds this cold-faced, celibate rogue, twenty years older than the man she married in her previous life, much easier to handle.
Yinzhen: ...Why does my wife look so delicate, yet turn out to be so... vigorous?
He, he, he... kind of likes it.
You call that vigorous? The real action is yet to come.
While Fourth Prince is still in the Imperial Study every day, writing 120 characters in hopes of earning his father's praise,
Fourth Princess Consort Lu Zhi goes out, beats a bull, and discovers that cowpox can cure smallpox.
Emperor Kangxi: Reward the Fourth Prince and his wife with a manor in the northwest to study cowpox.
Yinzhen, who has always striven to outdo others and is now overshadowed by his primary wife's accomplishments, is so furious that he binds himself to the System for Strengthening the Nation Through Technology that very night.
By recreating Song dynasty Ru ware in a sky-blue glaze, he obtains a plan for cultivating hybrid rice.
Emperor Kangxi: Reward the Fourth Prince and his wife with several hundred mu of imperial farmland in the southeast to grow seedlings and feed the people of the empire.
After that, Lu Zhi produces glass, and Fourth Prince lays cement roads.
Lu Zhi makes soap, and Fourth Prince forges refined iron.
The concubines in Fourth Prince's household: Your Highness, would you like to see our new clothes?
Fourth Prince: No time. I can't keep up with the Princess Consort, and neither will you. You'd better watch out.
The other princes: Stop trying so hard! Father is about to glare us to death in the Imperial Study!
Later, Lu Zhi makes Fourth Prince a cup of milk tea.
Fourth Prince: ? It's rare for the Princess Consort to be so considerate.
Yinzhen returns the favor with a durian mille-crepe cake.
Lu Zhi: You actually know I like this!
She promptly gives him a wool scarf in return.
Fourth Prince gives his wife a complete set of haute couture.
The other princess consorts: Hmph, we won't eat your industrial-strength PDA.
The people of Great Qing lie flat and watch with their hands tucked in their sleeves: This couple works fiercely during the day and refuses to lose to each other at night, joining hands to build a bright future for Great Qing.
[Reader's Guide] Empress Lu herself, with a truly enormous golden finger.
Three Days After the Divorce: I'm Ice-Cold, and He's Addicted to Kissing Me
He Said He Didn’t Love Me, Yet Fell for Me After We Married
The Royal Household's Child Bride
Kindling
Reborn: The Legitimate Daughter Takes the City by Storm
In a Year of Famine, I Stockpiled Supplies and Spoiled an Ancient General
I skipped through the pages, and there were a lot of mental activities and memories, and I couldn't tell the priorities. I've read more than 70 chapters, and I don't know if I still have the motivation to continue reading.
The character design is really interesting. It turns out that Empress Lu is reborn as the Ulanala clan. The scheming city is very good. It is very comfortable to watch.