Why on earth was I being sent back to ancient times to be a man?
And on top of that, to "conquer the four corners of the realm"...
Conquer the four corners of the realm? True, it sounded majestic and formidable.
Yet that required the military genius and dauntless bravery of a Huo Qubing, as well as the masterly planning and strategic vision of Emperor Wu of Han. With my half-baked abilities, knowing only basic math certainly wouldn't cut it.
Reading further down the summary of my next life, it actually stated that the young monarch had three thousand beauties in his harem...
I didn't dare read another word past that. Right then, I bitterly cursed myself for being able to read so well.
What kind of man could possibly handle that many wives? Even drinking deer blood and popping stamina pills every single day wouldn't be enough to satisfy those ravenous women in the harem!
I shook my head repeatedly, signaling my resolute refusal.
"No way, no way... This level is simply too hard. What is this, some wealthy and noble household? This is setting a person up!"
"I've already been a corporate drone in modern times working nine-to-five, why should I go to ancient times and become a beast of burden for the whole world too? I won't do it, I don't agree..."
My entire being radiated resistance.
Seeing my attitude so resolute, Little Fate Master brought the next reincarnation target before my eyes. I took one look and, oh lord! I nearly blacked out with fright.
The Book of Fate stated quite clearly: Su Ya, in the next life to remain a modern person, a wage slave, with a mortgage of two point five million, a car loan of two hundred thousand, and two sons... Seeing two sons...
I was already having a heart attack, and further down it said neither of the two sons could find a wife. Why?
"Because I have no money to get wives for my two sons..." I was speechless, speechless to the extreme... Right at that moment, I really wanted to curse out loud!
What kind of bullshit Book of Fate was this? Wasn't this driving a person to their grave?
After much deliberation, I still chose that young monarch!
"Let's go with him!"
I had no other choice. Rather than being a wage slave in modern times, I might as well go to ancient times and be my own boss...
Seeing that I had relented, Little Fate Master nodded. He looked down below the clouds and prepared to push me down to be reincarnated.
I stopped him just in time. "Wait a minute."
"Hmm, what is it?"
Little Fate Master glared at me with his pretty peach-blossom eyes. How could I let such a good-looking boy off?
I planted a loud smack of a kiss right on his cheek, and his face turned as red as a sunset cloud all over again.
At the same time, his hand slipped, and with a single shove, he pushed me right off the edge of the clouds.
When I opened my eyes again, three days had already passed.
Gosh, I really had been reincarnated!
A pleasant fragrance of calming incense rushed into my nose. Although a bumpkin like me didn't know much about incense, I had seen this kind on television. What was it called—"Dragon Egg Incense"?
No, it should be pronounced "Ambergris", with the "gris" sound.
Lying in bed, I quietly stared up at the dragon-and-phoenix embroidered canopy overhead.
I silently praised to myself: "Ancient mosquito nets really are pretty... Look at this workmanship, this craft..."
Suddenly, something dawned on me.
Uh... I actually hadn't drunk the Soup of Forgetfulness...
My mind was currently overflowing with memories of my past life. Good grief...
That Little Fate Master really was all talk and no action; you simply can't trust youngsters!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you're awake!"
I stared in utter shock at the people kneeling beside the bed. An elderly eunuch, who looked like he served the emperor, spoke in a soft voice.
Only then did I notice just how many people were kneeling around my bed, and I instinctively checked whether I was wearing any clothes.
In my previous life in modern times, I had the habit of sleeping in the nude!
I stroked the silky pajamas on my body, marveling at the silky quality of ancient clothing while secretly feeling relieved.
I was actually wearing clothes to sleep, haha... Wait a minute, this bed was actually surrounded by a crowd of extremely gorgeous beauties!
Every single one of them glared with pretty eyes, staring at me as fiercely as tigers eyeing their prey, and they all cried out at once, "Your Majesty, you're finally awake!"
I was completely dumbfounded, having no idea how to respond. Should I just give a nod and leave it at that? Right as I was hesitating—
A tall beauty walked up to the bedside, her voice carrying an inviolable solemnity: "Your Majesty, you are finally awake."
I felt a bit confused. After all, Little Fate Master hadn't given me the Soup of Forgetfulness, and though I had been reincarnated as a monarch, I hadn't inherited this life's memories.
Yet judging by this tall beauty's attire and the pair of phoenix hairpins on her head, I guessed that she must more or less be the Empress!
I instinctively asked, "Are you the Empress?" The tall woman was startled at first, and everyone present gasped in astonishment along with her.
A few tears slipped down the tall beauty's fair cheeks. "Your Majesty, what has happened to you? Do you not even recognize this concubine? I am your Empress!"
It seemed I had guessed correctly! I patted my own head and explained, "Empress, didn't I fall asleep for several days? My brain must have gotten scrambled from all that sleeping!"
"Empress, please don't upset Your Majesty any further. Your Majesty almost didn't make it after falling into the water the other day..."
The elderly eunuch kneeling by my bed looked extremely benevolent. Wiping away his tears, he said, "As long as Your Majesty is well, what does memory loss matter? Empress, please heed this old servant's advice and stop displeasing Your Majesty."
This old eunuch looked a bit like my old man from my past life—not that he looked alike in facial features, but his benevolent demeanor was particularly similar.
Though, my old man wasn't...
Otherwise, I wouldn't exist.
"Understood, Head Eunuch Gui, this palace knows."
So this old eunuch who looked like my dad was surnamed "Gui"! That surname was rather rare, which inevitably reminded me of a sales clerk surnamed Gui in the sales department of my past life—that man who never had receipts for any of his expense reports.
The flock of chattering beauties standing behind the Empress saw me sit up and swarmed over all at once—there must have been a dozen of them...
Goodness gracious, in all my life I had never seen so many beauties of such high quality appear before my eyes all at once.
Every single one had a willow-slim waist, willow-leaf eyebrows, and cherry lips. Some were sexy, some cute, some carried a boss-lady vibe... In short, every conceivable style of beauty was here!
This emperor certainly was blessed with quite an abundance of romantic fortune!
Yet my body was that of a man, while my mind was still that of a woman... Good heavens, are you deliberately toying with me?
"Your Majesty, are you feeling better?"
A sweet, dainty voice came from behind the tall Empress, and I looked toward the source of the sound.
A petite beauty dressed in pink, with a rosy complexion and an adorable look, standing half a head shorter than the Empress, poked her head out to look at me.
"Little Fate Master? Why did you come down too?"
I made a dash right through the cluster of beauties surrounding my bed and grabbed the "crossdresser" wearing Little Fate Master's face.