SFL Chapter 57

[The Fifth Male Lead – Female Dominated World] 

【Ding! Target Strategy: Feng Yuan.

The target’s current favorability towards the host is: 0%.】

With a snap, Mo Ziqing casually broke off a branch of blooming white plum, standing amidst the vast white snow in a sky-blue wide-sleeved robe, a faint fragrance of plum blossoms lingering around him.

When the servants found him, a thin layer of frost had already settled between Mo Ziqing’s brows.

A few young servants hurriedly held umbrellas and cloaks for Mo Ziqing, their mouths incessantly expressing concern, “Young master, please don’t be so willful anymore. It’s so cold outside. What if you catch a cold?” 

Their worry was evident.

A young servant shoved a warm hand warmer into Mo Ziqing’s hands, and the group hurriedly escorted him back under the eaves to escape the cold.

They treated Mo Ziqing like a fragile porcelain doll. Upon returning, they helped him remove the frost-covered robe and filled the bath with hot water for him to wash away the chill.

In addition, there were various massages and hair care ointments, ensuring that Mo Ziqing was meticulously cared for from head to toe. As a young servant skillfully massaged his scalp, Mo Ziqing began to feel drowsy.

It had been a long time since he had enjoyed such luxury. His colleagues were all rough and crude, leaving him without even a companion to talk to.

Although they were all men, he was different from most of his colleagues because he came from a matriarchal society or a female dominated world. 

Naturally, the world that was chosen now was also a matriarchal one.

Their original world had determined their aesthetic views. Just as an ancient person couldn’t comprehend modern beauty, a modern person would find it hard to live with someone from ancient times.

He had it worse than his colleagues, as most of them came from mainstream worlds, while he was different; he came from a niche matriarchal world.

Coming from a matriarchal world, he naturally wasn’t attracted to the women of the mainstream patriarchal worlds. This time, having finally encountered a matriarchal world, even if it was a bit outrageous, Mo Ziqing wasn’t going to let the opportunity slip by.

Since it was a matriarchal world, it was natural for women to marry men, and as a young man, why shouldn’t he be more refined?

After enjoying his pampering, Mo Ziqing casually flipped through the plot.

Even though he came from a matriarchal society, the book’s plot still shocked him.

His future identity as the male lead was the queen’s consort, while the female supporting character and the female lead were his first and second wives, respectively.

Both of his wives were rulers.

The female lead, Feng Yuning, had transmigrated from another world. In this world, she was Ning Wangye of the Feng Queendom, the current queen’s sister.

This world differed from the one the female lead came from, where gender equality was the norm and the marriage system was monogamous.

In the matriarchal world, women held supremacy. Although men weren’t of low status, they were relatively passive in marriage.

For instance, the matriarchal world’s marriage system was polygynous, or more accurately, a one-wife, one-husband, multiple-concubine system.

A woman could marry one primary husband and, based on her status, take on concubines. The higher her status, the more concubines she could have.

For instance, the queen’s harem could include “three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines.”

The female lead, Feng Yuning, was Ning Wangye, whose harem capacity was only slightly lower than that of the monarch. Upon realizing her transmigrated identity, she was overjoyed at the prospect of legally marrying many handsome men. She felt like a mouse that had fallen into a barrel of rice, happily flirting with attractive men everywhere. Thanks to the knowledge she brought from her previous world, she gradually became a prominent figure in Feng Queendom.

Due to her gentle and considerate nature, unlike most women in the matriarchal world who were often rough and careless with men, she won the hearts of many handsome men with her status and caring demeanor.

Naturally, the most attractive men couldn’t resist joining the female lead’s harem.

Mo Ziqing was the most handsome man in Feng Queendom. His mother was the prime minister, and his father was the prime minister’s husband. As the prime minister’s eldest legitimate son, he was raised in luxury. His beauty was renowned, and he received an imperial decree appointing him as the emperor’s consort.

The female lead transmigrated after Mo Ziqing received the decree, by which time their identities were already set.

In theory, they shouldn’t have had any entanglements, but feelings are uncontrollable. After the female lead started to gain fame, Mo Ziqing, confined to the inner court, became curious about her. The female lead, who loved handsome men, naturally felt intrigued by the man known as the “most handsome man in the capital.”

Their mutual curiosity brought them together, and upon meeting, uncontrollable feelings arose between them.

The female lead, who loved beauty, couldn’t help but be attracted to the most handsome man before her. Mo Ziqing was purely moved by the female lead’s uniqueness and gentleness.

Mo Ziqing grew up in the inner quarters, rarely seeing women from outside. The female lead was the most vibrant and unique person he had ever encountered, and the natural attraction between the genders inevitably drew his attention.

Unfortunately, their identities doomed them to be apart. Just as their feelings for each other deepened, Mo Ziqing reached the age to be taken into the palace by Queen Feng Yuan.

The Queen’s harem was different from the lively inner court of the female lead, Feng Yuning. In Feng Yuan’s palace, there was only Mo Ziqing, her only consort. Perhaps because he was obtained too easily, Mo Ziqing wasn’t touched by the Queen’s sincere affection. Instead, he found Feng Yuan’s personality cold, not as eloquent and considerate as Feng Yuning.

For reasons unknown, Mo Ziqing treated Feng Yuan with indifference. Feng Yuan wasn’t the type of monarch who forced men; if Mo Ziqing was unwilling, she wouldn’t compel him.

However, Mo Ziqing turned to the female lead, Feng Yuning, complaining that the Queen neglected him after he entered the palace, asking her to visit him more often. Feng Yuning, feeling pity for him, frequently sneaked into the palace to meet with Mo Ziqing.

But there are no secrets in the world. Eventually, their affair was discovered by Feng Yuan. One was her consort, and the other her sister. Faced with the betrayal of her closest people, Feng Yuan was so furious she nearly coughed up blood. While she hesitated on how to deal with Mo Ziqing and Feng Yuning, the terrified Feng Yuning acted first, fatally striking Feng Yuan. In the end, it was Mo Ziqing who took care of her final moments.

Feng Yuan, the Queen, was killed by Feng Yuning. Naturally, the ministers were outraged and sought to apprehend Feng Yuning. However, when they attempted to capture her, the men from her harem came out in force, clinging to the officials’ legs and calling them “mother.”

The officials, largely immobilized, quickly lost their momentum.

Additionally, since most of them had sons in Feng Yuning’s harem, and considering their own interests, along with the fact that Feng Yuan had left no heirs, the new Queen had to be chosen from the royal family. The officials, closing their eyes and holding their noses, reluctantly elevated Feng Yuning to the throne.

Having endured “hardships” with the new Queen, Mo Ziqing was impulsively promoted to the position of consort by Feng Yuning. He didn’t even leave the palace and was once again made the Queen’s consort, this time with a whole group of brothers and younger brothers.

Mo Ziqing finally got the “bustling” life he had desired.

“And then, Feng Queendom was conquered by the neighboring Long Queendom,” Mo Ziqing said while eating fruit.

[Huh, how did you know? The book’s ending didn’t reveal the final outcome.] 

The book’s ending was simply that Mo Ziqing, the male lead, finally got together with Feng Yuning, the female lead, and her enormous harem also entered the palace.

As for the unseen battles among them, it’s easy to imagine even if it wasn’t written explicitly.

The “blessing” of having many lovers isn’t so easy to enjoy.

“Because Feng Yuning is someone with small cunning but lacks great wisdom. She can’t bear the burden of a nation,” Mo Ziqing mused. The female lead’s throne was essentially handed to her by her harem of handsome men; she herself hardly fought for it.

Allow her to enjoy herself, sure, but make her take responsibility, and she’d be the first to collapse.

Mo Ziqing had already received the imperial decree from the palace, and according to the timeline, the female lead should arrive soon.

Before the female lead transmigrated, Ning Wangye was a dutiful ruler. Although she shared the common matriarchal world’s trait of being lustful, her harem wasn’t particularly large. Those men soon faded into obscurity under the influx of the various handsome men the female lead brought later.

Of course, it might also be because the female lead felt guilty and distanced herself from them.

Speaking of the devil, as Mo Ziqing was thinking about the female lead in the prime minister’s inner quarters, at Ning Wang Mansion, Feng Yuning let out a cry of pain and slowly woke up from unconsciousness.

“Wangye, you’re awake,” the man attending her said with a look of joy.

Feng Yuning was momentarily confused. She looked around at the room decorated in an ancient style and instinctively said, “Am I at the film set?”

“What set? Wangye, this is the capital,” the man said.

Feng Yuning was initially baffled, but after some chaos and confusion, she finally accepted the fact that she had transmigrated to a female dominated world. This was practically a paradise that women dreamed of.

Even better, her new identity allowed her to marry nearly as many men as the Queen, though she felt a tinge of regret for not transmigrating as the Queen herself, so she could hold a grand selection and gather all the handsome men. Still, her position as a lord was more than enough to flirt with men.

At this point, Feng Yuning had just arrived and didn’t realize that handsome men couldn’t be casually flirted with—they had to be married, which was why her future harem would be so enormous.

In contrast, the Queen’s harem was much quieter. Before Mo Ziqing moved in, it was utterly deserted.

After all, despite Feng Yuan’s high status, she couldn’t compete with the female lead for handsome men.

Look at the capital’s most handsome man; he went from her to the female lead’s embrace.

Mo Ziqing almost felt a pang of sympathy for Feng Yuan. Of course, if Feng Yuan’s harem hadn’t been so empty, Mo Ziqing wouldn’t have looked at her either.

Men in the matriarchal world all dreamt of being their wife’s sole favorite.

Feng Yuan was practically tailor-made for him.

Looking at his stunning reflection in the mirror, Mo Ziqing squinted his eyes and gave a dazzling smile.

When the prime minister’s husband arrived, he saw his son’s breathtaking smile. Despite the natural parental bias that made him see his child through a lens of eighteen filters, even he had to admit his son was the most handsome lad in the capital.

“Ahem, Ziqing, I heard you went out to watch the snow. Don’t you know you need to take care of your body? Be careful not to catch a cold. How else will you give children to the Queen?” The prime minister’s husband coughed and put on a stern face as he addressed Mo Ziqing.¹TL: Hi there! Yue’s finally back! Our internships are finally over, so I apologize if it took too long to update! But the chapter is finally here! I’ll make sure to update once a week from now on. I hope you’re still here, well, and alive. Hehe. Anyway, happy reading!

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  TL: Hi there! Yue’s finally back! Our internships are finally over, so I apologize if it took too long to update! But the chapter is finally here! I’ll make sure to update once a week from now on. I hope you’re still here, well, and alive. Hehe. Anyway, happy reading!