Nine Summons of the Empress

Lin Yuan, 28, a graduate student in ancient architecture, unemployed right after graduation, switched to drawing blueprints, hounded by clients every day. With a mortgage on his back, he's been worn down by society until he has little temper left. Then a jade pendant dragged him back to the Tang Dynasty. The one who dragged him there is the woman who will become Empress in the future. The pendant is carved with nine lines. Each time she summons him, one line lights up. When all nine are lit, the pendant shatters. In other words, he has nine chances, and absolutely no initiative—and her reasons for summoning him get more casual each time: asking about a case, asking about his health, even calling him in the middle of the night when she can't sleep. Once he's there, he works. Repairing buildings, repairing city walls, repairing dikes, solving cases—he treats himself like a laborer. Anyway, on the modern side, no one really needed him much. The bad news is that this era has a second transmigrator. The two of them brought the same thing here—one wants to be a master, the other just wants to be a worker. And the other one has his eye on that jade pendant. "Actually, I'm just a designer." —He said this line three times, each time with more backbone than the last. Slow-burn, lots of slice-of-life, with both romance and satisfying moments, just not fast in coming. New author, new book—please bookmark and vote. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Nine Summons of the Empress — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠