The Chief Minister Settles Old Scores

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Blurb:

🌸Lewd-minded princess who talks big but doesn't dare act x seductive Chief Minister, a fake unattainable beauty desperate to marry🌸 [1v1, very sweet, HE, both virgins]

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Deng Youjian has always loved beautiful, strong, tragic men above all else. Her favorite pastime is writing illicit erotic fiction about Zhao Siqian.

Zhao Siqian, Chief Minister of the Jing Dynasty, is the ultimate beautiful, strong, tragic man in history: iron-fisted and powerful enough to rule the court. His one blemish is that, as a boy, he fell in with the wrong crowd and was abducted into the notorious Danyang Princess's residence, where he suffered endless torment.

When Deng Youjian opens her eyes, she's in for a life of luxury: she has become the Danyang Princess, whose eventual fate is tragic and who has only a few years left to live. At this point in the story, Zhao Siqian has refused to submit even at the risk of death and been punished. He is kneeling in the snow, about to suffer a lasting illness, and before long he'll be stirring up a storm.

Deng Youjian: ...That's what you get for writing erotic fiction.

As Zhao Siqian kneels in the snow, countless schemes churn in his mind. He is only waiting for a chance to escape and erase this stain from his life. He scoffs at the princess's overtures: all show and no substance. He despises the infatuated gaze she turns on him: beautiful on the outside, rotten within.

Old habits die hard. Deng Youjian tries to stay alive while secretly writing erotic fiction, waiting for the day she makes a name for herself so she can run off with her life's work. She's quite happy with Zhao Siqian's cold attitude.

That is, until she wakes up in Zhao Siqian's bed.

Deng Youjian: I'm doomed. What am I waiting for? I need to run, now.

When the carriage reaches the city gate,

the Chief Minister, known to all for his self-restraint and iron fist, stops it, climbs aboard, and corners her.

His expression is dark, his voice hoarse.

“After what you did to me, Princess, why are you abandoning me?”

Deng Youjian is horrified and denies it three times in a row. “I didn't! I haven't! Lord Zhao, don't make things up! If you stop people in the street like this, what will become of your reputation?”

He unfastens his collar, revealing marks, then pulls out a collection of writings and points to its passionate prose. “My virtue has already been given to Your Highness.”

Deng Youjian's vision goes black. I'm doomed! Not only did I sleep with him, I also failed to get rid of the erotic fanfic I wrote about Lord Zhao. With all these crimes added together, I'm done for!

[Bonus scene]

One day, after court, Lord Zhao is stopped by a former third-place graduate in the imperial examinations. The man says the Princess's residence has only one principal husband, which must get dull, and suggests that he be introduced so the princess can enjoy the company of several husbands. The next day, the former third-place graduate is exiled to a remote wilderness.

That night, as they lie entwined, Lord Zhao rubs against the princess's ear. “Your Highness, if my looks were ever ruined, would you still love me?”

Deng Youjian: ...The history books said you were an unattainable beauty!

Blurb for the currently serializing story:

*[Mad, unhinged crown prince x honest, resilient physician's wife. A masterclass in stealing a minister's wife and a brother's wife, tragic romance, all the men are virgins.]

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In the twenty-fourth year of Qingchun, the second son of the Duke's household, who had gone missing, is found. A grand spring banquet is held to celebrate his homecoming.

Crown Prince Zhao Wenjun arrives at the Song family residence with lavish gifts, sparing no effort to make a show for the family. He dislikes the Songs, but his mother, Empress Song, comes from the Duke's household, and the newly returned second son is one of his most capable subordinates.

A servant of the Song family leads the crown prince to a waterside pavilion. Across the lake are the unmarried young ladies of the Song family.

The crown prince is furious. Is the Song family hoping to marry off a daughter and strengthen their ties through marriage?

Just as he is about to lose his temper, he turns and sees a lovely woman in pink beside Song Guanshu. The spring breeze skims across the water, carrying the faint scent of medicine, and his deeply furrowed brows relax.

Seeing his gloom lift, his attendants are relieved. As long as the crown prince has taken a liking to someone, they can finally give the empress an answer.

The crown prince raises his wine cup and fixes his gaze on the woman. “I've often heard Guanshu speak of your skill in medicine, Madam. My mother has been suffering from heart palpitations lately. Would you be willing to treat her?”

The next day, the Duke's second young Madam enters the palace to treat the empress.

From behind the curtain, the crown prince asks quietly, “I've suffered from headaches since childhood. Would it be convenient for you to examine me as well?”

Lu Nanxing dares not refuse and bows her head in assent.

Through the curtain, the crown prince stares intently at the blurred figure. As it happens, this second son of the Song family is his cousin.

His mother has always hoped he would marry a Song daughter. His younger brother's wife is a Song, so he can marry her. His mother will surely be delighted.

Theme: Seeing is believing