Sheng Qiulan, a writer of melodramatic romance novels, was revising her manuscript late into the night. The moment she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a male-oriented novel about competing love interests.
The good news: Her family was very rich.
The bad news: Her entire family was about to be executed.
Sheng Qiulan decided to stay clear of the princes’ succession struggles. Once she had saved enough money, she would take her family and move to Jiangnan.
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Strange storybooks suddenly began circulating in the capital.
The Domineering Prince’s Forced Love: Princess Consort, Run!
Married by Mistake, Doted on Forever
At first, everyone said: What on earth is this?
Later, they said: It’s kind of addictive. When’s the next volume coming out?
At flower-viewing parties, the young ladies of the capital stopped discussing poetry and began debating whether the prince in the story would manage to win back his runaway princess consort.
Sheng Qiulan kept her contribution a secret.
She had said it all along: no one could resist the allure of old-school melodrama.
Sheng Qiulan had a childhood sweetheart who was betrothed to her. At first, she treated him like a kid brother. He was good at everything: he could fight and take a scolding, studied hard, and even came top in the imperial exams. But in the original story, he eventually fell victim to his family’s misfortune.
No problem. Taking one more person along wouldn’t be any trouble.
Just as Sheng Qiulan was quietly counting the money in her vault, the missing former crown prince who eventually took the throne in the original story returned.
Wait, can someone tell her why the crown prince looked exactly like her poor childhood sweetheart?
Thinking of the original story’s ending, Sheng Qiulan shuddered and packed her valuables that very night, planning to leave for Jiangnan.
Before she could even get out of the capital, she saw the imperial guards surrounding the city gates. The emperor slowly walked toward her through the crowd, which had parted on either side.
The possessiveness in his eyes was finally laid bare. “Are you planning to abandon your husband and child, my dear?”
Sheng Qiulan: What child?
No, wait, who are you calling your wife? Their engagement had been called off long ago!
That very night, Sheng Qiulan was taken to the palace.
“Do you know what you’re doing?”
The emperor gently kissed the corner of her lips. “I do. This is a marriage-first, love-later story.”
Reading guide:
1. One-on-one, sweet childhood-sweetheart romance; both are sexually inexperienced
2. A little court intrigue. The story is made up, so please don’t take it too seriously.
3. The setting and story are entirely fictional, and everything serves the plot.
4. A warm, cozy story. The romance only begins once both leads are adults.
Theme: You are where every memory begins
