Why Does the Princess Consort Always Want Me Dead?

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[Marriage First, Love Later / Face-Slapping and Eating One's Words / Conflict Early On, Surrender Later]

[Bright and Adorable Noblewoman x Decisive, Cunning Young General]

Dai Huaiyue was a noblewoman from a prestigious family, yet her father presented her at court, where she was granted in marriage to Xiao Ziqin, the Prince of Yan, who guarded the border.

Xiao Ziqin was a prince who had guarded the border since he was young. He was decisive in battle and had won countless military honors.

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When Dai Huaiyue first married, all she wished for was Xiao Ziqin's death. Only then could she escape her living hell and return to Jian'an.

Later, the court was wracked by political intrigue, and the Dai family lost influence. To protect her family, she willingly let Xiao Ziqin use her, helping him deceive the emperor.

Gradually, she realized that there was someone in his heart...

Later still, she was captured by an enemy nation. They demanded a city in exchange for her. He agreed, and she could only think that he had gone mad...

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Xiao Ziqin received an urgent order at the border, commanding him to return to Jian'an at once. He rode day and night to get back, only to learn that the damned emperor had summoned him home just to foist a viper of a woman on him.

He knew she was a spy sent to his side.

He had assumed Dai Huaiyue would resort to the usual feminine tricks to seduce him for her own ends. Instead, she only wished for him to die...

Xiao Ziqin found this woman rather interesting.

Later, she hit the bullseye from a hundred paces at an allied tournament, and when he went to war, she saved an entire city with nothing but her words. Xiao Ziqin found her even more interesting.

But he also discovered that there was someone in her heart, and that person seemed to be a useless good-for-nothing. He was very displeased.

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That night, beneath the red glow of the candles in their bridal bed, he pinned her beneath him. Their mingled breaths made her cheeks burn as he gently kissed her shoulder and whispered:

"Do you know I've been searching for you for ten years?"

● Reader's Guide

* The blurb is only the tip of the iceberg and doesn't cover the entire story. There are many foreshadowed details, and they will all pay off.

* This is an alternate history. The dynastic names in the book don't correspond to real historical dynasties, though the setting draws on the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Please don't nitpick the history.

* The 54 chapters after the ending will probably be heavily revised.

Coming soon: The Little Imperial Uncle and I Wandered into the Cage

[Airheaded, Adorable Sweetheart x Cold-Faced, Tsundere, Sharp-Tongued Little Imperial Uncle]

● One-line pitch: Why can't your nephew's wife be your wife too?!

In Nan Yinduo's brief life of a little over ten years, no one had ever asked her opinion about anything important.

For instance, when General Nan was defeated, no one asked whether she wanted to be separated from her mother and flee with the family servant on her own.

And after her parents passed away, no one asked whether she wanted the emperor to adopt her and have her live in the Eastern Palace as the Crown Prince's companion.

No one asked her whether she wanted to marry the Crown Prince, either.

At first, it was because she was young. No one cared what a child thought.

Later, it was probably because she wasn't very bright. Little by little, Nan Yinduo got used to having her life arranged for her.

It was nice not having to think things through and make plans.

That was, until she was framed by Shu Liangdi, one of the Crown Prince's consorts, and thrown into the Court of Judicial Review's prison... When she woke up, she was in a speeding carriage, with the Crown Prince's uncle sitting across from her.

Xiao Chengyu: "Awake?"

Nan Yinduo blinked and said nothing.

Xiao Chengyu: "Speak."

Nan Yinduo grinned and pointed at him. "You lost. You're a dog."

Xiao Chengyu: "..."

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Prince Xuan Xiao Chengyu was the emperor's own younger brother. He had guarded the border for years and was a master of both strategy and martial arts.

Tall and elegant, with peerless good looks, he was also arrogant, unruly, and quick-tempered.

After speaking disrespectfully to the emperor, he was ordered to prison to reflect on his mistakes.

While there, he happened to get the chance to infiltrate an enemy nation and gather intelligence, with Nan Yinduo as his only companion.

Xiao Chengyu told her to pretend to be his princess consort.

Nan Yinduo: "I can't. There's something wrong with my brain."

Xiao Chengyu told her to pretend to be sick.

She shut her eyes and fell into his arms.

Xiao Chengyu's eyes went dark. "...That's a bit much."

*

One moonlit, misty night, Nan Yinduo suddenly burrowed into Xiao Chengyu's arms and cooed, "Little Imperial Uncle, you smell so good."

Xiao Chengyu's eyes reddened. He took the opportunity to pin Nan Yinduo beneath him and panted, "Don't be the Crown Princess anymore. I'll make you Empress."

Nan Yinduo: ?

● Reader's Guide

1. The male lead is only senior to her in family rank. He isn't much older than the female lead.

2. Both are each other's first and only partner, and it has a happy ending.

3. This isn't an empowering female-lead wish-fulfillment story. The heroine is an adorable, airheaded sweetheart. It's a lighthearted, sweet romantic comedy focused on the relationship.

4. Blurb recorded on 2026.4.16. Pirated copies and stolen ideas will be pursued.

Theme: Even when times are hard, the bitterness will pass. Keep looking ahead.