The Little Lord Consort (Women-Respecting World)

Xi Ya was born into the imperial clan and was the most beautiful person in his family. His elders all said that with looks like his, he was destined to enter the palace and serve a noblewoman. When he was sixteen, a young nobleman who envied him shoved him into the water at a banquet. But the expected chill never touched him. A pair of warm hands caught him securely at the last moment. A faint scent of dragon's blood incense reached his nose. He raised his eyes and saw a sweep of imperial yellow. The Empress herself had saved him. It was the first time Xi Ya had seen the sovereign. Later, he realized that he seemed to have fallen for this supreme ruler, high above him like a solitary moon. But she always treated him as a junior, and rumors spread through the palace that the Empress intended to personally arrange a marriage between him and the Crown Princess. Li Wei ascended the throne at eight and had now sat upon it for more than twenty years. She ruled with an iron hand. Her officials feared her, but the people praised her as a wise ruler. The imperial harem had been empty for many years. To secure the succession, she adopted a girl from the imperial clan and named her Crown Princess. She had thought she would never experience love in this lifetime. Then one day, a young man came to her through the night, drunk and staggering. He threw his arms around her and confessed his love. “Your Majesty, I love you...” As Li Wei caressed his beautiful face, she suddenly realized that she, too, had desires. At that moment, she wanted Xi Ya. She wanted this obedient young man always by her side. The Crown Princess couldn't understand. Xi Ya would become her Crown Princess's husband sooner or later. She had only drugged his tea because she wanted to settle the marriage sooner and secure the support of the Xi family. But her mother ordered the Imperial Guards to lock her in the ancestral temple and even threatened to strip her of her position as Crown Princess. Then she saw Xi Ya sitting in her mother's arms, acting coy. The usually cold Empress doted on him without restraint... Reading guide: 1. Male pregnancy, a woman doting on a man. The leads are twelve years apart. In this version, men of the imperial clan are unusually fertile. 2. Both leads are virgins, one-on-one romance, no pairings switched or reversed. Coming soon, please add to your reading list: “I Mistook My Wife and Got Pregnant” A beautiful, virtuous male lead x a scheming female powerbroker Lu Cuhe, younger sister of a noble consort, became a Deputy Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard at a very young age and enjoyed the emperor's deep favor. The evidence in the Zhao family's corruption case was conclusive. When she led the Embroidered Uniform Guard to raid their estate, the Zhao family happened to be holding a wedding. Unfortunately, a mole leaked the news, allowing Zhao San to escape in advance. To save her own life, Zhao San even abandoned the husband-to-be she had not yet brought home. Word was that the marriage had been forced. After Lu Cuhe lifted the groom's veil with her sword, her expression darkened. Sure enough, he was a beauty with tearful eyes, so delicate and pitiful that anyone would feel for him. Shen Qingyu had lost both his parents when he was young, and his aunt had taken over his family property. He had no choice but to live under her roof. Because he was so handsome, his aunt had always wanted to use him to win favor with the powerful. When the Zhao family's daughter became infatuated with his looks and said she wanted to marry him, his aunt jumped at the chance. Even though he was unwilling, he was carried into the Zhao estate by force. On his wedding day, he had just changed into his bridal robes and had yet to perform the wedding rites when someone lifted his veil. The woman before him held a pair of mandarin-duck jade pendants, one matching his own. She must be the Zhao family's daughter who had forced him into this marriage. After looking him over for a moment, the Zhao family's daughter told him he could leave. But returning to the Shen family meant certain death. Besides, his future wife's looks and bearing were nowhere near as bad as the rumors claimed. After thinking it over, Shen Lanqing decided to stay. The emperor had not issued an explicit order to kill her, and Zhao San couldn't understand why Lu Cuhe was so determined to take her life. The two of them had no grudge against each other. Until she saw the fiancé she had abandoned again. The man nestled in Lu Cuhe's arms, his slender fingers stroking his slightly rounded belly as he softly called Lu Cuhe “wife.” Although the wife who had once actively sought to marry him had suddenly grown cold, Shen Lanqing was determined to follow the principle of supporting his wife in all things. He tried his best to be a gentle, virtuous husband and give his wife children. Then, four months into his pregnancy, with the baby safely settled, his wife took him to the capital to visit her family. Only then did he learn that on the day of his wedding, he had mistaken his wife for someone else. Theme: Though the road ahead be long and rough, I will ride the winds and break the waves.