[The timid but ambitious Eldest Princess x The Regent who knowingly gives in]
The moment she caught Huo Qin meeting someone in secret, Zhao Yuan knew she was doomed!
Zhao Yuan is a coward, with less courage than a sesame seed.
She's afraid of bugs, the dark, heights, and pointy things... but none of those are as terrifying as Huo Qin.
Huo Qin, the Prince Su whose ruthless methods strike fear into all who hear of him. She ought to call him Imperial Uncle.
Every time she sees him, Zhao Yuan dies and comes back to life several times over.
This time, it's for real. She's really going to die!
After making arrangements for her "final affairs," Zhao Yuan fell sick with an easy conscience, only for Huo Qin to come calling day after day.
And so...
She survived after all, and instead struck an absurd, clandestine deal with him...
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On a spring day when all things were coming back to life, Zhao Yuan's third prospective husband was demoted.
She blocked Huo Qin's sedan chair at the palace gates and asked plaintively, "Imperial Uncle, what was the reason this time?"
"He behaved improperly. He deserved to be demoted," he replied solemnly.
A little over a month later, news reached the capital that the prospective husband had died on the road from illness.
Beneath red silk curtains and warm bedclothes, the man took away the obstructive gauzy undergarment, gripped her slender waist, and pressed inside, giving her a new answer:
"Everyone who covets you deserves to die."
A fragrant kiss landed on his lips, accompanied by a teasing laugh.
"And what about you, Im-per-i-al Un-cle?"
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Reading Notes and Content Warnings
* Older man Daddy | Bickering couple | Slightly possessive, nurturing dynamic | High-stakes romantic rivalry
* One-on-one romance, both leads' first and only partners, happy ending, ten-year age gap
* A little madwoman raised by a big madman. Two ambitious schemers, neither lead is perfect.
* The leads are not related by family or blood.
(Blurb excerpted; details subject to revision.)
Theme: Flowers can bloom even in darkness
My Late Wife Returned as My Younger Brother's Wife
Bonus Chapter: Little Garden
Sole Possessor of Spring's Charm
The Childhood Bride Marries into the Eastern Palace
Poison in the Delicate Flower
The Reborn Princess Consort Is a Little Wild
I Gave Away the Wife I'd Just Won
Don't Call Me Sir, Call Me Husband