Completed on September 16! Thank you for your support! *bows deeply*
It’s finished! My next novel, "I’ll Lie Flat and Take It Easy", is now underway. Check it out on my author page~
The first few chapters of this novel have been heavily revised. Stolen copies on other platforms are incomplete and may differ.
[Free-spirited Crown Princess VS Patient, Scheming, Down-on-His-Luck Prince]
Xiao Fengqi, the Great Yu princess, gives the court ministers a headache whenever her name comes up.
Not because she’s ignorant or useless. Quite the opposite: she’s learned in literature and skilled in all six arts. She commands troops, devises strategies, and excels at everything she does.
The problem is that she has two hobbies that drive the ministers mad.
First, she loves going against them.
When they accuse her of extravagance, she has the most magnificent ceremonial procession in all of Great Yu built.
When they say that, as Crown Princess, she should be dignified and elegant and display the bearing of a great nation, she goes and drinks the strongest liquor at banquets, sits however she likes, and laughs out loud.
Second, she likes bringing handsome men back to the palace.
Especially the good-looking ones in dire straits, just like characters straight out of a romance story.
The memorials those old-fashioned ministers have written to condemn her would probably stack as high as the pillars in her palace.
But Xiao Fengqi doesn’t care. No matter how harshly they criticize her, she’s still the Crown Princess, and still the next empress.
In the end, the empress flew into a rage and put her under house arrest, ordering her to reflect on her behavior.
Xiao Fengqi readily agreed, but thought to herself: It’s only house arrest. It’s not like I can’t climb over the wall.
Unfortunately, before she had a chance to find a way out, fate sent her an unexpected complication.
“I’ll trade you the lifeblood of Lichuan’s mines in exchange for your protection.”
The down-and-out foreign prince before her bowed his head, willing to submit, all so he could find a place of refuge.
In a moment of weakness, Xiao Fengqi really did bring him into the palace.
But she underestimated the prince’s ambition. On the surface, he poured her tea and water, fussed over her, and catered to her every whim.
He even handed her his country and its lifeblood after reclaiming the throne.
In private, though, he plotted step by step, kept the rest of her harem in check, and sought only to be the sole object of her affection.
Once everything was settled, he obediently lay across her lap.
“Power is yours, the empire is yours, and I am yours too. How does that sound?”
[Tone: A tiny bit of court intrigue, but lighthearted overall]
Theme: Focus on personal growth and keep striving to become a better version of yourself.
Keep up the good work with your writing, baby!