Peerless Beauty

[New Historical Romance, "Jiao Ye" is now open for advance reservations. A short-tempered crown prince VS an adorable crybaby. First story in my collection; blurb at the bottom.] [Follow @Author Geng Cancan on Weibo to get updates and opening announcements as soon as they appear.] "If you had another life, what would you do?" "I'd still be Zheng Lingyao." "Nothing else in mind?" "Of course there is." Lingyao gazed at herself in the mirror and smoothed her hair, smiling with lazy charm. Her words rang out clear and bold: "I'd naturally cause trouble and wreak havoc for a hundred years." After being reborn, Zheng Lingyao is still the most beautiful and carefree woman in Lin'an. Everything goes her way, except for two puzzling things: One: The men who couldn't have her in her previous life will all become powerful, cold-blooded figures. How can she keep them from fighting each other? Two: Where is the new emperor who married her memorial tablet now? Which godforsaken corner is he begging for alms in? Warnings: 1. The heroine is breathtakingly beautiful, irresistible to everyone. Everyone loves her. 2. This is a fictional setting, so don't nitpick historical details. The author is devoted to the heroine and loves only her darling girl. 3. If it's not your thing, click the X. Let's all get along. Blurb for the new historical romance "Jiao Ye": After a coup, Zhao Zhizhi, Lin'an's famous timid beauty, goes from being an unloved concubine-born daughter in the Chancellor's household to a lowly concubine in the Eastern Palace, with neither name nor status, there only to "learn the ways of the world." Rumor has it the new Crown Prince is violent and mercurial, like a demon from the depths of a hellish purgatory. Others say he despises beautiful women and loathes stunning beauties, taking pleasure in killing them with his own hands. After hearing this, Zhao Zhizhi is terrified. In tears, she entrusts her last words to the new "sister" she has made in the Eastern Palace: "I... If I die... could you offer me a bowl of cherry pastries every year?" The Crown Prince, dressed in the robes he had worn to amuse his parents, fixes his dark eyes on Zhao Zhizhi. After a long pause, he says hoarsely, "Don't worry, you won't die." * On the night Zhao Zhizhi is supposed to attend the Crown Prince, he doesn't come. Instead, a hundred bowls of cherry pastries arrive. The Crown Prince returns to the palace late after dealing with official business and remembers the night's appointment. "Has she gone to bed?" The eunuch replies, "Your Highness, Miss Zhao has been eating cherry pastries all night. She's still eating them now." The Crown Prince frowns and mutters, "What an idiot." Half an hour later, the eunuch goes to check on the bedroom and is astonished to find someone else inside. With his hair styled in elegant coils and a phoenix hairpin in place, the Crown Prince sits beside the young woman, wiping the corner of her mouth. "It's all right if you can't finish them. His Highness won't blame you." The young woman lowers her tear-filled eyes and hiccups softly. "You're not His Highness. How do you know he won't blame me?" * Everyone says Zhao Zhizhi is timid as a mouse, weak and easy to bully. Until the day of the palace banquet, when the master of the Eastern Palace kneels before her, rubbing her feet and putting on her boots. His eyes red, he grits his teeth and says, "If you still won't talk to me, I'll run away from the palace today." Zhao Zhizhi turns her face aside. "Hmph." * Short-tempered emperor VS crybaby beauty. Two childish youngsters falling in love, both saying one thing and meaning another. So sweet! Theme: Building a harmonious society