Spring in the Splendid Hall

[The main story is complete]

New story now underway: My Dog Emperor Was Reborn (formerly titled: After Being Reborn, I Became the Tyrant's White Moonlight)

[Short blurb]

In her previous life, whenever Yan Rouyue complained about Xiao Zheng, she couldn't help quietly calling him a dog emperor. He had a terrible temper, a cruel nature, and couldn't say anything nice in a nice way.

After being reborn, Xiao Zheng was still the same cold and imposing Prince Hui, so why was he acting like such a clingy puppy around her?

Xiao Zheng: Whimper, woof.

[Full blurb]

In her previous life as empress, Yan Rouyue often felt as if she and Xiao Zheng were walking side by side through an endless, pitch-black night.

Sometimes she would stumble, hurt and frightened, and could only cry softly.

Sometimes he would be wounded, battered by the wind and frost until his flesh and bone were exposed, but he refused to cry out or make a sound. His eyes still shone with fierce, unyielding determination.

They were husband and wife, stumbling along together. Sometimes they held hands tightly, sometimes they reached for each other but couldn't connect, and sometimes they even stabbed each other.

Before she died of illness in Zhaoyang Hall, Yan Rouyue's final words to Xiao Zheng were, "I regret this life too much. In the next one, let's not meet again."

Yet afterward, her soul remained in a portrait, watching as Xiao Zheng suffered heartbreak night after night and walked alone until he was utterly spent. He was buried with her portrait held against his heart.

Between darkness and light, she opened her eyes again.

The sky was bright, the sun shining.

She had returned to the age of fifteen, just arrived in the capital and about to face one scheme after another.

Xiao Zheng had also returned to his youth, when he was still Prince Hui. A favored son of heaven, he rode in fine clothes and on a spirited horse, arrogant, heroic, and full of confidence.

"A Rou."

He walked toward her once more and held out his hand beneath the dazzling sun.

All his passion, ardor, longing, and obsession were impossible to conceal, sever, or resist.

In both her past and present lives, she was his only light.

[Blurb]

#Sharp-Tongued Xie Linglong# vs. #Proud and Clingy Prince Rong#

#Formerly titled: The Beloved Maid#

As Xiao Jin, Prince Rong's, personal maid in his study, Linglong served him diligently for over four years. She was always sharp and efficient, kept to her place, and had absolutely no improper thoughts about her master. She focused on following orders and talking back to people, hoping only that after her master married, she would be allowed to leave the manor.

Who knew that after an accident left Xiao Jin injured in a fall from his horse, his personality would change completely once he recovered? He insisted she handle everything, from food and clothes to his daily routine. If he couldn't see her whenever he came and went, the entire manor would be thrown into chaos as people searched for her. He even insisted she pretend to be his favored concubine to fend off all the women being forced into Prince Rong's manor.

Linglong was baffled by her prince's change. Had he hit his head in the fall?

Xiao Jin was frank: "I've lived another life. There's no one else I can trust."

Linglong was immediately alarmed and rushed to buy a hundred pig heads for Prince Rong's manor, hoping to feed them to the prince and fix his brain!

Nothing else mattered. She just hoped he wouldn't forget his promise: after she'd pretended to be his favored concubine for a few months, she could leave the manor and find a good man to marry!

But as Xiao Jin drew closer and closer to the imperial throne, he became more and more unwilling to let her go, until he lit the dragon-and-phoenix wedding candles in Zhaoyang Hall. "I'm a good man too, aren't I?"

#Fictional setting, male lead reborn, devoted sweet romance, 1v1 in this life#

#Note: Their previous lives were full of twists and turns. The male lead once married the female lead, and she once married him. But whether in their past or present lives, once they were together, neither was unfaithful or emotionally involved with anyone else. The male lead had bad luck in his previous life, but he was never a scumbag.#

Coming soon: The Beloved Bride

In the sixth year of Renhe, Zhou Shaohuai, the bandit who had held sway over Jiangdong for years, was pardoned and recruited into the imperial forces.

When news reached the capital, everyone was curious what the legendary man, who deployed troops like a ghost and killed people as casually as mowing grass, looked like.

But before he even arrived in the capital, the edict appointing him to office and arranging his marriage was issued.

The once-glorious Changxin Marquis Household had fallen on hard times. It was chosen, and then sent its least-loved seventh daughter, Xie Yanyan, to face the danger.

Xie Yanyan was always good at taking things in stride. Why fear a bandit chief? She had dealt with her own relatives, who could devour people without spitting out the bones, without even batting an eye.

But when she finally met Zhou Shaohuai, the young woman's cheeks flushed and her heart raced. Could a bandit really be this handsome?

Zhou, newly appointed a third-rank general, looked calm enough. "Yes."

From then on, Xie Yanyan knew that her husband wasn't just handsome, he was honest too, even if he was a tiny bit shameless.

Zhou, who would rise through the ranks to become a Grand Secretary and hold the military power of the empire, didn't deny it. "Whatever my wife says is right."

#A romance after marriage with a former bandit chief#

Premise: When you offer me a peach, I repay you with jade.