The Tale of Li Chun

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From the legitimate eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's household, born with strange markings on her face and branded an ill-starred harbinger of disaster, the least favored of them all, to Pear Beauty, who receives an honorific personally bestowed by the emperor as soon as she enters the palace, she rises step by step.

From enduring her father's contempt, her stepsister's torment, and the servants' disdain in the Prime Minister's household, to breaking through every obstacle in the harem and winning the emperor's heart, she makes a triumphant comeback as Her Ladyship, Consort Pear, The Outcast, second only to one and above all others.

See how Zhongli Chun, the dignified legitimate eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's household, breaks free from the shackles of fate, wins the emperor's heart, and keeps the greater good of the nation close to her heart. With the strength of a frail young woman, she illuminates Northern Qi for generations to come...

There are no winners in palace intrigues, and no one is wholly evil. From beginning to end, no one can escape the word "love"...

Coming next: Marriage Before Love, [Secretly Doting on Her After Marriage]. Please add it to your favorites, dear readers! It's already underway, so hurry and start reading!

Blurb: (Noble, radiant beauty and inheritor of the Beijing jade-carving tradition x dark, scheming tycoon of an international jewelry group)

[1]

Lin Yumo, the cherished eldest daughter of the Lin family, is an unattainable beauty in everyone's eyes, a naturally pampered peacock.

Everyone thinks she is destined to remain forever above it all, untouched by the dust of the world.

Then, overnight, her family falls into decline, and she tumbles from her exalted heights. The beauty she once took pride in becomes the beginning of all her troubles.

Just when Lin Yumo thinks her life can sink no lower, Qi Shaoyan appears, bathed in light.

Only then does Lin Yumo realize that the aloof, brooding boy from years ago has grown into the head of the Qi Group, an international jewelry conglomerate whose power in Jinzhou City is unmatched and whose leader everyone looks up to.

Qi Shaoyan walks through the crowd straight toward her, her face full of astonishment. The corners of his narrow eyes lift as he grabs her pale wrist and pins her against the wall without a word. His low voice, like that of a sea demon, sounds in her ear: "Will you get married to me, Lin Yumo?"

What she thought was an abyss ultimately becomes the only salvation in her dark life.

[2]

In high school, Lin Yumo is radiant and sunny, the darling of everyone, a true princess on campus.

Qi Shaoyan, meanwhile, is gloomy and withdrawn, cold and arrogant, a sickly boy who barely draws anyone's notice.

Then one day, the gloomy boy collapses, and no one dares go near him.

She is the one who isn't afraid of his coldness and carefully helps him up.

In that instant, Qi Shaoyan's world freezes. Amid the whole world, all he can see is that one ray of pure moonlight.

He never knew moonlight could be so beautiful.

He brings light into her life and pulls her from the mire. From then on, he cherishes her in the palm of his hand and dotes on her without restraint.

The moon will never fall.

Her loyal knight will swear to defend her radiance with his life.

tips:

1. Marriage Before Love, with the inevitable falling-hard-for-each-other rule.

2. A charming contrast: the heroine seems noble and aloof, but is actually bright, cheerful, sunny, independent, and strong-willed. The hero seems dark and calculating, but is actually all bluster with a soft heart, says one thing and does another, and is a devoted wife-doting romantic.

(Noble, radiant beauty, jade-carving designer and inheritor of the Beijing tradition x dark, scheming, obsessive international jewelry tycoon)

Theme: A power-fantasy palace-intrigue story about a strong female lead rising through the ranks