So Lovely, Even I Am Moved

In her previous life, Zhong Yi was taken in as a concubine because of her beauty. She was helplessly used as a pawn in the First Madam's bid to regain favor. She obediently did as she was told, only to be separated from her child, accused of adultery, and beaten to death with thirty strokes of the board. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the time before she sold herself into service. This time, she would no longer endure and give way. She would play the victim, act weak, and use everything she could to claw her way up. Her cousin from the marquis's household and the Prince of Yan's heir both fell under her spell, but in the end, she wound up in the hands of that scum of an emperor. When Pei Du was Crown Prince, he had seen enough scheming and deceit among the women of the harem to grow sick of it. He couldn't stand to be within three feet of a woman. Then one day, he unexpectedly came across a woman he could actually bear to touch. The woman looked mortified, on the verge of tears. With her small, pitiful face, she looked up at him, so vulnerable and moving that anyone would feel for her. Except she was looking at the Prince of Yan's heir standing beside him. Pei Du gave a silent sneer. "Crying like a pear blossom in the rain, so pitiful that anyone would feel for you? No rush. I'll stand right here and watch you cry." Reader's Guide: 1. The heroine was gentle and timid in her previous life. After being reborn, she turns ruthless and takes revenge on scoundrels. 2. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced in this life, and a happy ending. 3. The hero is a bit of a straight-laced AI. Brace yourself for him falling hard, and a long, arduous pursuit of his wife. 4. The hero seems argumentative at first, but underneath he's a total sweetheart. This is really a story about two unlucky people saving each other. Theme: Smile in the face of hardship