Half a Lifetime of Pampering

In her previous life, everyone envied Zhou Xuan for her good fortune. Her father doted on her, her mother loved her, and she was sent to marry the King of Chu in a neighboring kingdom. In one leap, she became the Empress of Northern Qi, adored by all.

But fate was cruel to this beauty. The heir of the Duke of Cheng'en, who had been infatuated with the princess for eighteen years, traveled all the way to the Northern Qi palace and abducted the empress. Zhou Xuan refused to give herself to Young Master Zhao and took her own life.

Reborn, Zhou Xuan only wants to live a good life, but the King of Chu and the heir become entangled with her once more...

The following advance reservations will open in order: The Warlord's Amnesiac Wife, The Crown Princess's Vast Fortune, and The Beauty in His Palm.

The Warlord's Amnesiac Wife

Xu Yuewei was the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Wei, peerlessly beautiful and famous throughout the land. In the capital, she was adored by everyone.

Until the Prince of Wei fell from power. On her way back to her fief, Xu Yuewei was kidnapped by a thug. Unable to bear the humiliation, she threw herself against a tree... but didn't die. Instead, she was taken away by a rough peasant who had made himself king of the mountain.

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Wrapped in a quilt, Xu Yuewei looked bewildered. "Who am I? Where is this?"

After tidying himself up, Mu Han rolled his eyes. "My lady, you really don't remember your husband?"

Tears welled in Xu Yuewei's eyes. "I don't know. My head hurts."

Mu Han lowered his voice and coaxed her. "If your head hurts, don't think about it. Leave everything to the husband you love most."

Xu Yuewei said, "H-husband, I'm hungry."

Mu Han restrained the possessiveness in his eyes and planted a domineering kiss on her forehead, careful to avoid her wound. "I'll feed you right away."

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Mu Han's lies flowed more smoothly with every telling, and Xu Yuewei came to believe wholeheartedly in their romantic tale of eloping and wandering the world together.

Years into their loving marriage, the beloved empress, mother of three sons and one daughter, saw a toy her little princess had dug up.

On the yellowed booklet, the handwriting was large and ugly: "Today I tricked a silly wife. It was that year..."

The emperor happened to be returning from court with the crown prince. The founding emperor, who had unified the land, broke into a sweat. "Zitong, let me explain!"

The Crown Princess's Vast Fortune

Dong Shishi transmigrated into a Mary Sue novel as the vicious female antagonist.

When the villainess was five, she disappeared. That same day, the heroine was granted a marriage to the crown prince after saving his life.

The two girls looked alike, so the Earl of Shunning's family went along with the mistake and brought the fake heiress, the heroine, home.

Ten years passed, and even the finest doctors in the land could not cure the crown prince's stupidity, brought on by a serious injury. The Earl of Shunning's family and the fake heiress's admirers couldn't bear to see her marry a fool, so they found Dong Shishi to take her place.

Before returning to the marquis's estate:

Everyone warned her: "Marry the fool of a crown prince who's about to be deposed, and don't covet Yuejiao's things. No matter how well-born you are, you can't take away our love for her."

Dong Shishi: "How about hiring a stand-in?"

A month later:

Dong Yuejiao returned home and was horrified to discover that her backup admirers were fighting over Dong Shishi.

The male supporting characters: "Yuejiao, you're the crown princess by imperial decree, but I actually like Shishi more."

But when Dong Shishi saw the admirers (her leek crops) and their nearly empty purses, she scoffed disdainfully and married into the Eastern Palace without looking back. The good-luck wedding worked like a charm: the crown prince was able to consummate the marriage on their wedding night.

A year later:

The crown prince ascended the throne. With Dong Shishi on the verge of becoming empress, she couldn't stand the new emperor's insatiable demands, and in a fit of anger, told him to take concubines.

The new emperor, who had held back for years, finally lost his composure. He took her soft, limp foot in his hand and slowly put on a mask.

The new emperor: "All my private funds are with you. I don't have money to take concubines, Zitong. You'll have to put up with me."

Seeing the familiar face beneath the mask, the flush drained from Dong Shishi's cheeks. Wasn't this the pretty boy she'd tricked out of all his money and then dumped when she first arrived in this world?

The Beauty in His Palm

Her devoted fiance had long been having an affair with his childhood friend, the Fifth Princess. The two of them had conspired to have her father imprisoned.

With nowhere else to turn, Ning Yu asked to see Prince Qin, the judge presiding over the case.

Prince Qin, Luan Xun, had foreign blood. He was broad-nosed, deep-eyed, muscular, and so imposing that people trembled at the sight of him.

He had earned countless military honors and lived with bold abandon. Backed by the emperor's favor, he didn't even take the crown prince seriously.

Rumor had it that Prince Qin had no interest in women. Every noblewoman who tried to seduce him ended up disgraced.

Those who kicked Ning Yu while she was down were simply waiting for the capital's most beautiful woman to become a laughingstock.

*

No one knew that Prince Qin suffered from a strange illness.

Whenever a woman came close, he became dizzy and could not move.

Until one day, a frail young lady, delicate as a flower, knelt before him with tear-blurred eyes.

Prince Qin gazed at her slender waist, so delicate it seemed he could encircle it with one hand, and drew a deep breath. The fragrance of a young woman's body lingered at his nose.

His mind clear, Prince Qin's gaze deepened as he held Ning Yu's small, oval face. "The heavens don't just drop pastries from the sky. Understand?"

*

Two years after ascending the throne, Luan Xun still kept the imperial harem empty. Even with children all around him, nothing could diminish his special devotion to his beloved.

After nights of exertion, Ning Yu could no longer keep up with her husband's tall, muscular build and the boundless energy of a wolf cub. When she came to after fainting yet again, she sobbed and hit him. "If I'd known this would happen, who would have helped you cure your illness?!"

The emperor, who had conquered the six kingdoms and shaken the land, smiled ingratiatingly as he let her hit and scold him. He gave the little darling in his arms some water to soothe her throat. "There, there. This is what they mean by remembering where your water comes from."

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