The Princess Does One Good Deed a Day

Princess Xiao Bichu of Qiyang was arrogant, domineering, and ruthless, holding the reins of government for more than four years. Everyone at court wanted nothing more than for her to die as soon as possible. So the consort she had loved for half her life, the younger brother she had raised from childhood, and the trusted aides she had promoted all joined forces to send her to the underworld. There, the cold-faced King of the Underworld said her sins were too grave and sent her back to the mortal realm to complete a hundred good deeds. And so she was reborn as a hapless fool who sold her younger brother to support a man. No one had imagined that the vicious Grand Princess, who once dominated the court and casually wiped out entire families, would be reborn. The Grand Princess, once untouchable and impossible to defy, became the young lady Shen of the Yun family in a village. The young lady she used to be had sold her younger brother, met her lover in secret, and stolen money. There was no wicked thing she hadn't done. Now she could charm guests in the front hall and cook in the kitchen, put quarrelsome neighbors in their place, and capture demons and monsters. Men from every village nearby flocked to ask for her hand, but the cold-faced guard by her side turned them all away. No one knew who the guard was or where he had come from. Strange spirits have been causing trouble in the capital, and supernatural incidents keep occurring. To earn favor, Chancellor Shen Wei summoned his eldest daughter, the young lady Shen, who had been raised in the countryside and was said to be able to discern ghosts and spirits. At last, Xiao Bichu had the chance to seek out the people from her past and settle old scores. But she never expected that, after learning her true identity, the consort she had loved for half her life would look at her with reddened eyes and say, "Princess, don't leave me again." The younger brother she had raised with her own hands pointed at the little boy from the Yun family and said, "Sister, I'm your real younger brother!" The trusted aide she had promoted revealed his feelings: "Princess, your humble servant only wishes to keep you safe." The cold-faced guard, who was actually the cold-faced King of the Underworld in disguise, stopped them one by one: "Bichu has me. You needn't concern yourselves." Reader's Note: 1. No choosing among love interests. The male lead is the King of the Underworld, Shen Yan, the Northern Tai Emperor. All the other male characters will have to grovel for forgiveness. 2. The author's preferences: Mary Sue and melodrama. Read with caution if that's not your thing. 3. Happy ending. 4. A heroine who grows over the course of the story. Coming Soon: Historical Romance, The Princess as Empress When Yun Ning was fourteen, a fortune-telling Taoist priest came to her village and said she had a hard fate that would bring harm to her husband, and that the curse couldn't be lifted until she turned twenty. Yun Ning refused to believe in such nonsense. But her childhood friend and neighbor left to join the army and never returned. Her lover, to whom she was engaged, went over a cliff while gathering herbs and vanished, his fate unknown. Men from every nearby village were afraid to approach her. Later, while gathering herbs in the forest, Yun Ning rescued a mute man with a bad leg. He was both lame and mute, but handsome, and even bore a slight resemblance to her missing lover. Yun Ning got a mischievous idea. She decided to use him as a substitute, accepting him as her husband in return for saving his life. Later, news of her lover reached the capital, and the father who had abandoned her for years happened to want her to return there. After much thought, Yun Ning gave her mute husband a letter of divorce. "A substitute can never compare to the one I truly love. I'm going to seek out the moon in my heart. Even if we meet again one day, don't say you know me." Emperor Wei doted on his daughter, Princess Zhaoyu, who was frail and often ill. To ward off disaster, they needed a hard-fated girl whose birth date and hour matched hers. The Duke of Qi volunteered to find his legitimate eldest daughter, Du Yunning, who had been raised elsewhere for many years, and send her to the imperial palace. At her first palace banquet, Yunning finally saw the lover she had been longing for. Only now did she learn that the moon in her heart was about to become the consort of a princess! Unable to watch the man she loved dote on another woman, she went looking for somewhere quiet to clear her head. Instead, someone covered her mouth and nose, dragged her into the Cold Palace, and pinned her to a bed. As her thin robe was pulled away, tears filled Yunning's eyes. In the moonlight, she saw the man's sinister face: her mute husband. "Do you recognize me?" "..." [This blurb was updated on May 6, 2022. The first version was posted on December 29, 2020.] Theme: Turning from evil to good is the greatest virtue.