[Career-Minded Empress and Love-Struck Hostage Prince]
The irreverent empress's version:
I am an empress, and I am determined to unite the realm.
When my armies laid siege to a certain small kingdom, I met a hostage prince.
He was so handsome, so pleasing to the eye, and so much to my liking.
As someone who cares so much about looks, of course I had to bring the beauty home.
Most importantly, I discovered that he was learned and gifted in many fields. He was far more useful than the turtle in a wishing well.
Oh my, what a bonus!
See? Heaven really does look out for me. It knows I need precisely this kind of talent.
When future historians learn of this, they'll surely praise my discerning eye for talent. It will become yet another celebrated tale of a wise ruler and a worthy minister.
But...
The beauty doesn't want to be a wise ruler's worthy minister?
The beauty wants the wife to lead and the husband to follow?
Emmm...
That works too!
The serious hostage prince's version:
Before meeting Duan Xining, Shen Yuan's life was bleak and colorless. He drifted through it in a daze, knowing neither what made life worth living nor where he was headed.
But she was like an eagle looking down from the highest heavens, free and unrestrained. She cut through the silent, gray sky and showed him a vaster world.
He was willing to follow her for his whole life, becoming the parasol tree where a phoenix might perch, the solitary star beside the full moon, and the stream embracing the mountains.
Before You Read
1. The female lead is six years older than the male lead. He pursues her. One-on-one romance, both have no prior partners, happy ending.
2. The male lead is hopelessly romantic. Don't read if that's not your thing.
Coming Soon: The Princess Royal Is Being Rude Again
Female lead pursues and claims the male lead | Fake beloved's replacement
Blunt, overbearing Princess Royal x Easygoing, handsome scholar
To save his younger sister, Lin Yanci, who had always wanted no part of worldly affairs, ran everywhere seeking help, but no one would grant his pleas.
With no other choice, he finally turned to the Princess Royal, whose power reached across the court.
After letting her gaze linger over his face for a moment, the Princess Royal stopped listening to him and had him detained in her residence. Her intentions were unmistakable.
When he tried to sneak away and was caught in the act, the Princess Royal ordered imperiously, "Go back and wash up. You're spending the night with me."
He tried every argument he could think of, but couldn't talk her out of it.
Still, he figured there was no need to worry.
After all, he was a man. If he didn't want it, surely he couldn't be forced into that sort of thing so easily?
That night, after drinking a cup of tea from the Princess Royal, an unbearable heat quickly overwhelmed his reason.
Only then did he realize he had relaxed too soon.
He struggled again and again, but there was nowhere to run and no way to break free of her hold.
Though his heart was full of resentment, in the end he could only let her have her way with him.
Lin Yanci had thought it was nothing but bad luck that had brought all this about.
That was, until he saw a portrait.
The Princess Royal had painted it herself. It showed a young general, resplendent in fine clothes and riding boldly into battle.
His features were remarkably like the general in the painting.
Humiliation and fury swept over him in an instant, leaving him unable to breathe.
So he didn't even count as a real person to her.
Princess Royal Xie Jingyu had always been domineering and reckless, doing whatever she pleased.
From the first moment she saw Lin Yanci, she was certain that someone so clean-cut, beautiful, and young ought to belong to her.
It didn't matter if he was unwilling. She had plenty of ways to make him submit.
She could tame even the fiercest horse. What was he compared to that?
Before You Read
1. Older woman and younger man romance. One-on-one, both have no prior partners, happy ending.
2. The female lead pursues and claims the male lead, using simple and heavy-handed methods.
Theme: Unification is the prevailing trend of the times, an irresistible current of history.
This... I thought Hong was a good person
The author is really attentive and carefully answered every question I asked. All in all, this book has its shortcomings. It is still worth recommending in Jinjiang's niche subject of heroines. I will continue to pay attention to the new articles of DaDa. Come on!
I bought the whole book and read it. To be honest, I didn't have much hope at first based on the number of collections, but I didn't expect that the writing was pretty good and not at all trivial, and the characters and plot were also very solid. The writing was pretty good in the beginning, but starting from around chapter 100, the male protagonist and the female protagonist became a little bit OOC. The male protagonist had a mother's heart inexplicably. It was foreshadowed earlier that he loved the female protagonist, but in the end, he and the female protagonist broke out and cursed each other because of his brother. Even if he knew that his brother poisoned him, he could still stay with her. I really can't understand why I went to eat and go shopping, and then I collapsed emotionally for no reason, and lost all hope in life. I was completely different from the smart and infatuated image in front of me. The heroine was described as murderous and decisive, but she was not hindered by feelings. How could she forgive the hero for treating her like this? Both the male and female protagonists knew that the queen's fertility risk was high and did not plan to have children. However, in the ending, the female protagonist still gave birth to a child for the male protagonist. The follow-up of the female protagonist's brother was not explained. It was a complete mess. I was really disappointed. It could have been written very well according to the author's writing style and character design.
To catch a bug, "Kong Qing and Phytolacca" should be "Kong Qing and Jiang Yu"
Oh my gosh, your writing is so good, it's very useful to me!
Your Majesty is so smart and sharp-tongued.
Hahahahahahaha the heroine shines with confidence
The heroine's name is very thoughtful! Boast
The heroine's name is very thoughtful!