Reborn as Daiyu [Dream of the Red Chamber]

Reborn into a second life, she let the past fade like smoke. She no longer wanted to chase a love as elusive as a reflection of the moon in water. Lin Daiyu followed Grandmother Jia’s wishes and married a top scholar who knew nothing of romance.

When Daiyu mourned as she buried flowers, he made pastries with them. He had studied a whole bellyful of poetry and literature, yet understood none of a young woman’s delicate sorrows. Still, he loved her like a precious jewel all his life, and protected her so she could live happily and carefree.

A bookish, lovelorn fool x the sensitive and melancholy fairy, Daiyu

Coming soon: The Beloved Empress

Xie Chichun always knew she was nothing but a substitute. It didn’t matter. Thanks to her resemblance to the late love of the Emperor, Yuqing, she rose steadily through the ranks, became the most favored woman in the harem, and eliminated the treacherous official who had framed her father.

Dawn breaks upon the jade steps, dew gathers on golden dishes, and phoenix incense mingles with the smoke. A golden crown, a white jade belt, the splendor of phoenixes shining through the ninefold palace. Having tasted power, who would willingly give it up?

Xie Chichun thought she would go one step further. In this locked and guarded palace, only a phoenix could stand at the very top. She would become the phoenix at the summit.

She wanted the Emperor to fall in love with her. She wanted to become a phoenix. She thought the first step was to make the Emperor realize that she wasn’t his Yuqing. She was Xie Chichun.

It was dangerous. Perhaps it would anger the Emperor and cost her his favor for good. But to stand at the very top, one had to accept the risks that came with it, didn’t one?

Empress Wu wrote at Ganye Temple, “I don’t believe that my tears have flowed in vain. Open the chest and see the pomegranate-red skirt.” She moved Emperor Gaozong, Li Zhi. Xie Chichun smiled faintly. Pouring out her heart, gazing at him tenderly... That, too, she could do.

The Tang Dynasty Magistrate

A string of murders took place in Xincheng County, Jiangnan West Circuit. More than a dozen officials, including the county magistrate, were dismissed for failing to do their jobs. Liu Rugui took up the post of Xincheng County magistrate as a woman.

With her intelligence and quick wit, Liu Rugui kept lazy, slippery subordinates and corrupt officials in check, rooted out longstanding abuses, and solved one strange case after another.

A collection of standalone mystery and investigation stories.

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Theme: Daiyu is reborn and finds a happy marriage