Slowly Winning Her Heart

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Synopsis

Princess Dowager Xiao Wanlan and her husband, Gu Shu, had a troubled marriage. She lived alone in Luoyang for years, as good as widowed.

She never expected to wake up one day and find herself back before her marriage.

The first thing Xiao Wanlan did after waking was break off her engagement to Gu Shu.

Putting romance aside to devote herself to politics, she took Song Yan, who would one day become the most powerful minister, as her teacher.

She thought she would rise to power alongside him, but instead, Song Yan led her astray...

Xiao Wanlan: I trusted you as my teacher, a man of integrity, but you're thinking improper thoughts about me every day!

Song Yan: Silly girl, I've never claimed to be a man of integrity.

Everyone says Song Yan, the current Minister of State, is devoted to his late fiancée Cui Yan, and has never married, even years after her death.

But Song Yan has a secret in his heart:

The person he longs for has never been Cui Yan.

When Xiao Wanlan calls him "Teacher" in her sweet, soft voice, what he most wants to do isn't impart wisdom and teach her, but pull her into his arms and savor her charms.

Coming next: The Man I Tormented Became Emperor

Huai Jiang is a notorious little tyrant in Chang'an.

With a tyrant protecting her, nobody dares contradict her.

When she hears that the rebel Prince of Yuzhang's heir, Xiao Lanqing, is being brought to the capital in chains, she rushes to the palace to demand the emperor hand him over.

After they meet, she gives Xiao Lanqing a vicious whipping.

Although she saves Xiao Lanqing's life,

she then finds all sorts of ways to torment him.

She never expects that, much later, Xiao Lanqing will become emperor.

Huai Jiang is brought before him.

Huai Jiang: I had my reasons for whipping you back then. Do you believe me?

Xiao Lanqing: And you had your reasons for sleeping with me later, too?

Huai Jiang: That was just a natural instinct between a man and a woman. I would've done the same with Zhang San or Zhao Si back then.

Xiao Lanqing: I see you really are tired of living!

A moody, spoiled heroine vs. a patient, secretly flirtatious hero.

Content warning: Don't expect too much from the heroine. She really is mercurial and does whatever she wants, and she's not a good person, either.

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