A Beloved Daughter in an Age of Prosperity

Coming soon: My Hidden Skills Start to Come to Light After I Transmigrate into a Book

This is an early work with plenty of embarrassing flaws. I recommend reading something else.

Rebirth synopsis:

Xiao Jingwen's perspective:

In her previous life, she devoted her entire family's resources to helping him ascend the throne.

She thought that a grand wedding procession and a beautifully styled coiffure awaited her, but instead, she received a cup of poisoned wine.

She watched him laugh and chat happily with another woman. She watched her elder brother, who had come to save her, fall beneath a storm of arrows. What tormented her most was that the person who avenged her was the man whose face had been disfigured, whose engagement she had broken off, and whom everyone had mocked ever since.

Thankfully, Heaven took pity on her. She was reborn on the day before her ex used honeyed words to trick her into breaking off her engagement to his uncle.

So she played along, decided to marry her ex's uncle, persuaded her husband to seize the throne, climbed to the top of the world, and then secretly took out her ex.

Her ex grabbed Xiao Jingwen's hand. "Wenwen, yesterday you promised you'd break off your engagement to Imperial Uncle and marry me."

Xiao Jingwen looked at her ex with disdain. "Who are you? You want me to smell you? Should I smell your feet instead?"

Later, she realized things seemed to be getting a little strange. That uncle of his kept wandering around in front of her.

Finally, one day, her uncle pulled her into his arms. "What, still want to break off the engagement?"

Xiao Jingwen: Sob, sob, QAQ, I don't, I wouldn't dare.

In this life, Nangong Jing cherished Xiao Jingwen, protected her with all his heart, and showered her with endless affection.

Xiao Jingwen lay back and sighed. "Life is so wonderful!"

Nangong Jing's perspective:

Nangong Jing never imagined that Xiao Jingwen would break off their engagement just before their wedding.

From then on, everyone mocked him.

He watched her and Nangong Xuan go everywhere together, as she used her family's resources to help him come out on top in the battle for the throne.

He watched her be given poisoned wine and die a tragic death on the steps of the palace.

He watched her elder brother be forced to storm the palace and die beneath a storm of arrows.

He was furious. The woman he had once wanted to cherish and protect in the palm of his hand had been trampled by others to this extent.

He raised an army in rebellion, forced the emperor to commit suicide, purged the court with an iron fist, and installed a new emperor.

Once everything was settled, he followed her in death.

When he awoke again, he found himself back half a year before she had broken off their engagement. So he decided to visit more often and marry her before she could change her mind.

A little scene:

Nangong Jing looked at Xiao Jingwen, whose eyes were full of tears, and could hardly connect her to the bold and spirited Xiao Jingwen from his previous life.

"I was saying..."

"Sob, sob, I was wrong. Don't scold me."

"Well, you see..."

"Sob, sob, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I won't do it again."

"I..."

"I'll marry you, I'll marry you! Just don't hit me, please. I'm afraid of pain."

Nangong Jing sighed softly and drew her into his arms. "The you from my previous life and the you in this life have both left my heart utterly defenseless."

Xiao Jingwen: Surprised [jpg]. I think I've learned a pretty incredible secret??

★ I cross mountains and rivers, all to seek the brilliance of your life.

★ I've crossed mountains and waded through rivers. I've seen all things renew themselves, over and over. Now, you are both the mountains and the rivers.

P.S. 1. Both the male and female leads are reborn, but at different points in time.

2. The female lead doesn't simply coast to victory. She and the male lead reclaim everything that was rightfully theirs.

3. In her previous life, her combat skills were off the charts and her intelligence was nonexistent. In this life, both her combat skills and intelligence are off the charts. There are, however, a few necessary plot holes. She has no golden finger.

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★★Novel synopsis:

Dashing in fine clothes and astride a swift horse, amid blazing flames and blooming flowers, Chu Ziyang has earned countless military honors, but he also loves a good face-slapping moment.

For example, "I will never regret this" soon turns into "Thank goodness you didn't leave."

Or, "I would never fall for her," which becomes "Come here and let me hold you" as soon as he turns around.

And then there's... too much to list. His face hurts from all the slapping.

Much later, after he complains that his newborn daughter is too ugly, Gu Qingli sends him to sleep in the study.

So after soothing the little one, Gu Qingli has to go soothe the grown-up one too.

It's exhausting, exhausting, exhausting!

Chu Ziyang asks a certain author in a very quiet voice, "Weren't you going to make me cool and aloof? How come I threw away all my dignity for my wife?"

The author tells him, "Your face has been slapped until it's swollen. Stop pretending you're fat."

Chu Ziyang dies at the age of exactly 26.

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Recommended short works by friends:

Romance:

1. She Went Pro After Being Canceled Online by Anshang Yuan (ongoing)

2. I Picked Up a Little Jade Doll by Xianren Ersan (ongoing)

Synopsis: I picked up a little jade doll. This freeloader is kind of cute. I'll take it home.

3. The Braincell-Reducing Notes After Transmigrating into a Book by Zui Yi Ke Zui (coming soon)

Synopsis: After I landed in a book where my archenemy fantasizes about another archenemy, I lost my mind...

Boys' Love:

4. I Won Over the Wildest Man in the Game by Dong Zhou Cha

5. Facing the Court by Yige Shisan

Theme: A prince pursues his wife.