Seeking Favor

Follow my Weibo account, @Xiao Touming Yaozhou. This is a new account I made for my writing. Meng Xiu came to Prince Shu's manor when she was sixteen. At seventeen, the drunken Prince Shu took her virginity. Neither of them spoke of it afterward. Meng Xiu assumed he'd simply lost control after drinking, and kept hoping to save enough money to buy her freedom so she could leave the manor and get married. Who could have guessed Prince Shu was so domineering? He took the money she'd saved to buy her freedom and forbade her from talking to other men! Four or five years passed like that, until Prince Shu entered the inner palace and ascended the throne. He grabbed her wrist, his face dark, and said, "All under heaven belongs to the emperor. Is there anyone in this world reckless enough to steal my woman?" Coming soon: "Marrying My Trashy Ex-Husband's Uncle" Prince Su Jing Xu, a prince of a different surname, the most powerful minister in Great Qi, and the emperor's maternal uncle. When they first met, he discreetly sized up the Xiao family's daughter, renowned throughout the capital for her beauty. He'd heard that Lord Xiao treasured her like a precious pearl. The next time they met, Yuan Niang had become the Crown Princess. Following her crown prince husband, she meekly called him Uncle. From then on, the Xiao family's daughter's dewy eyes haunted his dreams night after night, along with her lingering, tender "Uncle." Jing Xu thought he must be possessed. Not long afterward, the Xiao family was accused of treason. The Crown Princess's consort poured safflower into Yuan Niang, killing her and her unborn child. Jing Xu, too, died on the battlefield because of a treacherous schemer. Perhaps Heaven took pity on him, for he returned to the days before his expedition. Yuan Niang was still unmarried, and Jing Xu was tormented by the same wicked dreams as in his previous life. One day, the young woman passed by him and timidly said, "Greetings, Prince Su." Jing Xu remembered that in his previous life, the Xiao family's daughter had been violated by the Crown Prince on this very day and forced to marry him. He studied the young woman carefully, then abruptly pulled her over and sat her on his lap. His voice was seductive as he said, "Let me hear you call me Uncle." Both the hero and heroine are reborn. The hero is no good person, and neither is the heroine. Theme: