What Use Is This Beauty to Me?

Shen Xianxian has flawless skin, an exquisite figure, and unmatched beauty. By a twist of fate, she uses her looks to impersonate Prince Jin's "true love."

Prince Jin is cold and distant on the surface, but a master of pretense. In public, he acts as though he is deeply in love with her; in private, he speaks without mercy: It's all an act. Don't get any ideas about things you shouldn't want.

Shen Xianxian: Understood. Don't worry. I'll make sure you're satisfied.

As a shield to help Prince Jin refuse an arranged marriage, she diligently plays the role of a beautiful, jealous woman, waiting for the right chance to take the gold and jewels and disappear.

Unexpectedly, Prince Jin is gravely wounded and on the brink of death. An imperial decree makes her his princess consort. While Prince Jin is suffering from amnesia, she loses control and turns their fake marriage into a real one.

Later, Prince Jin regains his memories.

Shen Xianxian: Is it too late for me to run away tonight?

A short scene from the male lead's perspective

Prince Jin, Xiao Sheng, wakes from a deep sleep to find that he has aged four years, and that a delicate beauty by his bedside claims to be his princess consort.

This woman is seductive and alluring, nothing like his type, but everyone says she is the true love he went to great lengths to marry. They say he defied the emperor for her, calls her "dearest" every day, and writes her poems.

Prince Jin: Impossible. Absolutely impossible.

But that very night, he finds a pile of unsent love letters in his study.

Prince Jin: ...

Reader's guide:

1. One-on-one romance, light and sweet.

2. The female lead is a seductive beauty and a born actress.

3. The male lead suffers a brief bout of amnesia.

Upcoming: My Darkened Moonlight (working title)

Su Zhenyue accidentally discovers that she is living in a novel about a man pursuing his wife through fire and water.

At the end of the story, the male lead wins his wife back and kills the darkened moonlight of his past.

Su Zhenyue isn't the heroine. She's the moonlight who gets killed.

To change her tragic fate, she decides to find a husband within three months and get married as soon as possible, far away from all the drama. So she turns her attention to her distant cousin, Shen Ji.

She knows that before long, Shen Ji will place first in the imperial examinations and become famous throughout the land. For certain reasons, he will also leave the capital, making him the perfect husband for her. But she never expected Shen Ji to be so difficult to win over. No matter how much she flirts with him, he never budges.

When that approach gets her nowhere, Su Zhenyue swiftly changes targets.

One afternoon, after asking her fourth cousin for advice on painting and calligraphy, Shen Ji corners her beside a rockery.

The young genius gives her a dangerous look. "Cousin, is this what you call being devoted to me?"

Male lead's perspective:

Shen Ji originally thought that his cousin Su loved him deeply, which was why she went to such lengths to get close to him.

He thought that, in consideration of her deep feelings, once the mourning period for the late emperor was over, he might ask his elders to arrange their marriage.

He never expected to discover that she had another reason for being so friendly.

Shen Ji had always been confident in himself. After thinking it over, he decided to give her the cold shoulder for a while. Who knew she would turn around and flirt with someone else, using the very same tricks she'd used on him?

Shen Ji: ???

Reader's guide

One-on-one romance, sweet

A moonlight heroine with maxed-out survival instincts x a top scholar whose words say one thing and his heart another

Theme: Be independent and strong, and never give up