I Bow Down to You

[Completed. The new story is now underway. If this story happens to hit a sore spot, please drop it.]

[Only the place names and government system are based on history. Everything else is entirely fictional, entirely fictional, entirely fictional. Any further historical nitpicking will be handled like Sima Qian's work.]

"The young nobles of the Five Mausoleums ride east of the golden market, silver saddles and white horses sweeping through the spring breeze."

By the time Shen Cirou turned seventeen, she was galloping through the streets and seeking out pretty faces in the pleasure quarters, growing up to become the hottest young woman in Chang'an.

The princes, royal grandsons, nobles, and aristocrats all agreed that marrying this young lady would probably cost them years off their lives. Her father, Vice Minister Shen, was so furious he started talking nonsense: "If my daughter can get married, I'll kneel to my son-in-law!"

Shen Cirou resigned herself to a lonely life, until she rescued a qin player from a charging horse on Vermilion Bird Avenue.

The musician wore white and held a qin. Born with an elegant, refined air, every move he made was graceful and charming.

Shen Cirou felt as if the star of romance had struck her.

After going through countless hardships, Shen Cirou finally managed to trick the man into meeting her father. The moment her father saw him, he was shocked and terrified. After years of attending court, he reflexively dropped to his knees.

Shen Cirou: "Wow, you really did what you said you'd do."

Vice Minister Shen: "Shut up and get down on your knees!"

An alternate-history setting with a slight Tang-dynasty flavor. No historical nitpicking, and no negative reviews. A sweet, doting 1v1 romance, an easygoing, feel-good sugar rush.

An elegant gentleman who loves secret identities and is a master of subtle, cutesy flirtation X a cheerful, straightforward heartthrob who is happy every day

[The fluffy modern romance next door is complete. If you're interested, check it out in my author page, and please add it to your collection while you're there _(:з)∠)_]

[↓ The next historical romance, Feed Him!, is underway. Actually, I wanted to write about taming him, bu]

Xie Wangzhi, a female official in the Imperial Food Bureau, spends her days eating, drinking, and feeding the kitties. Her greatest wish is to become the palace's official stray-cat keeper.

One day, the cat keeper happens to feed a little eunuch. The little eunuch is as cool as jade, with a strikingly beautiful face and a head of long, smooth, jet-black hair, unmatched by any cat in the palace.

Xie Wangzhi: So cute! So soft! Feed him!

As she keeps petting him, the little eunuch says he's a young musician from the Court of Music.

Xie Wangzhi doesn't care: That's fine, feed him!!

As she keeps feeding him, the young musician turns out to be a little prince.

Xie Wangzhi gives herself a pep talk: ...That's fine too, feed him!!!

In the end, the little prince ascends the throne.

Xie Wangzhi: That's fine... Wait, I'm in trouble!!!

Xie Wangzhi tries to run, but the new emperor pins her firmly on his lap.

"Didn't you like petting me and feeding me?

"It's my turn now."

A sweet, doting 1v1 romance.

A seemingly aloof but secretly mischievous master of secret identities, a wolfish young man X a sweet girl who's gentle on the outside but resilient within, and loves food, fun, and life

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