I behold the bright moon and draw it into my embrace.
Blurb One:
Meng Shiqiao was born into this world and has lived for eighteen years. She has modest ambitions: make a little money, marry a young scholar, and spend the rest of her life in peace and quiet.
By a twist of fate, she marries into a powerful family. She thinks the worst that could happen is getting caught up in household drama, but then she discovers that her husband’s ambitions are far too grand.
Touching her rounded belly, Meng Shiqiao thinks: There’s no getting off this ship now.
From then on, she has no choice but to stop being a couch potato and turn her life around.
Blurb Two:
Emperor Pei Boyue of Zhaowu reigned for twenty years. At the end of his life, he suddenly realized that the person he had cared about most was the former dynasty’s empress dowager, the woman who had fought with him for over a decade and still managed to trip him up one last time on her deathbed.
Reborn, he decides to get rid of this obstacle first. So he watches her day and night, wondering which way to kill her.
Then he discovers that this woman, and her personality... seem to suit him rather well.
Others see the moon and sing its praises.
I behold the bright moon and draw it into my embrace.
1. Marriage first, love later
2. Mostly serious in tone, though there may occasionally be a little silliness
3. A fictional setting, a mishmash of history, and plenty of authorial inventions
4. The protagonists are only as smart as the author
5. The protagonists’ values do not represent the author’s
6. The male lead is a dog in every sense of the word. The female lead is very composed, and the author is a goofball
Warnings: The female lead is a virgin; the male lead is not.
Theme: Those who treat others like dogs will be treated like dogs in return.
