Since I Became a Consort

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This story has two points of view that can be read independently. If you don't like the first-person perspective, scroll down the table of contents and start with the third-person chapters.

Gu Qingyue once tricked a man when she was young. Only after entering the palace did she discover he really was the emperor.

She clutched her slender neck and carefully tried to be a good consort, hoping to keep her head.

To her surprise, Zhao Yuan didn't punish her. Instead, he said all sorts of strange things.

He said, "I care for all the people under heaven and can't bear to let you wreak havoc among my ministers."

"You weren't chosen to stand by the emperor's side. I've been in love with you for a long time."

But if he liked her so much, could he raise her monthly allowance?

Hey, he really did!

If he really liked her, could he deal with those consorts who were so hard to like?

Huh, they really did all disappear from the story.

This is a fairly gentle story. The heroine gradually discovers her love and grows as a person. Please be patient and keep reading. I promise there's something to it. Content warning: This is not a serious palace-intrigue story. The characters aren't particularly devious or ruthless, and the male lead is an emperor who had children with other women before meeting the heroine.

To the lovely readers who stuck around to the end: I didn't revise much. The biggest change was renaming Consort Yun to Consort Xue, since she didn't deserve to share a character from the heroine's name in my upcoming novel as her title.

Ongoing novel, please add it to your collection: "The Years I Bullied the General"

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The mighty general of Suicheng was handsome, powerful, and still unmarried. Countless young women had fallen for him, but despite being in the prime of his life, he treated even the most beautiful women as coldly as a wooden carving in Buddha's hands. People said the general wanted no romantic entanglements and only cared about his career.

But then a woman came to Suicheng, radiant as the warm spring sun. She scattered a handful of gold leaves and moved into the finest residence in Yuncui Lane.

The general began making trips to Yuncui Lane every few days.

Everyone: ...

They didn't know that before a bloody battle, and again upon his triumphant return to the capital, the general had refused all the rewards offered to him in the imperial palace of Shengjing and told the emperor, "I ask only for one person."

All his life, he wanted only her. He was perfectly content to be bullied by her and no one else, for the rest of his life.

2

Ning Lanyu was the only daughter of the distinguished Ning General's household. She was lively and bold. But one day, a boy who was so quiet he seemed mute suddenly appeared at her side. He followed her everywhere, and Ning Lanyu often sighed and called him, "Blockhead."

There were advantages to having a blockhead around, like how obedient he was and how easy he was to bully.

But one day, she suddenly thought this blockhead looked rather nice. Oh no, the more she looked at him, the more she liked him, until her heart began to flutter.

The eldest Miss Ning didn't hide her feelings. Drunk, she took the boy's hand and confessed, making him blush as he said in a hoarse voice, "Xiaoyu, don't tease me."

"Why pretend? Wasn't it my name you murmured in your sleep?"

Alas, before he could answer, her first love never had the chance to blossom.

But fate turned, and years later, she had lost her noble status while the boy had become a mighty general.

Ning Lanyu had meant to keep her head down and live quietly, but the general held the sword at his side and told her firmly, "Keep being willful. I give you leave to act spoiled under my protection."

A smile spread across Ning Lanyu's face. "Then I won't hold back."

She can bully him sweetly, batting her eyes, acting cute, and putting on a show. She can bully him forcefully, too, with her willful, clever, and devious ways.

The male lead is the one being flirted with at first, then becomes the one doing the flirting.

A gorgeous, bold, sometimes willful drama queen of a young lady vs. a decisive, taciturn, doting general

One-on-one, both chaste

Once you're done being a young lady, come be the general's wife.

Theme: Don't fear bad people, and don't become one