The Second Prince’s Beauty Mark

I'm preparing for graduate school entrance exams, so I'm stopping updates and removing the paid chapters. [Blurb]: *[Ensemble cast + mystery + not as silly and sweet as the blurb suggests + slow burn]* Li Miao is the venerable ancestor of the Weiyuan Marquis household, with a seniority so high that even the immensely powerful Marquis Weiyuan has to call her great-aunt. Li Miao came to live with the marquis's household as a child, and instead of being looked down on, she was adored by everyone and spoiled rotten. She has a huge circle of rowdy friends. They visit brothels, listen to opera, gossip, and get into fights, living life to the fullest. In Shengjing, Li Miao can get anything she wants and do whatever she pleases. Yet she comes undone in front of Yu Shao'an. Because of the tiny beauty mark on the tip of his nose. Every time she sees that beauty mark, her palms itch and she wants to kiss it. Eventually, Li Miao really does pin Yu Shao'an against a wall and kiss his beauty mark. Cornered against the wall, Yu Shao'an looks down at the little head nuzzling his chest. The tips of his ears turn red. The usually brazen and arrogant Second Prince manages to hold back his flustered panic, reaches out to pat the young woman's head, and says hoarsely, "Good girl." [Content warnings]: 1. A slow-burn story with both everyday moments and thrilling mysteries. 2. The murder cases are the main plot, with plenty of twists. Don't jump to conclusions. 3. The female lead is a proud, catlike beauty: charming and clever. The romance is sweet, but she is definitely not silly or naive. 4. The leads have lots of sweet moments together. 5. This is an ensemble cast. The characters' values have nothing to do with the author. Please don't make personal attacks. …*…[Coming soon]…*... "Embroidered Spring Sabre and Embroidery Needle" I'm currently drafting the whole story. Please add it to your collection! [Blurb]: Three years after fleeing famine, Ruan Yao accompanies her elder brother to the capital to sit the imperial exams. By chance, they encounter the Imperial Guards on the move. Over a hundred men, dressed in flying-fish robes and wearing Embroidered Spring Sabres at their waists, are escorting a group of shackled prisoners. The wooden doors along the ten-mile street are shut tight. The scene is bleak and deserted, with not a soul in sight. Everyone says the head of the Imperial Guards, Lu Changyin, is a violent, bloodthirsty, cold-hearted living King of Hell, whose Embroidered Spring Sabre can take a man's head in the blink of an eye. Ruan Yao spots the impassive man atop a tall horse at a glance. His vermilion qilin robe stands out sharply against the snowy white landscape. Recognizing his familiar features, she ignores her elder brother's warning and steps in front of his horse. The young woman looks up, her eyelashes wet with tears. "My lord, do you know Brother A Nu?" Lu Changyin looks down at her and hooks a finger under her chin, his voice teasing. "I don't." "But I don't mind taking you as my little sister." The Imperial Guards behind him burst into laughter. Ruan Yao blushes, slaps his hand away, and flees as if her life depends on it. ==Later== The Ruan family plans to find Ruan Yao a match. In the dead of night, a shadow climbs over the wall into the Ruan family courtyard. Lu Changyin presses the young woman against the wall and coaxes her gently. "Didn't you say you'd only marry Brother A Nu? Going back on your word?" The young woman pounds his chest, hurt. "Didn't you say you didn't know Brother A Nu?" Lu Changyin laughs softly and buries his face against her fragrant shoulder. After he leaves, the corners of the young woman's eyes are red, and clusters of red marks have appeared on her slender, fair neck. [Content warnings]: 1. No rebirth, no transmigration, no golden finger. There are some angsty moments, but this is absolutely a super-sweet, doting romance. 2. A groveling-for-your-wife arc ahead. Brother A Nu is the male lead, Lu Changyin. 3. The story has two volumes and isn't slow burn. Volume One covers the famine flight and the bond formed when the leads meet. Volume Two is about the leads reuniting in Shengjing and the male lead's groveling-for-his-wife arc. …[Completed works]… Historical romance: "I Became the Darlings of the Powerful" Theme: Your fate is not decided by Heaven