I Became the Tyrant's Dark Moonlight

Next novel: Seducing You Into Marriage

Jiang Yu stayed up all night reading a wish-fulfillment novel for men. The male lead, Zong Ji, was the heir to a vassal kingdom. Sent to the imperial capital as a hostage at the age of ten, he was calculating, patient, ruthless, and a master strategist. In the end, he ascended the throne and became a tyrant so terrifying that even the villains trembled at his name. Watching him exact revenge and punish the scoundrels was immensely satisfying.

When Jiang Yu woke up, she discovered she had become the male lead's original wife: a spoiled, overbearing woman who made his life difficult at every turn, and who would eventually be tortured and killed.

At that very moment, she was holding a whip and ordering people to drag the male lead over to her.

Looking at the male lead across from her, smiling with menace, Jiang Yu trembled. "Is it still possible for me to turn over a new leaf?"

To make sure life would be easier from now on, Jiang Yu began diligently sucking up to him.

She made osmanthus cakes for Zong Ji herself. After eating them, he was poisoned and spent half a month bedridden.

She heard Zong Ji had trouble sleeping, so she personally prepared calming incense for him. But after using it, Zong Ji's whole body grew hot and his blood began to surge. His guards thought she'd drugged him and, without another word, hauled him off to Zong Ji to make him take the antidote.

The more she tried to improve her reputation, the worse it got. Jiang Yu decided to give up and stop trying. But the more she did, the more sickeningly sweet the calculating heir's gaze became.

At first, everyone thought the new emperor had made the Yong'an Junzhu his empress to maintain the balance of power. The new emperor would never tolerate such an overbearing woman lording it over him. Sooner or later, he would depose her and choose a virtuous and gracious woman instead.

Later, word got around that the emperor and empress had quarreled. The vassal kings from across the land offered up beauties. On her way to see them, the empress twisted her ankle. The emperor, who hadn't been seen all along, hurried over. Before everyone, the two of them put on a show of being at odds. The emperor wanted to carry the empress, but she was embarrassed to let him in broad daylight in front of so many people and firmly refused. They pushed and argued for ages, then finally compromised: the emperor carried her on his back.

The vassal kings: If anyone says the emperor and empress don't get along again, I'll gouge their eyes out.

[A lighthearted, goofy story. No personal attacks, please.]

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Completed manuscript: Seducing You Into Marriage, coming next

Blurb 1: Qin Shu, the eldest daughter of the Qin family, is fair-skinned and beautiful, with a slender waist famous throughout Nancheng. Unfortunately, she has a mouth on her: spoiled and willful, she looks down on everyone because of her family background, and even unilaterally announced that she was ending her engagement to Shen Gu, the eldest son of the Shen family.

After the Qin family went bankrupt, Qin Shu became a laughingstock among the socialites. To hold on to her place at the top of Nancheng's social scene, that night she put on a red spaghetti-strap dress and sat down on the bed of her former fiance, Shen Gu. "Does what you said about getting married still count?"

The man slowly undid his shirt buttons, his deep eyes fixed on her with a burning gaze. "Can you call me husband?"

Qin Shu blushed and bit her lip. "I can."

Completed manuscript: The Royal Family's Blessed Wife

The youngest daughter of the Fan family, Fan Yaoyao, was born with good fortune. When she was born, her father was still a county magistrate in a remote backwater and hadn't been promoted in ten years. In the first year of her life, he was promoted three ranks. From then on, his career flourished, and he eventually became prime minister. The emperor's legitimate son, Prince Jing, was born with an illness. He was frighteningly clever, but his health was terribly frail, and people said he wouldn't live to see twenty. Hearing that the youngest Fan daughter was a little lucky star, the emperor decreed that Fan Yaoyao marry Prince Jing, hoping her good fortune would rub off on him and help him live a few more years. On their wedding day, the whole Fan family wept and wailed as they sent Fan Yaoyao off in her bridal sedan, prepared to bring her home as soon as Prince Jing died. But after Fan Yaoyao married into Prince Jing's household, his health steadily improved. He not only lived past twenty, but even survived long enough to ascend the throne.

Theme: Even when faced with adversity, stay positive and strive with all your might. Heaven will surely treat those who work hard with kindness.