The Crown Princess Takes the Eastern Palace by Storm After Shunning the Crown Prince

Coming next: A Book of Notes from a Brothel-Watching Imperial Guard (Food). Add it to your pre-release list! The blurb is at the bottom~ [Blurb for The Crown Princess Takes Over the Eastern Palace After Avoiding Favor] Lin Wenzhi, the Crown Princess, had a secret. She was in love with Prince Xun, Zhu Jiashuo, but was forced to marry his twin elder brother, the Crown Prince. After entering the Eastern Palace, the Crown Prince proved selfish, suspicious, cold, and unfeeling. She was bullied there and even dreamed of dying a miserable death. When she awoke, Lin Wenzhi was still shaken. Whether she avoided him or fell ill, she was determined to stay far away from that unfeeling, ungrateful Crown Prince. - Prince Zhu Jiayu also had a secret. He was a fake Crown Prince. The palace was rife with power struggles and deadly dangers. He retreated again and again, yet his elder brother still saw him as a threat. And even A Zhi, who had always treated him kindly since childhood, was pushed from a towering city wall in his dreams. Originally Prince Xun, he decided to take his elder brother's place and return to the palace, taking the plum for the peach. He would turn this rotten palace upside down, and make sure his A Zhi lived a happy, peaceful life. Even if the only man she cared for was his Crown Prince brother. But Lin Wenzhi avoided and hated him, and even held someone else in her heart. Zhu Jiayu couldn't help frowning. Where had he slipped up? Had A Zhi seen through him? He had clearly hidden the blood on his hands. Had he still not done a good enough job pretending? #Brilliant beauty x Crown Prince who plays the pig to eat the tiger# =Reading Tips= 1. Happy ending, one-on-one, silly and sweet. 2. The real Crown Prince dies at the beginning. The male lead is the fake Crown Prince, actually Prince Xun~ 3. Set in an alternate Ming Dynasty, very loosely based on it. Please don't take historical details too seriously. [Blurb for A Book of Notes from a Brothel-Watching Imperial Guard (Food)] Hardworking little chef x picky rich playboy As the only son of the Lu family, with an emperor for an uncle and a princess for a mother, Lu Huaiyi could have been a playboy who ran roughshod over the capital. But he had a father watching over him, so Lu Huaiyi was forced to join the Imperial Guard to slack off on the job, keeping a thick notebook of his surveillance work. Page one: The gambling den is packed tonight. I'll get a bowl of noodles first and look into it tomorrow. Page two: It's cold today. Good thing the proprietress made piping-hot beef noodles. They'd be even better with a tea egg. Page three: The beef needs to be braised until tender and full of flavor, then sliced thin and added to the soup while it's hot. Once it softens, it smells amazing. But I have to get there early, or they'll sell out. Luckily, Yan Niang blushes whenever I praise her. Tomorrow morning, I can ask her to set aside three liang for me. After reading the notebook, Lu. Scowling. Commander. Dad: ??? What the... Tell that good-for-nothing Lu Huaiyi to get the hell out of the Imperial Guard! #Report to the Commander: The missing seven thousand taels in government silver have all been recovered by Constable Lu. The accounts have been sent to the Northern Bureau. #Report to the Commander: The wanted criminal Gou Qi, hiding in the gambling den, is outside kowtowing and confessing. He also handed over a stack of printing plates for counterfeit banknotes. #Report to the Commander: Constable Lu wants to know if he can finish washing the dishes outside the gambling den before he gets out. Lu Huaiyi: If I'm keeping watch over my future wife, washing a few dishes is no big deal. Theme: Live optimistically and be content with what you have