A Noblewoman

Upcoming novel: Phoenix Returns to Its Nest. Please add it to your reading list! Blurb: She is Xiao Yin, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Xiao clan of Duling. She once had a young man who loved her, and the two had an appointment for the third month of the following year. But he did not live to see that month. In the depths of winter that year, Gu Cong, the brilliant heir to the Marquis of Anping, took his own life in prison, claiming guilt. From then on, the third month of the following year became her nightmare. She once loved a young man. In the tenth year of Xuanhe, her beloved died in battle. But his suicide in prison was a lie, as was his death on the battlefield. The truth was that he had been poisoned. P.S. 1. The male lead is not the emperor. He is not the emperor. He is not the emperor. (Important things are said three times.) 2. The female lead is not a saint. She is not a saint. Next novel, Phoenix Returns to Its Nest: She was once the most honored princess in the kingdom. Her birth mother was the empress, and the crown prince was her full brother. She had everything she could ever want. But everything changed in the fourth year of Taihe. In the fourth year of Taihe, the crown prince was assassinated. In the fifth year of Taihe, the empress was deposed. With the crown prince dead and the empress deposed, the once-most-honored princess became a pitiful girl whom everyone in the palace could bully. But even if a phoenix soaring through the heavens is cast into the abyss, one day it will be reborn in flames, rise on the wind, and return to where it belongs. He is the legitimate son and rightful heir of the marquis's household. Yet this eldest legitimate son of a distinguished marquis has fallen so low that he must pretend to be mad and stupid, even fighting dogs for scraps in public. Everyone bullies and humiliates him. Only she accepts him and protects him as best she can. He swears that once he breaks free of his shackles, he will help her rise to the top, so that no one in the world can ever bully her again. Premise: Your fate is in your own hands