By Order of the Grand Princess

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Chen Yuan, the eldest princess, was flamboyant by nature, arrogant and overbearing. After her own brother ascended the throne, she became even more wanton.

It was said that her residence was filled with entertainers, with music and singing every night. The emperor doted on her, so no one dared discuss her openly.

Huo Yu had seen the entertainers at the eldest princess's residence with his own eyes, and firmly believed the rumors circulating in Chang'an.

That was, until the Huo family was imprisoned on charges of plotting treason. No one else dared say a word, but the eldest princess spoke up for them and spared the Huo family's young children and women from execution.

Before he was reborn, Huo Yu had no opinion about the eldest princess keeping entertainers.

After being reborn, he found himself frowning over it, feeling that something was not quite right.

The young lady was breathtakingly beautiful, with delicate features and a status beyond compare.

Those entertainers were all willowy and delicate, practically like women. How could they be worthy of her?

Little scene*

Later, whenever he ran into Chen Yuan, Huo Yu, who held immense power at court, would frown and lecture the eldest princess on her ways, as if reciting a rigidly memorized script.

Seeing all the men in Chang'an avoid her, Chen Yuan grew thoroughly fed up. Furrowing her delicate brows, she complained,

"Lord Huo, don't you have enough to keep you busy at court? Why do you always have to meddle in this princess's affairs?"

Lord Huo replied without expression, "The emperor can attend to matters of state."

Chen Yuan's eyes widened. In her anger, she blurted out, "You drove away my entertainers. Are you planning to take their place?"

After being reborn, Huo Yu thought it over carefully. A life-saving debt should be repaid by giving oneself to the savior, especially when she had saved so many members of the Huo family.

After considering it all, Lord Huo nodded expressionlessly. "If the princess commands it, this humble servant will obey."

P.S. A sweet romance, but the heroine really is arrogant and haughty, so the hero might suffer a little.

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[Character art source: Ran Shuanghua - Fengfeng]

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Synopsis:

In the third year of Hanyu, the emperor holds a selection of consorts.

Gu Han, the legitimate daughter of the Rongyang Marquis household, enters the palace by imperial decree.

In three years, she rises from Noble Lady to Noble Consort,

and earns the emperor Lu Yu's lasting favor.

Gu Han knows what she wants: wealth, status, and prosperity for her family.

When new consorts enter the palace, the emperor, Lu Yu, most enjoys visiting Noble Lady Gu's quarters.

She is beautiful and delicate, sweet and coquettish,

but never jealous or competitive.

Later generations all say that Noble Consort Gu Han was the most favored woman in the imperial harem from the moment she entered the palace.

Only Gu Han knows how precarious her every step was.

Had she shown even the slightest softness, she would not have been the one left standing in the end.

P.S.

A palace-intrigue story. The male lead is not a virgin.

The heroine is the type to strike first when she senses danger.

Theme: Never make the same mistake twice.