One-line summary: A gentle, devoted simp wins her over with effortless ease
Blurb:
Cui Yin is an orphan, forced to take her cousin's place as a bride to a fallen member of the imperial clan.
For three years of marriage, she is obedient and supports him through every hardship. Cui Yin believes they will stay together for the rest of their lives.
But after Li Chengjing becomes regent, the first thing he does is go to the Cui residence and bring her cousin back.
Cui Yin becomes his secret mistress, hidden from the world. Even her own child has to call someone else Mother.
Standing beneath the crabapple tree in the courtyard, tears in her almond-shaped eyes, she asks him why.
He doesn't even turn around. He orders his people to lock the gate and says coldly,
"You're no noblewoman. What could you possibly do to help me?"
On the anniversary of her mother's death, she accidentally falls off a cliff and loses consciousness. Through the thick fog, she seems to see a past life in which she wasted away and died after Li Chengjing imprisoned her.
When she opens her eyes and sees the benefactor who saved her, she silently makes up her mind.
Xiao Xuhuan was born into a humble family, but is now the Grand Marshal, with power over the entire court.
Cui Yin thinks that if she wants to escape Li Chengjing, she can only do it with this man's help. When he grows tired of her, she can leave, and they will owe each other nothing.
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Everyone knows that Xiao Xuhuan and the Regent, Li Chengjing, are bitter enemies.
But one of the regent's advisors happens to catch sight of his lord in a painted boat on the misty river in the fine rain, holding a peerlessly beautiful woman in his arms.
The beauty's slender jade fingers peel a lustrous white lychee and bring it to his lips. Her almond-shaped eyes glimmer with tears.
"Does the Grand Marshal mind that I was once married?"
The large hand resting lightly at her waist suddenly tightens. He gazes at her with deep, dark eyes, then lowers his head and takes the lychee from her fingertips.
The advisor is horrified when he recognizes the beauty. She isn't some widow at all. She's the regent's mistress.
Afterward, the advisor is distraught and wants to expose her identity.
Xiao Xuhuan smiles faintly. Looking at the beautiful woman's calligraphy, left behind by mistake, its flowing strokes as graceful as she is, he takes a deep breath of its scent.
"So what?"
He knew from the beginning that Cui Yin was deceiving him.
But who could know that he had coveted her for so long? Unfortunately, she was already married, and all he could do was watch her graceful figure from afar.
This time, no matter what, he won't let her go.
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Li Chengjing once believed that status and public opinion were mere trifles, and that Cui Yin was his wife, bound to him for life.
He wanted it all: the power to rule the world and a beauty in his arms.
But he forgot that a woman's heart is easily broken, and no amount of power can win it back.
[Reader Advisory:]
* The second male lead will grovel to win her back; the male lead has wanted her for a long time.
* A trashy romance, set in a completely fictional world. Everything serves the love story.
* The heroine has had previous relationships; the hero is devoted to her in both body and heart.
* No writing advice, please, and don't impose your own ideas on the author. The author despises people who judge female characters over their sexual history, romantic past, or reproductive status. Men in spirit and fans who only care about the male lead, stay away.
Coming soon: Spring of Sin. Please add it to your collection! Blurb:
Zhi Ying's husband dies on the battlefield, leaving behind a family estate and title with no heir.
One day, her mother-in-law points to a young man with sharp brows and bright eyes and says,
"This is your late husband's only cousin."
And every night after that, this man is allowed to slip into her bedchamber, with the candle burning until the third watch.
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Gu Yanqing returns to the capital after three years posted away. He is still unmarried, and the first thing he does upon returning is decide to have a child with his widowed sister-in-law.
That night, the delicate, pitiful little woman leaves a scratch on his neck when the pain becomes too much. She lowers her lashes uneasily.
He gently soothes her.
"Sister-in-law, open your eyes."
Open your eyes and see who I am.
Theme: The plum blossom's fragrance comes from enduring the bitter cold
The male protagonist is very real, not a licking dog who shows his heart and soul. If he could have another child but still let Ah Heng be the emperor, he would really be a holy father.
I understand, this Wan Niang must have fallen in love with Mr. Xiao, so she wanted to kill Liu Tai, his son and Yinyin all at once, and she also used her status as the only daughter of the chieftain to take advantage of the opportunity to gain power. This strategy was quite smooth.
I feel like it's still not enough of a Cao thief. I hope the author will continue his efforts and write a real Cao thief article!
Love this Republic of China episode so much
It's a pity that the author doesn't write po (well, I won't pretend, I just want to eat meat)
My ex-husband actually committed suicide?
Hoho, a different kind of plum blossom, I understand.
Ahhhhhh love it! !
"Li" is a big thorn in the side of the author~
It should be away
Take a blind guess. . The male protagonist had previously painted plum blossoms on the female protagonist's forehead, so when the female protagonist saw that the plum blossoms were not made by the male protagonist "personally" [dog head]
The male protagonist is very real, not a licking dog who shows his heart and soul. If he could have another child but still let Ah Heng be the emperor, he would really be a holy father.
I understand, this Wan Niang must have fallen in love with Mr. Xiao, so she wanted to kill Liu Tai, his son and Yinyin all at once, and she also used her status as the only daughter of the chieftain to take advantage of the opportunity to gain power. This strategy was quite smooth.
I feel like it's still not enough of a Cao thief. I hope the author will continue his efforts and write a real Cao thief article!
Love this Republic of China episode so much
It's a pity that the author doesn't write po (well, I won't pretend, I just want to eat meat)
My ex-husband actually committed suicide?
Hoho, a different kind of plum blossom, I understand.
Ahhhhhh love it! !
"Li" is a big thorn in the side of the author~ It should be away
Take a blind guess. . The male protagonist had previously painted plum blossoms on the female protagonist's forehead, so when the female protagonist saw that the plum blossoms were not made by the male protagonist "personally" [dog head]