Plucking a Southern Branch

Main story complete. Coming soon: Raised by a Snake ーーーー Nan Zhi was born in a small border town, but she was blessed with a beautiful face. By a twist of fate during a war, she ended up in the army and fell into the hands of the Sixth Prince. People said the Sixth Prince was capricious and temperamental, and that he was the last person you'd want to cross. But he treated beauties well. When he dismissed them, he gave them enough land to support themselves, along with a thousand taels of gold in compensation. After Nan Zhi went to him, she spent every day looking forward to the moment he'd dismiss her. But she never expected him to take her back to the capital and keep her shut away in a gilded cage. It just went on and on. Zhi Zhi gave up the riches and had no desire to stay with that lunatic. She made a clean getaway... Later, Nan Zhi heard the news even in a small town: the Sixth Prince had ascended the throne and become an emperor who loved his people like his own children, a kind and wise ruler. He was also sentimental, and the first thing he did after taking the throne was search for the wife he'd been separated from two years earlier. Zhi Zhi muttered, "Two years? Two years ago, he was spending every night in her bed. Now all of a sudden he's got a devoted wife from the past. What a sly old fox." ー A beautiful young widow came to a village south of the city. Whenever anyone asked, she said, "My husband went mad years ago and died young." Until one day, when a dragon-shaped carriage and a hundred yards of red wedding finery arrived to welcome her. Only when people saw the emperor enter her home did they understand. The emperor once said, "My wife, Lady Chen, is gentle, gracious, diligent, and virtuous. I wronged and hurt her, and I deeply regret it." It turned out he was describing her all along. Zhi Zhi was silent, thinking only: It's been so long, and this man's madness must have gotten even worse... [1] The heroine is clear-headed and clever, and drop-dead gorgeous. Don't worry, she won't get herself killed. She's doing just fine. [2] Both leads have no prior partners. The male lead is chaste, has no concubines, and has a false reputation for womanizing, but he's truly a dog. [3] An old-school groveling-to-win-her-back story. I'm writing this for myself. If you don't like it, click away. Hope we can all have fun. ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー Coming soon 1: Raised by a Snake Tang Chuniang transmigrated to another world and found herself face-to-face with a giant golden snake. She was more afraid of snakes than anything else in the world. Her legs turned to jelly when she saw it, and she couldn't move at all. When she tried to run, she stumbled and somehow grabbed its tail. Tang Chuniang: I'm dead. It's going to swallow me whole... Jiu Yi circled her three times, repeatedly wondering to himself: Can this female bear healthy offspring? Jiu Yi was the last Teng Snake in the world, and the most ferocious creature around. He'd spent ages searching for a mate who could inherit his power, but every ordinary female ran away in terror when she saw him. Until one day, he met a female who actually reached out and stroked the tip of his tail... At first, Chuniang thought of herself as "emergency rations" in the snake's care. As time passed, even emergency rations wanted to improve their standard of living. Chuniang began farming in this strange world, and slowly worked her way toward a comfortable life with meat and vegetables. But she never knew that being emergency rations also meant helping incubate eggs. Q_Q A primitive beast-world society, farming and food Everything you want in a male lead, he's got it. Don't hesitate, pick him! ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー Coming soon 2: After Flirting with a Rigid Tutor A pampered, flirtatious little beauty vs. a truly rigid, but also secretly passionate, handsome tutor She thought she was flirting with a rigid old lamb, but it turned out the tutor had another side to him. When the grades came out, everyone else happily went home to show their families. Only Qiao An was kept behind. The tutor's ruler forced her into a corner, and her big, dark eyes filled with tears. She sniffled plaintively, "If you don't like me, you don't have to hit me, do you?" Hou Jian: ...Is this really about whether I like you or not? He pulled out her test paper and pointed to a tiny line of writing at the very bottom, his face stern. "Tell me, what does this say?" The crooked little poem read: "The mountain has its trees, and the trees have their branches. I adore you, but you don't know." At first, he thought this student was hopelessly stupid, just a lump of clay that couldn't be shaped. Later, he only wanted to be the ladder that carried her up into the clouds, so she could soar ever higher. Most importantly, she should stop writing him love poems in handwriting that looked like a line of caterpillars. He'd nearly failed to read them before. Theme: Fortune turns in cycles. No matter how hard life gets, keep striving to survive. One day, the oppressed will rise up and sing