The Moon Was There Then

Blurb

When they first met as children, Gu Yan, covered in blood, struggled to his feet and carried Xu Wan out of the rebel camp. From then on, he had all of her tender affection. She later went to great lengths to marry him, but ten years as husband and wife brought no happiness. After years confined to her sickbed, she felt only relief when she died.

She never expected to open her eyes and find herself seven years in the future, as Xu Wan, a courtesan from Yangzhou named Xu Wan. By then, Gu Yan had seized military power and helped the young emperor ascend the throne. He was now the regent, powerful enough to dominate the court.

Because her eyes resembled those of his late wife, she was sent into the regent's manor, where she met him once more.

Gu Yan had not remarried in the seven years since his wife's death. Rumor had it that he had been injured on the battlefield and was no longer capable of sex, which was why he remained unmoved even when beautiful women threw themselves at him.

No one knew that the secret chamber in Gu Yan's study was filled with portraits of his late wife, the only comfort in his lonely remaining years.

After Xu Wan died, the world lost its color in Gu Yan's eyes. Then one day, a young woman who looked just like her appeared, and his world bloomed again.

But every day, he lived with guilt over his late wife and sent the young woman far away. Until one day, Gu Yan discovered that his wife was inside the young woman's body...

A second-chance romance

A devoted, possessive male lead x a cherished, pampered female lead

Coming soon: Top-Tier Star Becomes a Rich Man's Abandoned Wife

Top-tier star Tang Zhi died on the eve of her wedding at thirty. After death, she transmigrated into Tang Zhi, a woman who had attempted suicide after her husband cheated on her.

Tang Zhi had no education or skills, and though her husband had cheated on her, all she had was a pretty face. She also suffered from depression.

Rejected by her in-laws and betrayed by her husband, she had a terrible hand to play. She thought that if she killed herself, everyone would regret having hurt her.

Tang Zhi had been too afraid to divorce, but Tang Zhi wouldn't put up with this humiliation.

She quickly got divorced, took her useless husband for a ride, then entered the entertainment industry as Tang Zhi.

After the top-tier star transmigrated into the rich man's abandoned wife, she became famous again in the entertainment industry...

Coming soon: Jade Bones

In the spring rains of the early Yuanhe era, Qi Yun made a discreet visit outside the palace. Passing through Qingning County in Jiangnan, he encountered a woman deep in a bamboo grove. She wore no hairpins, only a simple bun, and walked alone in the rain, her icy, jade-like beauty uncannily reminiscent of the old friend he could never have.

Three years into his reign as emperor, Qi Yun had everything he wanted. The one thing he could never have was a dead person.

Her name was Wei Yunyu. She was the late emperor's empress, and Qi Yun's sister-in-law.

Currently serializing: Locking the Golden Branch

On the day Chang'an fell, candlelight flickered deep inside the prison, where Qionghua, the beloved daughter of the previous dynasty's emperor, was being held.

The rebel leader, Qi Yanzhi, came in person to oversee her punishment. He dismissed every guard in the prison and looked at the woman's married hairstyle, his eyes bloodshot with hatred.

"It's been a year. You've found someone new, Princess. Do you still remember the old days, when I served you in bed?"

Qionghua looked up, her eyes filled with blood-red hatred. Remembering the deceptions and humiliations of the past, she hoarsely told him to get out...

The rebel leader Qi Yanzhi was born to a military governor's family, and was once the Princess Qionghua's consort.

Five years ago, to keep the northwestern territories in check, the royal family married their eldest princess to Qi Yanzhi, the newly appointed military governor of Shuozhou.

Four years into the marriage, the royal family weakened and could no longer control the northwest, while Qi Yanzhi's power grew unchecked. The princess, who struggled to have children, was humiliated by the Qi family. She fled back to the capital with a guard, leaving Qi Yanzhi a divorce letter.

The princess married the guard who had accompanied her. Less than ten months after the wedding, she gave birth to a daughter. Everyone said Qi Yanzhi had been cuckolded.

Later, Qi Yanzhi conquered the imperial capital and replaced the dynasty. The old dynasty's golden branch was locked away in the inner palace, where he could do as he pleased and humiliate her without restraint, committing every kind of shameless act.

Qi Yanzhi thought that if he locked her up and kept her confined, she would stay by his side forever. But he forgot that she was proud and solitary to her very core. How could she be content to live like a caged bird?

Completed novels:

The Sickly Tyrant's Concubine (Transmigrated into a Book)

The Beauty Who Brings Calamity

Theme: Celebrating the beauty of love. Loving someone comes from an attraction deep within, not from external things