The Calamity Consort

The Calamity Consort

The crown prince has finally become emperor, but the elder princess, who treated him like a younger brother, is dead.

That night, as the candlelight flickered, he asked his eunuch, "I wonder what the women of the realm think of me."

The eunuch replied, "All the women in the realm want to marry Your Majesty."

The emperor asked, "What if that woman were the elder princess?"

The eunuch was horrified.

On a clear, moonlit night, the elder princess and the emperor sat by a pond drinking wine. As they gazed at the lights of Great Yong twinkling in the distance, they got carried away and both drank too much.

When she awoke, the elder princess had changed her identity and left the palace. Only later did she realize something was amiss with her pulse. A few years on, suitors crowded her doorstep. Whenever they did, the elder princess would take her son's hand and weep pitifully: "My heart belongs only to my husband, but he abandoned us, a widow and her child."

Everyone cried that her husband was a heartless scoundrel.

When her child got into trouble, she brought people to find him, only to discover that her "husband who had abandoned her" was there with the child, smiling coldly. "My lady, I heard you long for me, so I've returned. I may be a bit heartless, but knowing how deeply you love me, I'm sure you'll forgive me."

When the harem gained another imperial consort, the ministers submitted a petition: "This woman has been married before. It violates ritual propriety."

The emperor simply promoted her to the rank of Noble Consort.

The ministers could only call her the Calamity Consort.

One enchanting night, the emperor told the elder princess about it.

She spat at him. "Who do you think made me a Calamity Consort?"

A calculating male lead x a female lead who flirts without realizing it

Note: The leads are not related by blood.

Please add my next novel, "After the Ancestor of the Demon Realm Becomes a Poor Little Thing," to your collection.

After three hundred years in the demon realm, Song Chuyan has finally become the most powerful person there. One day, she goes to a rift in the demon realm and hears someone calling for her. She looks at the demons, sitting as quietly as quails, then gets up and heads to the human realm.

The person calling her is Jiang Ruyi, a useless young lady. On a whim, Song Chuyan borrows her identity and becomes a junior disciple of the Sacred Sect.

Jiang Ruyi is infatuated with the Sacred Sect's senior brother. The moment she sees him, her heart flutters. Rumor has it that this senior brother is as ethereal as an immortal. Song Chuyan merely lifts her eyes and says, "With demonic bones, you've got the makings of a fine heir to the demon realm."

Jiang Ruyi: ?!

The Buddhist sect's holy son is pure and radiant. After saving the beautiful Song Chuyan, he blushes as he gets back to his feet. Jiang Ruyi says, "What a hypocrite." Song Chuyan says, "He really is someone who remains unstained despite living in the mud."

Jiang Ruyi: ?

Jiang Ruyi has a useless junior disciple who hangs around with him and keeps helping Song Chuyan without being asked. Song Chuyan finds him rather annoying. Later, when someone bullies the junior disciple, Song Chuyan finds him at night and says coldly, "Come with me. If you get bullied again, don't show your face to me."

Jiang Ruyi: ...

Recommended: My friend Jiezisu's sweet crime-solving romance, "No Place to Hide [Crime Investigation]"

The no-nonsense female head of a criminal investigation squad x a gentlemanly male microexpression-analysis consultant who never uses his fists

Theme: Never give up in adversity