The House-Raised Little Green Tea

[Preorders in my column: The Paranoid Villain's Little Mermaid and The Sleeping Beauty Stolen by the Tyrant. Add them to your collection! (*?▽?*)] Ming Zhen, the sixth young lady of the Prince Regent's residence, is a famously frail beauty, delicate and soft, trembling at the slightest breeze. Many people secretly trip her up, eager to see her make a fool of herself. But when a rabid dog appears at a banquet, all the young ladies flee in terror. Only Ming Zhen gracefully reaches out to pet its head and sweetly says, "Mengmeng, stand up." While the other young ladies compete to outshine one another and show off their talents, Ming Zhen picks up a hammer and bangs away at a model. "I'm so clumsy. Unlike the other girls, I don't know how to do anything." Everyone stares at the houses and bridges she's built, deep in thought. "!!!" Later, when someone pretends to be a ghost in the middle of the night, Ming Zhen grabs the leg of the man beside her and clings to him, expertly faking an injury. "I'm so scared." The man looks at the girl wrapped around his waist, his eyes darkening as he lifts her chin. "Are you trying to seduce me?" Ming Zhen: Eep... I want to run away... How could I, a master of playing the innocent, fall for a lovesick man's tricks?! * The imperial family is cruel by nature. The young emperor is possessive and bloodthirsty, and enjoys making lanterns out of skulls. But after Ming Zhen enters the palace, whether it's cold, thundering, or there's a mouse around, she makes a habit of burrowing into his arms. The onlookers are stunned. "Who gave her the nerve?" The emperor declares, "I did." No one knows how long he had been longing for this mischievous girl before he finally got to hold her in his arms every night. Who knew how long he'd been longing for this mischievous girl before he finally got to hold her in his arms every night?! Fantasy preorder: The Paranoid Villain's Little Mermaid Qingqing is a beautiful mermaid. Because her tail is ugly, her people abandon her on the beach. As she's about to die, the young lord of the Demon Realm finds her and takes her home. The boy is pale and handsome, seemingly gentle, yet when someone tries to hurt her, he smiles and breaks their finger bones. Under his protection, Qingqing cultivates the most beautiful tail and gradually grows into a graceful young woman. She likes dropping shrimp into his meals, knowing he hates them. When he's in danger, she uses her song to bewitch his enemies; when he's wounded, she heals him with merfolk blood. Qingqing loves their carefree life together. Until one day, she finds a mirror that can reveal the future. It shows that in the eyes of the world, the young lord is a great villain capable of destroying the world, and that he refuses to compromise even at the very end. On the day all the immortal sects drive him to the brink, blood at the corner of his mouth reflecting the sunset, he gives her a blade and asks her to cut off his head with her own hands... Terrified, Qingqing tosses the mirror aside and desperately searches for a way to save him. Watching the young lord, a workaholic, suck blood from her neck to heal his wounds, she closes her eyes and gently kisses his cheek. Huaize has suffered the world's cruelty since childhood and swore to reshape its laws. To do so, he even tore out his own heart to escape the interference of emotions and desires. But after his little mermaid grows up, she tries to lead him away from evil. This time, Huaize wants to find his heart again and offer it to her with his own hands. Historical preorder: The Sleeping Beauty Stolen by the Tyrant The Song Kingdom falls. Its former ruler kneels and begs for mercy, offering the usurping general the ninth princess. The ninth princess, Mu Wanwan, is stunningly beautiful and delicate, but suffers from a strange illness. She is extremely sleepy, able to sleep until day and night blur together. The young general who was once her childhood sweetheart is gone. All that remains is a cruel, cold-blooded tyrant, and everyone worries about the little princess's future. But a miracle happens to Mu Wanwan. As long as she is near the new emperor, she can stay awake a little longer each day. Hoping to sleep fewer hours, Mu Wanwan blinks her misty, tearful eyes and quietly edges closer to him, reminding herself over and over: "I want crab roe cakes, soup dumplings, clay-pot rice, and crystal cakes. I don't want to fall asleep." "The ready-to-wear shop west of the city has new clothes. I want to try on a few more fashionable outfits." "The new musician and swordsman are so handsome. I want to look at them a little longer." * Midsummer, on a dark and windy night. The man blocks her beside the bathing tub and leisurely pulls at her sash. Blood stains his handsome profile, and his voice is sultry. "What's the tastiest? What's the most fun? What's the best-looking?" Mu Wanwan's survival instinct kicks in. "You, you, it's all you." "Good girl." From then on, whenever he visits her after court each day, he brings a hammer with him. He sits outside her bedroom, cracking almonds and walnuts, just waiting for her to wake so he can feed her fresh nuts himself. The new emperor, Pei Shao, has lived a tumultuous life. He fell from the clouds into the mud, lost his family, sank into despair, then rose back to the top. And the only person who never abandoned him was the little princess from all those years ago, a ray of light in the abyss. Theme: Keep persevering, and difficulties will eventually pass