Raising an Emperor as My Lover (Both Reborn)

Empress Jingren had a hard life. Not only was she widowed young, but she was also seven years older than the emperor.

Whenever His Majesty favored a young consort, the empress wanted to curse him out. Which shameless bastard had climbed over her wall every day back then, calling her "Big Sister" this and "Big Sister" that?

After being reborn, Emperor Tianji was still the unloved prince confined to the Cold Palace, and his A Yuan was still the eldest daughter of the richest family, widowed for many years.

Emperor Tianji arrived at her door with betrothal gifts, overjoyed. "A Yuan, A Yuan, I'm here to marry you again!"

Empress Jingren gave him a cold smile. "Go marry one of your young girls! This widow is taking her fortune and finding herself a pretty young man!"

And so, the news that the daughter of Huajing's richest family was looking for a live-in husband became the hottest topic in the city.

Empress Jingren, overwhelmed by the choices, pointed to a handsome young man with red lips, white teeth, and a captivating beauty mark at the corner of his eye. Blushing, she declared that she wanted to marry him.

The young man lifted her veil and smiled shyly. Then he wiped off his makeup, along with the beauty mark.

"A Yuan, A Yuan, it's me, your emperor. I'm here to marry you again!"

The empress dropped the nuptial wine cup in shock, nearly in tears. "I'll marry you again only if you move into my household and be my kept man for three years!"

Of all the countless beauties in this world, you alone are the one my heart has chosen.

Important notes: 1. Both leads are reborn, and the hero is a younger, wolfish type. The heroine was chaste in both her past and present lives. The hero was manipulated into losing his chastity in his past life, but is chaste in this one. (That's all I can say without spoiling things.) 2. A story about an old married couple being reborn and continuing to bicker as they fall in love. 3. A money-minded heroine who doesn't follow the usual script and can make you choke with her words x a two-timing scoundrel of a hero who fears his wife and is secretly sharp.

"The Empress for Three Taels of Silver"

The Grand Yu empress dowager announced to the world that the mighty Emperor Shenwu, born amid the chaos of war, was actually a woman. Now seventeen, she ordered all officials under twenty-five in Huajing to enter the palace for a selection of consorts (?). The whole realm was thrown into an uproar.

Wang Huanning, an eighth-rank official with a gentle young wife at home, would rather die than comply, but he was still bound and dragged into the palace.

Lord Wang opened his eyes in humiliation, only to see a beauty on the dragon throne, holding wine in her left hand and embracing the newly crowned top scholar with her right. She told the eunuch beside her, "Not handsome enough. Bring me another."

Wang Huanning's anger erupted. "A Cong, don't you recognize me?! You were massaging my legs just yesterday!"

A dangerous glint flashed in the beauty's eyes. "I am the Son of Heaven. Why would I massage your legs? Man, you have successfully caught my attention."

Only then did Wang Huanning realize that the sweet young wife he had bought for three taels of silver had a split personality.

A miserly, cowardly blusterer of a Lord Wang who knows how to lie low x gentle, sweet little wife A Cong / domineering, sharp-tongued empress Li Cong

Reading notes: 1. This is not a matriarchal society; the empress's rise to power is a historical fluke. 2. The heroine has a split personality. As empress, she has other consorts, but nothing happens between them. 3. This story has links to the author's previous works, but can be read on its own.

Theme: Make a fortune, slap faces, and raise an emperor