The Favored Consort [Reborn]

CP: A vicious mad-dog emperor VS a sweet, scheming beauty Rong Xi was the daughter of a disgraced minister. After entering the palace, she concealed her breathtaking beauty and became the personal maid of the Fourth Prince. The Fourth Prince, Mu Huai, was as handsome as a jade tree and as serene as the breeze and bright moon. But he was a cripple who used a wheelchair, with a violent and solitary nature. The palace attendants trembled with fear, and no one dared serve him up close. So Rong Xi, good-natured and willing to tackle the hardest jobs, was pushed forward. A month later, the Fourth Prince had Rong Xi sit on his lap, astonishing all the palace attendants. Six months later, the Fourth Prince's legs had healed, and he entered the Eastern Palace as the Crown Prince. Rong Xi, however, died. Mu Huai showed no grief on his face, yet overnight, his youthful hair turned white. * In his previous life, Emperor Wu Mu Huai died young and never married. Only on his deathbed did he posthumously make the late Rong woman his empress, and he specifically instructed his younger kinsman to bury them together in the imperial mausoleum. Reborn, Mu Huai returned to the day before Rong Xi's death and finally made up for his regret from his previous life by saving the woman dearest to him. But Rong Xi, eyes red, refused to go back to the Eastern Palace with him, no matter what he said. Mu Huai stroked her belly, his eyes dark and his presence intimidating. "Are you coming with me or not?" Rong Xi looked at the man's stern face and thought that at worst, she would return to being a maid. It was just a shame for the baby in her belly. After returning to the palace, Rong Xi became a Second Rank Liangdi. Rong Xi's belly grew, and everyone said the Crown Prince was going to take a principal wife, meaning this lowborn Liangdi was in for trouble. Looking at Rong Xi's calm little face, Mu Huai said evenly, "Just focus on giving birth to the child. Whoever becomes Crown Princess has nothing to do with you." A few days later, Rong Xi received the imperial edict appointing her as the principal wife. The Crown Prince happened to return dead drunk. He looked at the beauty's astonished eyes, raised his sharply defined brows, and asked, "Are you satisfied, my Crown Princess?" Seeing that the beauty was speechless, the man was rather displeased. He immediately showed his fierce side and ordered, though almost pleading, "Come here and let me hold you." Little bonus scene: After Emperor Wu Mu Huai ascended the throne, he abolished the imperial harem, and Rong Xi became his sole beloved empress. The pregnant beauty's face was like a hibiscus flower, her delicate expression touchingly soft. She furrowed her brows slightly as a cramp seized her calf. Seeing this, the murderous and decisive emperor lost some of the fury between his brows. As he massaged the new empress's calf, his cool voice carried a hint of indulgence. "Xi'er, you've suffered. Let me massage it, and the pain will go away." * A stubborn, straight-laced tsundere dog of a man gets his comeuppance while spoiling his wife * * The emperor and empress flirt and dote on each other every day * (The cover character design was commissioned under an exclusive contract. Do not infringe on the rights or use it commercially.) Reading guide (content warnings are in the author's note of Chapter One): (1): One-on-one, both leads sexually inexperienced, melodramatic sweet romance. (2): An alternate historical setting with a mix of elements. The male lead has no harem. Only the male lead is reborn. Primarily from the female lead's perspective. This is not a conventional rebirth story that starts with the protagonist already reborn; the narrative order follows the blurb. (3): The male lead has the script of a life winner and a wish-fulfillment story. The female lead just has to lie back and win, while the male lead takes care of spoiling her. (4): A very indulgent, sugary story. Sweetness and wish fulfillment are all that matter! Please add my upcoming historical romance, Married to the Paranoid God of War, to your reading list! [CP: A gentle, resilient little white rabbit VS a cunning, cold, roguish big bad wolf] (1) People say that the physician Aunt Ruan lives in seclusion in the mountains and has miraculous healing skills. But few know that Aunt Ruan is only seventeen, and possesses a celestial beauty. The Marquis of Dingbei, Huo Pingxiao, has won countless military exploits and holds the military power of the court. With a wave of his banner, he can command the three armies and shake the land. Though Huo Pingxiao is cold, proud, and arrogant, with the blood of a wolf, his appearance is as dazzling as the blazing sun. He is a noble son of Heaven and the man of countless young women's dreams. By a twist of fate, Ruan An saved the wounded Huo Pingxiao. She meant to give him medicine, but instead he seized her wrist... After his wounds healed, Huo Pingxiao remembered nothing of that night. He had no idea that Ruan An had already secretly given him her heart. Not long after he left, Ruan An realized her period was long overdue. (2) Four years later, word came from the frontier that the Marquis of Dingbei, Huo Pingxiao, had died in battle. Ruan An brought her young son to the capital, hoping to have him acknowledged by his family, but at that moment she had a dream. In the dream, the Crown Princess coerced her, ruining her looks. She was separated from her own child and confined within the palace walls for the rest of her life. In the dream, the young man she had once secretly loved had not died in battle. He would become a powerful ruler in his own right and overthrow the dynasty. Ruan An was struck by a hail of arrows during the palace coup. Hearing the soldiers cry, "Long live the Emperor!" she knew Huo Pingxiao had usurped the throne and become emperor. As she lay dying, Huo Pingxiao lifted her from the pool of blood. Ruan An finally summoned the courage to speak. She wanted to tell him that she had loved him for a long time and had even borne him a son. But she could not utter another word, and his face grew harder and harder to see. She remembered only that the man removed his bloodstained armor and covered her body with it. Startled awake from the nightmare, Ruan An resolved to take her young son home at once. But outside the carriage, voices clamored. When she lifted the window curtain, she glimpsed a man in a dark crimson official robe riding toward them. Once she saw his face clearly, Ruan An's heart pounded like a drum, and she forced down her surging emotions. After all these years, Huo Pingxiao's features remained cool and aloof. Yet he stared in shock at the child beside her, who looked so much like him. --After being reborn, she gets her happily ever after with the one she secretly loved. [Bonus Scene One] The people often wondered whom the widely revered physician Aunt Ruan would marry. They knew only that both the talented young Prefect of Jingzhao and a Buddhist monk of imperial blood were interested in her. One had remained unmarried for years because of her. The other was willing to leave the clergy and return to the secular world for her. Late one night, the Marquis of Dingbei's "cousin" wife woke again from a nightmare. No one knew that the little cousin was actually the renowned physician Aunt Ruan. And no one knew that the military lord, who held the power of life and death, could patiently and tenderly soothe his delicate wife to sleep when she could not rest. Huo Pingxiao would always call Ruan An by her childhood name in a low voice: "A Xu, don't be afraid. I'm here." [Bonus Scene Two] After founding the dynasty, Emperor Yan Huo Pingxiao looked down upon the world, his power extending across the four corners of the realm. But even amid his countless official duties, he helped the empress organize her medical records. The Crown Prince, Huo Sui, thought his father had gone back on his word. Because back then, Huo Pingxiao had said that once his son entered government service, he could write a letter of divorce whenever he pleased. But after the boy became a top-ranked graduate at the age of eight and entered office, his father denied ever saying the words "letter of divorce." Reading guide: (1) One-on-one, both leads sexually inexperienced, a married-life sweet romance with a touch of melodrama. (2) A wish-fulfillment story with a satisfying, feel-good tone, featuring classic old-school tropes like a genius child and a stunning, universally adored physician heroine. (3) An unconventional dual-rebirth story with prophetic dreams. Theme: A beautiful love requires care and effort to reach a happy ending.