[I can write this; updating the other novel, Surrender, first]
Born to rule, Lin Jinyu has her sights set on the realm. She'll abandon kindness and use any means necessary, with no interest in romance.
Deeply devoted, Mu Yunshu is willing to ruin her reputation and scheme endlessly for one person, trading a thousand favors for a hundred years together.
1.
Let's investigate: What kind of suffering could turn the daughter of a dignified and well-mannered Hanlin Academy scholar into a notorious old maid in the capital?
Mu Yunshu: Love.
Lin Jinyu: ...Don't love me. It won't end well.
Much later, and not at all too late.
Imperial Preceptor: You're asking me to make things up. My conscience won't let me!
Lin Jinyu: Didn't you lose your conscience over a decade ago?
Imperial Preceptor: ...
Lin Jinyu: Hurry up! If you don't do as I say, I'll put you through all 180 of the prison's punishments, one after another!
Imperial Preceptor (clutching his chest with one hand, the other trembling): Tyrant...
2.
As she applies her makeup in front of the mirror, the Crown Princess is captivated by beauty and flirts without hesitation: "Your green hair flows like clouds, your lovely face blooms like a flower."
A certain young lady, one hand on her lower back, looks up. "Even a rat has a skin, but a person without manners is worse than one."
Crown Princess: You've changed!
Young lady (blushing with embarrassed anger): That's what you get for not listening to me last night!
*May you be as bright as the moon forever; I would brave ice and snow to keep you warm.
*If I become the Green Emperor one day, I'll make the peach blossoms bloom all together.
Reading tips:
1. A ruthless, profit-minded, hands-on Crown Princess x a flirtatious yet dignified official's daughter. The Crown Princess cares about her country and its people, but still, she is [probably] not a good person [take note]. The young lady isn't much better.
2. Happy ending, don't worry. Would a writer of fluffy, brainless sweet romances write angst? [Of course not.]
3. The setting is fictional, with a mishmash of dynasties. There are political machinations. Don't overanalyze the history; I'll try to keep it convincing.
4. Of course I'm cool.
Theme: The nation and its people
It's very clear. How often will it be updated?
Change the first chapter. Let's unlock it.
If you don't want to become a fish, you have to become one
Probably my wife is the best My wife is the best
What was written in the first chapter? It's locked!
Then you don't have the potion to grow up overnight?
Does it have a large readership?
I don't know why, I want to laugh when I see the pink girl
I look at it, it doesn't look like a brainless sweet writer.