The Fifth Prince Chickened Out Again Today

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When you're young and full of spirit, you always think your pride matters more than anything.

Meng Zhiran: "I don't like you!"

Meng Zhiran: "I don't need your help!"

Meng Zhiran: "I'd ask anyone but you for help!"

After being rejected three times, Xue Shize's eyes reddened. He made the tough claim that he didn't care about her and swore all sorts of oaths before turning around and striding away without a backward glance.

Misfortune came quickly. Meng Zhiran fell from a noblewoman to a palace maid, while Xue Shize, a prince, was sent away to the frontier.

Five years later, Xue Shize returned to the capital and walked its familiar yet strange streets, imagining the day he would see Meng Zhiran again. He grinned arrogantly and sneered at her, "So this is what you've come to."

Then he could open his arms and comfort her.

But when the day finally came to meet again,

The Fifth Prince, Xue Shize, lost his nerve once more.

A gentle, approachable young lady with incredible fighting skills × a carefree, sharp-tongued, scheming prince who looks like a scoundrel but isn't one

Also known as The Number of Times the Fifth Prince Loses His Nerve in This Book, Did Xue Shize Finally Stand His Ground Today... Well, Did He?, and The Sharp-Tongued Fifth Prince Finds Comforting a Woman Harder Than Starting a Rebellion. A story of mutual secret love, and a heartwarming tale of "Thank goodness you're still here."

A little scene:

His Highness the Fifth Prince lounged in a large armchair with one leg crossed over the other. The corners of his eyes tilted up slightly as he asked lazily, "I hear you fancy me. How will you prove it?"

The gentle Miss Meng began to slowly loosen her clothes.

"Who told you to take off your clothes? Take off your shoes!" The Fifth Prince shouted at her.

Meng Zhiran bashfully took off her socks...

"Your foot's injured like this, and you're still running around. Do you want to end up crippled?" The Fifth Prince scolded her nonstop.

His calloused hands held her jade-like foot as he carefully applied medicine, his heart aching for her.

The old servant eavesdropping outside: Weren't they going to consummate the marriage?

"Consummate what, my ass!" The Fifth Prince angrily pointed at the slight swelling. "Her foot is injured like that. If word gets out, how am I supposed to show my face?"

Afterward, the Fifth Prince held his forehead in regret. He really shouldn't have acted like a decent person!

Now he regretted it. He really, really regretted it!

Recommended story by a friend: A great beauty × a young monk with maxed-out fighting skills.

The Unruly Official by Buding Liuli

Blurb: Before meeting Helan Shen, Pei Min only wanted to cling to Empress Wu's support, debate with scholars in her spare time, show off her schemes whenever she got the chance, and go ever further down the road of becoming a corrupt official in the Tang Dynasty.

When people mentioned her, nine out of ten officials would spit and say, "That woman is part of the imperial relatives' faction and has no regard for the law!"

Pei Min herself responded, "Bah!"

Someone advised her, "It's no big deal if Commissioner Pei offends anyone else, but she must never offend Helan Shen. He's the demon king the Emperor sent to keep you in check!"

Pei Min recalled the handsome young monk whose cap she'd removed one night and whom she'd pinned down. She replied nonchalantly, "A little late for that warning. Not only have I offended him, I've even taken liberties with him. No matter how formidable he is, he's still just a young man. What's the big deal?"

Then one day, she yawned as she went out to greet her new superior, only to find him oddly familiar... Wasn't he the handsome monk whose cap she'd taken off and whom she'd teased?

Helan Shen was urgently summoned from the Buddhist clergy to serve at court. Before taking charge of the Pure Lotus Bureau, he had believed Commissioner Pei was all beauty and no backbone or principles, disliked by cats and dogs alike.

He never expected that she had once been a spirited, hot-blooded woman who rode fine horses in bright clothes. Even after her ambitions were crushed, her eyes remained bright and bold.

"Fate has broken my wings, and the heavens refuse to let me soar... Little monk, do you think there's a star shining for me in the highest heavens?" she asked with a smile.

"There is," he answered firmly, gazing at her.

She didn't know that someone was willing to abandon his Buddhist heart and grow his hair long, surrendering at her feet.

A flamboyant, carefree heroine who takes on anyone who challenges her and never lets herself be slighted × a steady, reserved former monk who protects her without question.

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