Grand Tutor Li Mianche rose from the streets and made a name for himself at court.
He was ruthless and fearsome in his dealings, capable of leading armies and attending court with his sword at his side.
In the Great Yu Kingdom, he was the highest-ranking subject, a man of unparalleled standing.
But that was only how he appeared to outsiders.
Gu Qingyou had never seen Li Mianche lose his temper.
Not because they were especially close, but because Li Mianche owed his life to her adoptive father and had promised to protect her and ensure her life went smoothly.
Li Mianche did even more than he had promised.
Almost anything Gu Qingyou asked for, he would grant.
Until one day, Gu Qingyou brought a handsome young man home, her cheeks as red as rubies.
Seeing how she felt, Li Mianche smiled and asked what she liked about him.
Timid and well-behaved Gu Qingyou rarely praised anyone, but she said the young man was very interesting.
As usual, Li Mianche agreed to the marriage without hesitation.
He even discussed the betrothal gifts with the young man in a calm, gentle voice.
Yet no one could have predicted that, as soon as Gu Qingyou blushingly ran out the door,
Grand Tutor Li would turn cold, point his blade at the young man's slender neck, and ask, "Go on, what the hell is so interesting about you?"
Later, Gu Qingyou fell for one young man after another.
For some reason, none of those romances ever came to anything.
The powerful minister Li Mianche, decisive and ruthless outside, would leave a pile of memorials behind
and lazily keep her company in the study as they looked at portraits.
He gazed contentedly at her clear, delicate face, like tea picked before the rains,
and drawled, "Now I know what kind of young gentleman Qingyou likes. First, he has to be witty. Second, he has to write poetry. And third... he has to be forward..."
Gu Qingyou nodded obediently and continued asking him for help.
Li Mianche casually set a freshly written collection of poems on the rosewood desk,
then pulled her into his arms and said in a low voice, "Don't rush. Listen to my joke first..."
A sweet, indulgent power fantasy, plot-focused, slow-burn romance, both leads are virgins and secretly in love.
New story, The Empress After His Majesty Deposes Her, coming soon.
Emperor Jiayao was devoted to Taoist arts and doted on alchemists.
To win his favor, the powerful minister Li Yuanjie laid a grand scheme,
ensuring that his legitimate daughter was born clutching a phoenix jade.
The event astonished the world.
The emperor believed it and declared that she was destined to be empress, calling her the Little Empress.
Years later, Li Zhiyi, with her fair skin and stunning beauty, naturally became the princess consort every prince wanted.
In the struggle between the five princes, no one expected the illegitimate prince Qi Yuan to emerge victorious.
Three years later, following the late emperor's decree, Qi Yuan, who had spent years scheming and enduring, finally ascended the throne as he wished.
Only then did everyone learn that, despite his outward reverence for Taoism and its practitioners before the emperor, he had always despised such arts and elixirs.
The first thing he did after becoming emperor was imprison Li Yuanjie.
He also deposed Li Zhiyi as empress without the slightest hesitation,
turning her into a laughingstock throughout the realm.
After years of restraint, Qi Yuan was thrilled.
But the next day, feeling the empty expanse of the imperial bed beneath his hand, he found himself strangely lonely.
A month later, Qi Yuan opened the palace gates and held a grand selection of consorts.
But no matter who he looked at,
all he could see before him were Li Zhiyi's tearful eyes.
A year later: Qi Yuan, eyes red, sent the women of the six palaces away. Then he grabbed a Hanlin Academy editor by the collar and demanded, "As emperor, under what circumstances can I retract an imperial decree?"
Li Zhiyi had been doted on ever since she was little, raised to be pure-hearted and beautiful.
She had never imagined that one person could have two faces.
Not until she married Qi Yuan.
Li Zhiyi had been doted on ever since she was little, raised to be pure-hearted and beautiful.
She had never imagined that one person could have two faces.
He had once been gentle and refined, caring for her in every possible way and cherishing her above all else.
But after he was named crown prince, he became cold and cruel to her, taking out all his frustrations on her.
She endured it until the day he ascended the throne.
Only when she watched him make his former bedchamber woman empress did she finally understand: he hated her deeply.
The story about her holding the jade had been fabricated by her father.
She had never been destined to become empress.
So Li Zhiyi returned to the bleak, dilapidated Li residence, disheveled and covered in red marks.
The next day, she wiped away her tears and suddenly realized that such a free life could be a kind of release.
A month later, while the palace was clearly holding a selection of consorts, Qi Yuan came pounding on the Li residence's gate.
A year later, Qi Yuan held her hands down as he had in the past and kissed away her tears.
His eyes wild with desperation, he said, "Li Zhiyi, I was wrong. You are destined to be empress."
Theme: Companionship is the longest-lasting confession of love
Phoenix in a Cage
Tell Me You Love Me Before Takeoff
The Heir Apparent's Wife After the Divorce
After His Majesty Deposed the Empress
The Honored Return of the Legitimate Daughter
The Young Master Made Me Cry Again
The Spoiled Playboy Claims the Slender Waist
An Ancient Guide to Spotting Women
Reborn: The Spoiled Girl’s Everyday Face-Slapping
Returning to Ancient Times to Deliver Packages
The Nanny Is Reborn as Everyone's Darling
The Little Princess Who Can Read Fortunes
I like the characters of the male and female protagonists very much, and the writing is also good. There is just too much content written from the perspective of the supporting characters, which is very unsightly. The first half seems to be telling the story of Granny Sun and the eldest princess. It is smelly and long, and you have to focus on the protagonist part. I hope that in the future, I can write around the protagonist and the main supporting characters, otherwise the novel will put the cart before the horse, and the main film will be more like a side story than a side story, and it will still be an unsightly side story, which will waste my talent.
Why is the heroine being plotted by so many people, so many people are criticizing the heroine for dealing with the heroine, two are gone and two are coming, speechless
The more I watched, the more speechless I became. This concubine and this brainless princess kept jumping up and down, just like the villains who come back in every episode of the cartoon. They get boring after watching too much, and the relationship between the male and female protagonists has no progress...
? One leaves and another comes??? Is it really okay to write such mindless stuff?
? I have to write about the two of them, right?
It's really annoying that they have so many scenes. I feel that the princess is really useless. She obviously can and has the ability to solve it, but she has to make people jump around here. To be honest, does Lin Fu'er's bad temper before have nothing to do with them? I don't want to watch the scenes between them at all.
Thanks for the limited exemption, it would be great if there were more extras.
What a peerless beauty this must be!
When will there be more interaction between the male and female protagonists?
A good princess is in love.