Poisoning Yourself

[Complete!] The side-story novel "Mute Servant" is currently updating! Scroll down to see the blurb! Come check it out!

As the only young princess of Prince Heng's household, Yun Yang was finally brought back to the capital at the age of sixteen.

Her father was the emperor's own uncle, and even the crown prince had to call her Aunt. With a status like that, Yun Yang had thought she could do whatever she pleased in Yunjing. But just as she stepped into the prince's residence, what greeted her was an imperial decree arranging her marriage...

She had heard that the handsome groom chosen for her by her imperial cousin was strikingly handsome and possessed an otherworldly bearing. The only flaw was his poor health.

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Everyone knew that the eldest young master of the Chancellor's residence was a pitiful soul.

He was breathtakingly beautiful and mild-tempered, but had been frail since childhood, kept alive by a steady stream of medicine.

Until a marriage contract bound the sickly young master to the little princess from Prince Heng's household, who had been raised in the mountains since she was a child...

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On their wedding night, after several rounds of drinks,

the man pinched her chin. His expression was languid, and a rare flush of color spread across his pale face. "Since we're husband and wife, we should share both joy and hardship. Why don't you taste what it feels like to have your heart and guts torn apart, too, my dear?"

A cup of poisoned wine slid down Yun Yang's throat, and her whole body felt as if she had fallen into an icy abyss...

What the hell, this guy is crazy! Wasn't the eldest young master supposed to be gentle and refined, with a mild temperament?!!!

[Gentle on the outside, gloomy and deranged within x an immune-to-all-poisons, wildly theatrical little schemer]

#The male lead is poisoned, the female lead is poisonous#

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[Blurb for "Mute Servant"]:

Before Jing Xian took charge of Taifu Palace, she once found a beautiful little mute in a desolate land.

The little mute was covered in mud, and beneath his ragged clothes was a tattoo of a black crane with wings spread as if ready to take flight.

She kept the little mute by her side.

From then on, the desolate land lost a troublemaking demon, while Cangfeng Hall gained a harmless palace attendant.

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Jing Xian was exceptionally gifted and peerlessly beautiful, an unparalleled role model envied by everyone across the Four Realms.

Her engagement to the young master of Tianjingze was also a favorite topic of conversation.

That is, until the young master came to visit Taifu Palace.

The usually quiet, obedient little mute servant suddenly disappeared...

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A little over a month later, Tianjingze was destroyed, and the entire family of her fiance was slaughtered.

Everyone in Taifu Palace was alarmed.

Jing Xian donned her armor and went to Tianjingze to put down the rebellion.

Amid the ruins, the beautiful young man's eyes were rimmed with red, black energy swirling around him.

He met Jing Xian's startled gaze, pointed at the elegant, noble young master of Tianjingze behind her, and spoke in a trembling voice: "Can Palace Master choose again between my brother and me?"

"Important notes"

1. This is my first time trying this style. It has some original worldbuilding and melodrama (probably).

2. The mute servant is the male lead. He is only pretending to be mute. He starts out weak and becomes strong later.

3. The female lead is beautiful and cool, but softhearted. She is the most protective person in the Four Realms. She is very powerful, but this is not a matriarchal world.

4. The story has a somewhat expansive framework. It is not conventional cultivation fiction, has a slow build, and unfolds through both leads' perspectives.

Theme: No matter what circumstances you find yourself in, keep kindness and love in your heart.