Three Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers

[This novel has recently been updating according to the rankings. Updates come at 9 p.m., and I'll try to post daily.]

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The history books record that in the fifteenth year of Chengping under the Great Meng, the seas were calm, the rivers clear, and peace reigned throughout the land.

At the time, no one knew that an age of chaos was about to begin.

The realm won by the ancestors of Great Meng through hardship and sacrifice was about to be swept away by storm and rain.

Princess Qin Shiyue of Chang'an was reborn in the year before it all began.

She was a brave daughter of a military family. Her father died because his achievements made the emperor fear him.

In her previous life, she failed to learn her lesson and carelessly followed in her father's footsteps.

Risking her life at the frontier? Charging into battle with a blade in hand?

Whoever wants to do such thankless work can do it themselves.

This time, she plans to live differently.

She'll watch the consorts fight in the palace, observe the princes wrestle for power, study how the imperial clan extorts the people, and watch the court officials ruin the state.

Then... in a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere, she'll go down with Great Meng.

Who knew the emperor would still find her displeasing and suddenly hand her a great responsibility: Go find the son of mine who was lost among the common folk.

Qin Shiyue: ...

All right, Your Majesty. I'll demonstrate how far away you can go.

She prepared to live a quiet life, free from worldly concerns.

But in the end...

For forty years, the land and nation were hers; for three thousand miles, the mountains and rivers were hers.

In this life and the one before, she had never truly left them.

New historical romance, available for advance collection: Last Night, the Morning Wind Entered the Northern Woods

Blurb: In her previous life, Chenfeng loved the Crown Prince. She was crazy about him, devoted to him, and would have beaten her head against a wall for him.

To ensure the Crown Prince ascended the throne without a hitch, she entered the Eastern Palace as a female official, resorting to every dirty trick and scheme she could think of.

Her hands were stained with countless debts of blood. All she heard was the bitter sound of people cursing her.

The Crown Prince was deeply moved. To reward her for her service, after ascending the throne he issued an imperial decree... naming Chenfeng's elder sister empress and bringing her into Kunning Palace.

It turned out the Crown Prince and her sister had been in love all along. Heartbroken, Chenfeng died with her regrets unresolved.

After being reborn, Chenfeng learned her lesson.

She pretended to be deaf and dumb, kept her head down, and stopped getting involved, even as the struggle for the throne descended into chaos.

The only thing she cared about in this life was her marriage.

In the end, she married in dazzling splendor, with a lavish bridal procession, getting married before her sister was made empress.

But who could have guessed that the dog of a man she'd chosen after all that careful consideration would fall for her sister too?

On their wedding night, her handsome and dashing groom lifted her red bridal veil, his face dark, and said, "I had intended to take your elder sister as my wife."

Chenfeng: "..."

Is this ever going to end?!

Modern romance, available for advance collection: The Lost Pearl

Blurb:

Just after Jiang Guining got rid of her lecherous male supervisor, a random passerby, Zhou Lin reassigned her.

"It's not as laid-back here as your old workplace. We work everyone like a donkey, men and women alike. But I can guarantee one thing: you won't be harassed by a male supervisor." Captain Zhou's face was stern and righteous. "Having indescribable designs on pretty girls is an instinct of male creatures. Humans can restrain themselves; beasts can't. But the difference between a human and a beast is only a matter of choice. I hope you'll learn to protect yourself too, and stay away from beasts like that."

Jiang Guining: "..."

Later, Jiang Guining asked curiously, "Captain Zhou, you said having indescribable designs on pretty girls is an instinct of male creatures. Do you have that instinct too?"

Zhou Lin glanced at her. "Tsk, Jiang Guining. You're a girl. Why do you keep saying such outrageous things?"

Jiang Guining: "..."

But you were the one who said it first!

Jiang Guining was at a loss for how to retort when Zhou Lin said, "Yes."

Jiang Guining: "..."

Later still, Jiang Guining caught a certain Zhou's wandering hand and smiled knowingly. "You said I wouldn't be harassed by a male supervisor... Hmm?"

Captain Zhou still looked as righteous as ever.

"What we have isn't harassment."

"Hmm?"

"It's mutual affection."

A supremely capable, ten-skills-at-once former covert operative who, after retiring, just wants to tend the furnace at a funeral home

vs.

A criminal investigator who was kicked out of covert operations for being too handsome and is now devoted to a cozy life with his wife and kids

"Lost Pearl" was the heroine's codename during her missions.

After this novel is finished, I'll choose one of these two to write. Whichever gets more advance collections will be the one I start. If you're interested, please add it to your collection.

Premise: A single person's strength is small, but the strength of many is great. Where the earth splits and mountains collapse, I only wish to move forward through hardship alongside all the people, sharing their sorrow and suffering.