Cherished and Spoiled

This novel is complete. The next novel, Beauty's Umbrella, has been renamed.

News of victory arrives from the border. The Crown Prince is about to return in triumph, and the noble young ladies of the capital eagerly await him, each hoping to become the Crown Princess.

But no one expects a little girl to return with the Crown Prince.

They say he picked her up on the way back to the capital. She is fair-skinned and beautiful, gentle and easy to bully, with a pair of watery eyes that make anyone who sees them feel sorry for her.

The usually cold and heartless Crown Prince cherishes her dearly. He is always saying things like:

She's timid, so be careful not to frighten her.

She's innocent and kind, so don't try to trick her!

She's so delicate, Mother, please look after her.

Then the little girl wields a gleaming longsword and rescues the Crown Prince from enemy assassins. Everyone is left dazed.

Timid? Innocent and kind? Delicate?

Later, many people say the girl's identity is unclear and that she is ruthless, having killed countless people. The Crown Prince ignores them all and obtains an imperial decree for their marriage.

Later still, she becomes empress. She is the first empress in history to rule alongside the emperor. She then travels thousands of miles to find medicine and save the emperor's life, and joins the new emperor in building a prosperous realm. From then on, no one dares say another word.

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Blurb two

Tang Jiaojiao is badly injured during an internal conflict within the palace. After sleeping in a tree for several days, she wakes up inside an extremely luxurious carriage.

The Palace Master is baffled. Has she... been kidnapped?

She turns her palm over and tries to gather her inner strength, but can't...

Tang Jiaojiao closes her eyes and considers how to escape. Then a pleasant voice comes from above her head. "You're awake."

The Palace Master looks up and freezes.

What kind of fox spirit is this? How can he be so handsome!

"I've lost my memory. Are you my husband?"

The Palace Master blinks her clear eyes and asks innocently.

After a brief silence, a low chuckle comes with a gentle reply. "I am."

The Palace Master follows her bargain-bin husband into the capital, enters the Eastern Palace, and enjoys fine clothes and food and every indulgence.

But when the fox spirit keeps telling people she's delicate, timid, and afraid of trouble, Tang Jiaojiao is confused.

Should she tell him that she is the Palace Master of Lihua Palace, the bloodthirsty villain everyone talks about?

* The female lead is sweet on the outside, dark on the inside, and can switch at any moment. The male lead is utterly devoted to his wife.

* The male lead loves beauty, but from beginning to end, the only one he finds appealing is the female lead.

* The Crown Prince's ideal woman has always been the female lead herself.

* One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship.

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Coming soon: Beauty's Umbrella. Please give it a little love!

Chu Yue has a secret: she likes Fu Heng.

She is the daughter of the county magistrate of Jiangcheng, and he is the powerful Regent.

She can't marry him, so it remains her secret.

One day, Chu Yue saves a man who looks very much like the Regent.

Her usually calm heart stirs.

If she can't marry the Regent, marrying someone who looks just like him would be wonderful too.

So when the man wakes and asks what she wants in return, she says, "Marry me."

The man stares at Chu Yue for a long time, then nods.

He treats her wonderfully. He washes her feet, soothes her to sleep, and indulges her occasional temper. Chu Yue feels like this man is spoiling her rotten.

But it doesn't last. Before long, the man disappears.

Chu Yue cries until her eyes are red and curses him for being heartless, wishing him a terrible death.

A month later, the Regent arrives in Jiangcheng with an imperial decree and wedding gifts, making a grand entrance at the government office.

Everyone in the Chu family trembles as if facing an enemy, but then a familiar voice comes from above.

"I have come to marry you."

Chu Yue, frail and slender, kneels in the courtyard, stunned and bewildered. "..."

He... came back.

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Everyone in the capital knows that when Regent Fu Heng returned after disappearing for six months, his first act was to ask for an imperial marriage decree and bring wedding gifts to Jiangcheng to propose.

Everyone in the capital also knows that the Regent was turned away and thrown out of the mansion, along with his wedding gifts.

They also know that the Regent knelt outside the young lady's room for two days and two nights, and only got her to open the door by pretending to faint and putting on a pitiful act.

But only Chu Yue herself knows...

She was born in darkness and carries a blood feud.

When the phoenix flowers bloom, the beauty's umbrella appears.

Its red light shimmers, its scarlet hues bewitching, like a death messenger from hell.

The day she met Fu Heng, she had just put away her beauty's umbrella and returned to being the pitiful Second Miss Chu.

* One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship.

Coming soon: Her Embroidered Uniform Guard

Song Wanwan is the apple of Magistrate Song's eye and the beloved Second Miss of the entire government office.

But one day, the jewel is tarnished.

Concubine Chen puts something in her tea, hoping to marry her off to her dissolute nephew.

In desperation, she clings to her last shred of reason and rushes into the woodshed, where a man is being held. He is the man she rescued a few days ago.

A night passes. No one knows what happened in the dark woodshed.

Concubine Chen doesn't dare say a word, and Song Yaoyao won't say a thing.

That man...

That man is trouble. He insists on taking responsibility for her, and after a series of chance events, he becomes her personal bodyguard and her servant.

He makes no secret of his desire for her, and she responds with merciless insults.

Song Yaoyao thinks this is probably the cruelest she's ever been in her life, but for some reason she can't get rid of the man.

Not long after, disaster strikes the Song family. The whole family is thrown into prison, awaiting execution after the autumn harvest.

The man disappears on the eve of the Song family's imprisonment. Sitting in her cell, Song Yaoyao actually feels relieved. At least he got away.

But the next day, she sees him again.

He stands outside the cell, imposing in his embroidered uniform. She crouches inside in a prisoner's clothes, looking miserable.

What a turn of fortune.

The man says little. Most of the time, he lets his actions speak for him. He takes her away and gives her a place in his residence.

When Song Yaoyao hears the servants call him Lord Commander, her heart sinks. She once humiliated him so badly. How will he take revenge?

But she never expects that after night falls, he will set a basin of water in front of her and say, "Miss, your servant will wash your feet."

* One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship.

* Blurb screenshotted on 12/14. Reposting or editing is prohibited.

* More to come

Theme: Stand by the justice in your heart. Do not compromise or give up.