After Being Reborn, the Crown Princess Quit

The main story is complete, and the bonus chapters are still updating ^ ^

Tough, stubborn wallflower x obsessive, unhinged alpha male | Both leads are reborn | Taking by force | The powerful one bows his head | A long, hard road to winning her back

[Blurb]

In the second year after Liu Mingyan became Crown Princess, rebel forces invaded the capital.

Her country and family had fallen, and she was cruelly abandoned. She endured untold suffering on the run and died with regrets.

As Liu Mingyan lay dying, the words of Crown Prince Li Jingheng rang in her ears: "Yanyan, wait for me."

Liar.

Heaven took pity on her, and Liu Mingyan was reborn, returning to the days before her wedding.

Her family and country were still safe, and she was still the carefree eldest daughter of the Liu family.

Liu Mingyan knew that if she hadn't been Crown Princess, the rebels wouldn't have slaughtered her parents and siblings, and she wouldn't have been abandoned and died with resentment.

So she decided to nip the problem in the bud: marry someone else and make it impossible for her to become Crown Princess.

Just as Liu Mingyan was strolling through the gardens and admiring flowers with the newly crowned top scholar, hoping to become his wife, Li Jingheng appeared before her, though he should have been a thousand li away. Clad in cold armor and holding a bloodstained long saber, he reined in his horse.

Liu Mingyan's eyelids twitched violently. She turned and ran.

Li Jingheng galloped after her, dragged the struggling Liu Mingyan onto his horse, and held her fast in his arms.

When the voice etched into her bones sounded beside her ear, Liu Mingyan's whole heart trembled. "Yanyan, I'm back."

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Both leads are reborn. There was a misunderstanding in their previous lives. One-on-one romance.

☆ Upcoming novel 1: "Reborn and Married to My Ex's Deadly Rival": An uncle-and-sister-in-law romance in their previous lives, a marriage that blossoms into love in this one

Cui Mingying was born into a distinguished family and was peerless in both talent and beauty. By imperial decree, she married the First Prince, amid the envious gazes of everyone around her.

The First Prince, Wei Ke, treated her wonderfully, loving, doting on, and protecting her. Naively, she thought she had found a good husband, never realizing it was all an act.

Only when Wei Ke's mortal enemy, the Second Prince Wei Xun, a renowned war hero, suddenly died of illness, and the emperor fell gravely ill as well, did Wei Ke seize sole control of the court and reveal his true nature.

To win over the ministers and consolidate his power, Wei Ke kept more and more women by his side. He watched coldly, even encouraging them, as they bullied Cui Mingying without restraint.

Cui Mingying turned to her family for help, only to be told that Wei Ke was about to marry her younger sister. She had already been cast aside.

Heartbroken, Cui Mingying hanged herself in the newlyweds' chamber on the day Wei Ke married her sister.

Heaven took pity on her, and Cui Mingying was reborn at the palace banquet where she had been betrothed.

When the emperor asked whether she had someone in mind, Cui Mingying didn't shake her head shyly as she had in her previous life. Instead, she answered clearly, "The Second Highness is the bravest warrior in the land. Your humble subject has long admired him."

Beside her, Wei Ke smiled and congratulated his younger brother Wei Xun. Behind his back, his hand crushed his wine cup, leaving it drenched in blood.

After Cui Mingying got her wish and married Wei Xun, she thought it wouldn't be long before she could enjoy the comfortable life of a wealthy widow with no husband to trouble her.

But she hadn't expected her husband in this life to be completely different from the Second Prince Wei Xun in her memories: a man who avoided women, spoke little, and died young.

The curtains were warm with passion, and the spring night was far too short.

Wei Xun's eyes shone with an unusual brightness as he stared intently at Cui Mingying, her cheeks flushed with desire. The deep tenderness in his gaze threatened to swallow her whole.

"A-Ying, do you... like this?"

"A-Ying, look at me. Say my name."

"A-Ying... A-Ying... my wife..."

Wei Xun loved having Cui Mingying fall asleep with her head resting on his chest, accompanied by the sound of his heartbeat.

Every beat of his heart was an undisguised declaration of love for her.

Wei Xun's inner thoughts: I've yearned for her through two lifetimes and finally managed to marry her. I haven't even laid the best things in the world at her feet yet. How could I bear to die young?

☆ Upcoming novel 2: "The Marquis's Young Childhood Friend": A childhood friend who's sworn off love, and a domineering heir who pursues her relentlessly

In her previous life, the realm fell into chaos. Enemy forces invaded the capital, and the palace gates stood on the brink of collapse.

As Empress Dowager Xia Huiyu held the young emperor, preparing to give her life for her country, a strange general arrived to defend the throne and rescued them.

Amid the storm of blood and rain, she couldn't make out her savior's face. She only heard him say, "Your servant He Guang came too late to save you."

In the long years that followed within the palace, the only thing that gave Xia Huiyu something to look forward to were the memorials He Guang sent from a thousand li away.

Many years later, He Guang, having recovered all the lost territory, wrote in a memorial that he would return to the capital.

Sadly, Xia Huiyu still never got to see him again. He died on the road back to the capital.

Overcome with grief, she suffered a sudden surge of blood and qi, and soon followed him in death.

When Xia Huiyu opened her eyes again, she had been reborn at the age of thirteen.

She was in a carriage bound for Xizhou, on her way to fulfill her betrothal to the heir of the Marquis of Jingbei.

This time, Xia Huiyu didn't accept the broken engagement as she had in her previous life. Instead, she stayed in Xizhou and secretly searched for He Guang.

But Xia Huiyu hadn't expected He Guang to be so hard to find, or her fiance Qi Zhan to be so persistent.

Everyone knew that Qi Zhan, heir to the Marquis of Jingbei, was a born military genius. He led troops into battle at fourteen and had never lost. His enemies trembled at his name and called him "Qi the Grim Reaper."

What no one knew was why Qi Zhan, despite despising everything about the capital, refused to break off his engagement to Xia Huiyu, who came from one of the capital's most prestigious families, and even treated her as the future mistress of the marquis's residence.

In fact, whenever he heard anything about Xia Huiyu, his face, which made countless young ladies fall for him, would break into a smile as if it were priceless.

Only Qi Zhan knew how he had counted the days, hoping against hope for 1,307 days, before his beloved fiancee finally arrived, even though she had long since forgotten him.

But the ever-victorious young marquis wasn't discouraged. He remained full of confidence: My childhood friend is still young. There's plenty of time. Just watch as I slowly win her over!

As for the person Xia Huiyu was always searching for...

In public, Qi Zhan acted magnanimous and even helped her look.

In private, the jealous Qi Zhan snorted. Even if they dug up every inch of Xizhou and searched until their next lives, they'd never find that person!

The story opens with her being reborn~

At first, the heir is one-sidedly smitten with his childhood friend. Later, there'll be a tiny bit of him running while she chases him, as she pursues her husband ^ ^

Theme: When all seems lost, hope returns. Even a withered tree can bloom again.