The Fat Empress

Please add my upcoming novel, Deep in the Hundred Flowers, to your collection: Deep in the Hundred Flowers lives an unfortunate girl named Hua'er. Hua'er is a night watchwoman. Every night, when darkness falls, she takes up her bamboo clapper in her delicate hands and follows the constables, calling out like a soul summoner. Second Master Bai is a light sleeper. Whenever he settles down to sleep, her trembling cries reach his ears and keep him awake. After a while, he decides he wants to marry her, gag her, and finally get a good night's rest. As it turns out, the matchmaker has barely stepped inside and warmed her seat before Hua'er, who clearly doesn't know what's good for her, chases her right back out. “I'll marry anyone but that infamous Second Master Bai!” I'm no good at writing blurbs. This is a slice-of-life story about ordinary people, and the intertwined joys and sorrows of all kinds of lives. Thunder and rain, all are gifts of grace Blurb: In the tenth year of Dayi, the empress dies. The court officials want the emperor to use the resources of the whole nation to choose a new empress. Emperor Qingnian waves a hand and says, “No need. Xun Si, daughter of Xun Liang, the God of War of the Northwest, is the foremost female scholar in the Northwest. She is worthy of the title.” The officials marvel at how the emperor has managed to kill several birds with one stone. On the day Xun Si enters the city, Emperor Qingnian escorts her bridal sedan for ten li. From afar, he sees a woman step out of it: her face veiled in red, her figure swaying like a “giant willow,” her strides broad and confident. Judging by the sight, she must weigh at least five jun. Without changing expression, Emperor Qingnian takes his new empress by the hand. Thus begins their marriage in name only. Xun Si is lazy, gluttonous, uneducated, and content to while away her days. She cuts corners and is a master at flattering people. Emperor Qingnian turns a blind eye, never nitpicking, and lets things slide. That is, until one day, his empress casts off her usual carefree manner and gazes with longing at Han Cheng, a fierce general from the Northwest, as if she would gladly toss aside her phoenix crown and run away with him. Only then does he realize Xun Si has been putting on an expert performance. Emperor Qingnian flies into a rage. “You think you can fight me? You're still too green!” Content warnings: 1. Xun Si deliberately made herself fat before being sent off to marry. 2. Xun Si has a white moonlight in her heart. Emperor Qingnian does not. 3. The male lead has a harem and children, more than one. Read with caution if that bothers you. After marrying the female lead, he has no relations with anyone else. 4. Later, the story becomes one-on-one, with a happy ending. Theme: Keep the world in your heart, but love the person before you, too. Together, protect the world.