A House of Delicate Fragrance

Preorder: A Handbook for Raising the Crown Princess. Please visit my author page and add it to your collection. Story description: Chu Qi, Crown Prince of Northern Liang, died in a plague, and Ji Ruan, the Marquis's adopted daughter, took his place as a bride and became a widow. She swept his tombstone, pulled the weeds, and diligently kept it up for three years. Three years later, Lu Xiao Ci passed by. Looking at the inscription on the tomb, he said with a wry smile, "Ha. I'm paying respects at my own grave. I'm afraid there's no one else in this world but me who could do that." A beautiful woman came running out of the woods. "What are you doing at my husband's grave? Hurry up and leave! My husband likes peace and quiet. Don't disturb him." Lu Xiao Ci: When did I get married?! Later, Lu Xiao Ci tried to console her. "Crown Princess, you don't have to force yourself to remain a widow. I'll speak to His Majesty and ask him to let you marry again." Ji Ruan shook her head. "I'm happy to spend my life guarding his lonely grave and be buried with him when I die. How is doing what I want a hardship?" Lu Xiao Ci: "And what if your husband comes back?" Ji Ruan, shameless as ever: "Then we'll live happily together, have two children, and grow old side by side, year after year." Quotes from the proud Crown Prince Lu Xiao Ci: "I don't like delicate women." "Ji Ruan is exactly like her name: soft body, soft voice, soft personality! She's too frail to take on the duties of an empress." Later, Lu Xiao Ci ate his words! He promised Ji Ruan, "At most three months. I'll come for you." "Come with me, and I'll make you Empress!" Three months later, Ji Ruan never expected that her supposedly dead husband would arrive in grand style to marry her. Lu Xiao Ci: Weren't you going to have two children with me? Sorry to have kept you waiting, my dear... For three years, she guarded a lonely grave. For the rest of his life, he would want only her. Notes: 1. Chu Qi and Lu Xiao Ci are the same person. 2. Happy ending. 3. Anti-piracy ratio: 40%, with a 24-hour delay. New story preorder: A Handbook for Raising the Crown Princess Wei Miao, the beloved daughter of a Duke's household, was as pretty as a porcelain doll, but she had a slight stutter. When she was five, someone claimed she was a fake heiress, and Wei Miao was sent to the countryside to be raised. Life in the countryside was far from easy. The servants mistreated her, stole her allowance, and left her with barely enough to eat. She went hungry every day. A young man lived across the way. He looked like an immortal, and he was gentle and good-natured. Every day, when it was time to eat, the delicious smell of food from his home wafted for miles. Wei Miao was tempted. One day, she was so hungry that she couldn't take it anymore. Carrying her little rice bowl, she knocked on her neighbor's door and asked timidly, "C-could I eat at your house? Just one... one bowl." After that day, Wei Miao shamelessly mooched meals from her neighbor all the time. The young man never minded and even asked considerately, "How many bowls would you like today, Shui Shui?" There were rumors about the Crown Prince everywhere. They said he was cruel and volatile, and that if you weren't careful, he'd turn you into a human-skin lantern. Wei Miao sighed. "I heard the Crown Prince doesn't like to eat, and he won't let the servants eat their fill either. The people who serve him must have it so hard." The young man nodded as he fed her. "Yes, they really do." Wei Miao: "If I insult him, do you think he'll hear me? He'd have my head!" The young man pinched her chubby cheek. "He wouldn't have the heart." Seasons passed, and Wei Miao grew into a young woman who had to return to the capital to marry. She had always thought the young man was an unlucky scholar who kept failing his exams. He was getting on in years and still unmarried, and she figured he would never find a wife. Grateful for his kindness, Wei Miao said, "Don't worry. I'll work hard and earn enough to help you find a wife." The young man smiled warmly. "It's a promise." Then came the day of the palace banquet. Wei Miao accompanied the Duchess into the palace. When the Crown Prince arrived, the entire hall fell silent as everyone knelt. Wei Miao stole a glance up and met a pair of smiling eyes. To her surprise, the Crown Prince looked exactly like the young man. The man smiled and held out his hand to her. "Shui Shui, come here." Everyone assumed that the fake heiress Wei Miao, sent off to the countryside, would either be tormented to death or grow into a vulgar country girl. But at the palace banquet, the young woman was stunning, quiet, and refined. The Crown Prince, who was so moody that he never had a kind word for anyone, picked up a pastry and personally offered it to Wei Miao. "Open up." After mooching meals from me for so long, it's time you became my Crown Princess. Theme: Stay true to yourself and work hard, and happiness will follow