Alas, Her Peachy Fragrance Is Intoxicating

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Blurb:

After following her stepmother into the Marquis of Weiyuan's residence, Tao Zhenzhen feared no one more than the unruly, overbearing young marquis.

He was always glaring at her so fiercely, his eyes spelling out the three words she felt most guilty about: unwanted baggage! So she endured his bullying with tears in her eyes...

When he asked her to copy his lessons, she stayed up all night finishing them, then delivered them with red-rimmed eyes.

When he asked her to make a sachet, she pricked her fingers full of holes to embroider an entire set of auspicious patterns.

When he told her to stay out of his sight, she happily scurried as far away as she could.

But in the end, he actually asked her to be his child bride?

Enough is enough!

Everyone among the young dandies of the capital knew one thing.

Their leader, the young marquis of the Weiyuan residence, was a devil incarnate. Anyone who crossed him, young or old, man or woman, would meet a terrible end. He especially had no tenderness for women.

They all felt sorry for the delicate little girl. Her fate was surely tragic, and she would probably end up without a trace of her bones.

Who would have thought someone would see the usually vicious, domineering man panic and gently soothe her, holding her hand when she accidentally burned her finger? "Zhenzhen, you're all right. Don't cry..."

As long as she didn't cry, he would give her his life.

An alternate setting with original details. No need to research historical accuracy.

A shy, pampered girl * an overbearing, fierce young marquis

A cute little preview of my upcoming story

"A Beauty's Grace (Reborn)"

Shen Shu was poisoned to death on her wedding night.

Only as she lay dying did she learn that she was a vicious female supporting character in a story, an excuse for the heroine to do all manner of evil.

She was an adopted daughter, picked up by the family, yet she took some of her parents' attention. So the heroine couldn't be blamed for being cold and selfish, and for targeting her at every turn, even though she had been adopted to take the heroine's place when misfortune struck.

Her beauty was so dazzling that the heroine seemed dull beside her. So the heroine couldn't be blamed for being fickle and heartless, or for using cruel methods, even though Shen Shu had never paid the men around her the slightest attention.

She devoted herself to her family while the heroine wallowed in self-pity. She was willing to marry the "Mad Prince" in her sister's place, while the heroine plotted to kill her and eliminate future trouble. In the end, the heroine stepped over her corpse to become empress and embraced the life of a victor.

When Shen Shu opened her eyes again, she found herself back at sixteen. Kneeling outside the carriage was the Mad Prince, who had thought of her all his life in her previous life.

At first, he couldn't understand why the "little fairy" of the Shen family looked at him with such a strange expression.

He was a lowly servant, while she was a delicate flower. They were worlds apart. The closest he could ever get to her was to kneel on the ground and serve as a step for her to climb into her carriage.

But she would secretly save pretty pastries for him, slip the tiny hand warmer from her sleeve into his hands, worry that he was hungry and fear that he was cold. When he was injured, she brought out precious medicine worth a fortune and asked through her tears, in a soft voice, "Does it hurt?"

He thought that as long as she wanted it, he could do anything.

Even defy fate and take on the world.

That destiny of becoming empress? If she wanted it, he could give it to her.

Theme: Learn respect and equality in love. Only by accepting one another can you make it to the end together