The Trouble-Making Prince and His Unreliable Princess Consort (Goofy)

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Blurb:

CP: Clueless x Unreliable.

Everyone in Western Chu knows that the emperor's younger brother, Prince Kang, steals chickens, dogs around, eats and drinks to excess, and never applies himself to his studies. Every few days, he causes trouble for his imperial elder brother.

The people in the palace have plenty to say about it:

Emperor: Did we really have the same mother?

Empress Dowager: He's such a handful! Find him a wife already, so he'll settle down.

Imperial consorts: Hide your precious younger sisters. Don't let him set his sights on them!

At this, Consort Shu raised an eyebrow and smiled. Song Muyao, granddaughter of the Minister of Rites, was "virtuous and refined," well-read, and perfectly suited to the task!

Much later, Prince Kang stares at the wild girl in front of him, who is baring her teeth and leaping across rooftops. He reaches out with a trembling hand. "How is this madwoman virtuous and refined?"

Sun Muyao pouts and lowers her eyes, deliberately letting a few tears fall. The Empress Dowager rushes over with the consorts and gives him a good beating. "How dare you speak such nonsense!"

Prince Kang: ...

He spends his days like a walking corpse and his nights lying in bed in fear. Then Sun Muyao hands him a letter of divorce. "How about a marriage in name only?"

A post-marriage scene:

One day, the Empress Dowager summons them to the palace for a banquet. She sees that the emperor has children everywhere, while Muyao shows no sign of being pregnant.

She says with a cheerful smile, "Muyao, you need to do your best too!"

Muyao's eyes immediately turn red. She pretends to be strong and dabs at the corner of her eye.

Everyone quickly pulls her into a side hall to ask what happened.

"Good girl, tell me, why were you crying just now? Has Prince Kang been treating you badly?"

Muyao frantically shakes her head, as timid as a startled little quail. "No, no. Prince Kang treats me very well. His Highness hasn't hit me, hasn't scolded me, and hasn't kicked me out of bed."

Empress Dowager: ...

"Mother, please don't blame His Highness!" Muyao drops to her knees with a thud, looking on the verge of tears. "Mother, His Highness... he has such a hard time in his heart!"

A hard time in his heart? The Empress Dowager and Noble Consort exchange a glance, sensing that there's more to her words. The Empress Dowager, anxious for her beloved son, presses her. "Tell me exactly what's going on. What's wrong with Baoyuan?"

Muyao closes her eyes and says shyly, "Since we married, I have remained untouched. His Highness... has a hidden ailment."

Xiao Baoyuan, completely unaware of all this, looks suspiciously at the pitying gazes everyone is casting his way and scratches his head. "Why are you all looking at me?"

Coming soon: My Love Rival Is Actually a Man. Blurb:

Chu Yu has had one wish since childhood: to marry her eldest maternal cousin when she comes of age, and finally become a true family with him.

So whenever she argues with her stepmother, she packs her belongings and runs to her aunt's residence. She does it to vent and complain, but also to grow closer to her cousin and get his wooden head to finally understand.

One day, she runs away from home to her aunt's residence again. Just as she's about to pour out her woes, she hears some explosive news: her eldest cousin, who never shows interest in women, has brought home a ravishingly beautiful woman.

"Ravishingly beautiful? A woman?" She laughs until tears come to her eyes, then shakes her head. "Don't believe rumors or spread them." Her eldest cousin is more virtuous than Liu Xiahui. How could this possibly be true?

"This servant saw it with my own eyes. He even gently supported the woman, treating her with the utmost care, like a precious treasure."

Chu Yu's hopes come crashing down. Then she grits her teeth and rushes out the door. "I don't believe it! I've failed to do what I wanted for ten years. What kind of vixen could possibly have managed it?"

Meng Yuanming has been exiled for seventeen years. One day, a secret imperial decree orders him to return to his homeland and inherit the throne. But assassins pursue and surround him all along the way. Dragging his wounded body, he reluctantly follows his subordinate's advice: disguise himself as a delicate young lady and recuperate at the governor's residence.

His physical injuries have yet to heal when a new torment begins, this time to his mind.

Some girl he doesn't know decides he's her love rival. Every day, she finds ways to pick fights, set traps, and bully him.

Meng Yuanming is so furious that his injuries worsen. Just as he decides to tell her the truth, her whole attitude changes. Now she calls him "Big Sister" all day long...

"My cousin is a lecherous womanizer. He once harassed a respectable young lady in broad daylight... He doesn't even spare married women..."

Meng Yuanming: ...

"My cousin doesn't brush his teeth before bed, never washes his feet at night, and his bedding reeks."

Meng Yuanming: ...

"Actually, my cousin likes men."

The hand holding Meng Yuanming's book trembles slightly. He says helplessly, "Does your cousin know you're slandering him behind his back?"

Chu Yu: "Big Sister, what did you say? You're holding your book upside down."

"..."

Theme: A peaceful mind makes for a peaceful household.