Days Spent with the Tyrant

[Signed for simplified Chinese publication. The print edition of With You, Joy is now available! Weibo: @Chen Shinian Bu Ai Fa Dao The extras are skippable, because the author padded them out for the rankings. The story about the children has some questionable parts.] 1. Chu Xing was a tyrant. Whenever he was unhappy, he wanted to kill someone, and everyone feared him. Everyone except a little palace maid in the Cold Palace. “You... you're handsome,” the little maid said. Chu Xing smiled. “Oh? How handsome?” “You're the most handsome man I've ever seen,” she said. The little maid not only wasn't afraid of him, she would wag her tail and try to please him. She was truly adorable. So he brought her food and toys, doting on her day after day. 2. Cheng Yue wasn't very bright, and was often sent to serve in the Cold Palace. There was nothing in the Cold Palace except a rather handsome man. Cheng Yue went there every day, and everyone thought she was a fool. Then one day, Cheng Yue became pregnant. A palace maid getting pregnant meant she had been having an affair. Just as everyone was about to drag her off to have an abortion, Chu Xing arrived. “Who dares touch my child?” · Both are each other's first. The heroine isn't very bright, but can take care of herself. The hero really is temperamental. [The cover character design is by Xiao Yao of Dan Qing Ke.] Coming soon: Beauty and the Mad Dog 1. In October, Crown Prince Li Chengxuan returned from his retreat on Qingtaishan. Everyone said His Highness the Crown Prince was as pure and graceful as the moon, gentle and refined, humble and courteous. He was sure to become a pillar of the state. Yet this very Crown Prince, as elegant as an orchid and jade, crashed the wedding of Commandery Princess Changning, leaving everyone stunned. At the wedding, the Crown Prince said, “A Xue, after you dragged me into this mess, you can't leave me all alone.” 2. Chu Xue first met Li Chengxuan in the Cold Palace. At the time, he was an unfavored prince, struggling to get by. Feeling sorry for him, Chu Xue secretly helped him out and taught him to read and write. Then the tides turned, and the down-and-out prince became the Crown Prince. It took him twelve years to make everyone forget that he had once struggled in the mire, and transform himself into the Crown Prince, pure and graceful as the moon. Only Chu Xue knew that he was a demon from hell, with a taste for bloodshed and slaughter. 3. On the day Li Chengxuan returned, he went to see Chu Xue. “A Xue, I hope you've been well.” Chu Xue turned away and told him, “Your Highness shouldn't be here. I'm getting married soon.” Li Chengxuan stepped closer, smiling gently. “You can only marry me, A Xue.” Theme: Sincere love can heal people.