The Grand Princess

[New novel: The Tyrant’s Cage is now underway.] [Synopsis] Reborn and sent back to the day before she takes power behind the curtain, Grand Princess Li Xiyin resolves to stay out of court so no one can stab her to death again. She will return power to the emperor, release the empress dowager she had kept under house arrest, and appease the officials she had kept under her thumb. Faced with the Grand Princess’s sudden kindness, everyone is alarmed and says they don’t dare accept it. Except for Yu Zhen, the Marquis of Nan’an, who fought her for power in her previous life. Suddenly acting out of character, he wears the title of the emperor’s trusted minister, yet secretly invites her to plot a coup with him. Li Xiyin agrees readily to his face, but in private she has already decided to kill him. She only needs to find the right opportunity to get rid of this traitor. Yu Zhen, meanwhile, smiles without a word, wondering when he should reel in the fish that has already taken the bait. #She thinks she rules the palace and can manipulate everyone at will. Little does she know that the true dragon among men stands below the court, commanding the winds and clouds as he watches her coolly give orders.# [Reader’s Guide] 1. An unconventional rebirth story, not a wish-fulfillment novel, and not told from an omniscient perspective. 2. A calculating minister with a sweet exterior x a seemingly tyrannical but actually adorable Grand Princess. 3. Fictional setting, sweet romance. [New Novel Synopsis] Jiang Zhiyi, the youngest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, has been frail since childhood. One day, she falls gravely ill and seems on the verge of death. A traveling monk visits and declares that her life force is weak. If she can marry a husband as fierce and full of masculine vigor as a great general, she might yet survive. To save his beloved daughter, the Duke of Zhenguo pulls every string he can until he finally exchanges betrothal gifts with the general’s household. The happy occasion seems assured. But then disaster strikes. That night, the fortune-telling monk is found with his tongue cut out, hanging from a beam. The great general is suddenly sent to the frontier, while Jiang Zhiyi, barely able to breathe, is carried into the imperial palace in a sedan chair. The year draws to a close, the cold bites, and a fierce snowstorm rages. She is trapped in a corner of the bed, frail and delicate, her cheeks clouded with sorrow. The sinister and ruthless emperor bends over her, grips the back of her neck, and forces her to lean against his shoulder. He whispers in her ear, “Tell me, is there anyone in this realm with more murderous aura and masculine vigor than I?” #He has a palace of carved beams and painted rafters, where a soft and lovely beauty resides. He intends to keep its doors locked forever, until she willingly bows her head to him.# [Highlights] 1. A cool, sickly beauty x an obsessive tyrant emperor. 2. The emperor takes her by force. His love is real, and so is his cruelty. He’s a complete madman, so proceed with caution! 3. Fictional setting. Theme: It’s never too late to start over.