The Tyrant Is a Pitiful Little Thing

Sweet Romance Coming Soon: *Jiao Shu*. Please add it to your collection! In the first year of Jingchang, the Crown Prince of Great Yan, He Yunjin, ascended the throne. The new emperor was ruthless, crushing everyone who had once bullied and humiliated him beneath his heel. The Yu family had backed the wrong side and was executed to the last member. No one dared speak of the new emperor; even hearing his name struck fear into their hearts. Reborn, Yu Shu returned to the fourteenth year of Qiande, when Crown Prince He Yunjin was still a pitiful boy anyone could bully at will. Having learned from the past, Yu Shu resolved to turn things around. She returned to the capital alone, determined to change the Yu family’s fate and keep them from being implicated. On the day she first arrived in Yanjing, snow fell thick and fast. He Yunjin had been punished by being made to kneel outside the palace gates, and no one dared go near him. Ignoring the whispers around her, Yu Shu ran straight to him and gently set a plum-blossom hand warmer beside his knees. From then on, Yu Shu announced throughout Yanjing that the Crown Prince was under her protection. She kept protecting him until she found herself in his arms. Though He Yunjin was the Crown Prince of Great Yan, his life was like a dark, hellish prison. His father treated him as though he didn’t exist. Punished over a trivial matter, he knelt outside the palace gates, his body frozen stiff, when a plum-blossom hand warmer was placed before his knees. The plum blossoms looked lifelike, and warmth seeped from his knees into every part of him. The girl’s eyes curved into a smile, her gaze clear and bright. She was like the delicate wintersweet blooming on a branch. Once, he had known only the smell of blood. From then on, he would know the fragrance of plum blossoms, too. She was like the silver moon in the heavens, like vermilion cinnabar in his palm: impossible to leave, impossible to let go, unforgettable. Their fates were entwined across two lifetimes. Yu Shu held up the late emperor’s blank imperial edict granting a marriage and asked him, “If I write your name here, will you let me marry you?” He Yunjin’s gaze turned cold, as though it were steeped in snowmelt from the wintersweet. “No.” Yu Shu didn’t care. With dimples faintly showing, she carefully wrote the three characters “He Yunjin,” then clung tightly to his arm. “From now on, you’re my husband.” He Yunjin’s fingertips trembled, but he didn’t push her away. His lowered lashes could not hide the faint gleam in his eyes. *An overbearing, dazzling, pampered Crown Princess × a powerful yet ill-fated, obsessive Crown Prince* Sweet Romance Coming Soon: *Jiao Shu*. Please add it to your collection! The Marquis of Yongping was a notorious womanizer with many children. Wen Shu had lost her mother and was often bullied. When she was eight, her father brought home another child born to his mistress, who was bullied by everyone as well. Wen Shu took pity on him and helped him a few times. Overlooked by the principal wife, her father didn’t start looking for a husband for Wen Shu until she was seventeen. The families he picked were all thoroughly unsuitable. Wen Shu didn’t want to marry any of them, but she had no choice. On the eve of her betrothal, a major event shook the capital: the Marquis of Yongping’s illegitimate son turned out to be the emperor’s eldest son, who had been living outside the palace. Once he was brought back, the emperor announced that he would be named Crown Prince. In an instant, everyone in the Marquis of Yongping’s household feared for their lives, terrified that the Crown Prince would take revenge on them. Wen Shu thought that she and Fourth Brother had at least been on friendly terms. Now that he had risen to great heights, perhaps she could ask him to find her a good match. Even if she had to be shameless about it, a marriage that could give her a brighter future would be worth it. She specially made Fourth Brother’s favorite lotus pastries and went to see him, explaining what she wanted. Xie Junyi glanced at the lotus pastries on the table and replied gently, “Fifth Sister, what sort of husband would you like?” Wen Shu blushed and murmured, “I’ll leave it to you, Fourth Brother.” Xie Junyi gave a low laugh, his brows lifting as he idly toyed with his jade thumb ring. “What do you think of me, Fifth Sister?” Wen Shu: ...? A few sweet-romance notes: 1. One-on-one romance, devoted couple, happy ending. The male lead has no harem. 2. A fictional setting, very fictional. Please don’t nitpick the history. 3. I’m not sure whether this needs a content warning, but I’ll mention it anyway: In her previous life, the heroine married the second male lead, but they were never intimate. He was only using her, and she agreed to the marriage purely for practical reasons. I won’t reveal any more. Recommended completed sweet romances: Modern: *Sheng Sheng Yue Wo*, *Jiao Chan*, *Xiao Qing Xin* *Ni Guai Ya*, *Si Yi Wen Rou*, *Chun Ri Yu Ni, Dou Hen Tian* *Shen Xian Rou Qing*, *Xiao Jiao Zong*, *Xin Jian Guai Chong*, *Xiao Wen Nuan* Historical: *Jiao Qing*, *Chun Guang Qian Quan*, *Du Zhan Jin Zhi* There are plenty more completed novels in my collection. Come on in! Saved on July 26, 2020, with a screenshot. Don’t steal my ideas. Theme: Life is bound to have setbacks. Face them head-on, and the future will be full of promise!