Springtime in the Palm of Your Hand

(Coming soon: A Joyful Palace, blurb below)

Possessive pursuit (black-hearted, ruthless heir x sweet girl living under someone else's roof)

Blurb: Lu Zhi is as refined and upright as the moonlight, a close aide to the emperor and the only son of the Duke of Ning.

The duke's dearest friend died in battle, leaving his beloved daughter with nowhere to turn. The duke took her in.

The duke wept bitterly and publicly vowed to treat her as his own and care for her well.

When the little girl first arrived, she was still a toddler, silly and childish. Lu Zhi thought little of her and barely spared her a second glance.

He never expected that when they met again years later, she would have grown into a graceful, refined beauty, like a fairy from the heavens, as alluring as peach blossoms and captivating to the heart.

The more Lu Zhi looked at her, the more his heart itched...

* A story about an heir who seems refined and upright but is actually black-hearted and ruthless, and who takes the sweet girl raised in his home by force.

* Fake siblings + a love-triangle showdown

* A melodramatic but sweet romance

Inspired by the author's other novel, The Chancellor's Beloved Concubine.

Blurb written on June 4, 2022 (screenshot saved)

Content warnings:

1. Both leads are virgins; happy ending; six-year age gap.

2. They are fake siblings, with no blood relation and no shared household registration.

3. The male lead is black-hearted and ruthless, no good man. Features a possessive pursuit trope. Purely native setting, with no memories of a past life.

4. Entirely fictional setting.

Coming soon: A Joyful Palace

Disgraced Crown Princess x scheming new emperor (possessive pursuit)

Cheng Li comes from a distinguished family. She is the pearl cherished by the old chancellor and the most beautiful woman in the land.

Her parents adored her, and she had a splendid marriage ahead of her. Betrothed to the crown prince for years, she was soon to marry him, much to everyone's envy.

But shortly after the wedding, the emperor died and the throne changed hands. Prince Yong led a coup and seized power.

The crown prince never got to ascend the throne. He was deposed and imprisoned in the Eastern Palace.

Then misfortune struck again. Her father was accused of secretly stockpiling armor and charged with treason. The whole Cheng family faced exile and execution. Their home was lost, and they were plunged into misery.

That night, in the palace...

The new emperor, dressed in a black dragon robe embroidered with gold, stood tall with his hands behind his back, gazing down at his pitiful sister-in-law. After a long while, he gave a soft laugh...

* The male and female leads are uncle and sister-in-law. (Blurb written on October 23, 2022.)

Here are recommendations for the author's completed novels:

Eastern Palace Concubine: Beautiful young concubine x man whose words belie his true feelings

Beauty by the Lord's Side: Alluring little vixen x abstinent big bad wolf

The Beautiful Concubine: Wealthy and powerful man x delicate beauty

After Becoming the Crown Prince's Favorite Concubine: Beautiful young concubine x man whose words belie his true feelings

Presented to the Crown Prince: Fox-like seductress x the current crown prince

Theme: Good and evil are repaid in kind; love and redemption