The Road to the Crematorium for the Powerful

[Advance notice: The upcoming novel Spoiling Her is open for follows. The ongoing novel Beloved, and Only Beloved is also open for follows. Kisses~

Ning Yao’s father was a Minister of the Board of Personnel, and she was raised as a pampered darling. With beauty that could outshine the finest, she was truly the most dazzling flower among the wealthy in the capital.

Who could have expected the dynasty to change overnight? The new emperor listened to slanderous advice and made the Ning family his first target. Ning Yao became the daughter of a disgraced official.

Someone looking for trouble sent Ning Yao to Lu Heng, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo, for his amusement. After all, what could be more satisfying than keeping a former thorn in one’s side close and humiliating her?

Two years ago, he was a young man from an ordinary family named Xie. Now he had transformed into the powerful heir to the Duke of Zhenguo, standing before her.

The man, dressed in splendid robes and handsome as a jade carving, stood before her with the light behind him and slowly said, “Miss Ning, look at you now.”

He took her in and said, “You’re worth less than the lowliest maid at my side now.”

Ning Yao knew that she was as insignificant as an ant before the noble heir, and she knew all too well that he hated her.

She endured until the day her elder brother returned victorious from war. Ning Yao thought she had repaid what she owed him, so she packed her things and left without a trace.

When Lu Heng saw the empty room, his mind went blank. He murmured to himself, “She should have left long ago. It’s better this way...”

Later, the once-proud heir stopped Ning Yao’s carriage and clutched her hand, pleading humbly, “Yao’er, come back with me.”

Ning Yao pulled her hand away, her expression even more merciless than his had been back then. “A mistake made in hatred cannot be undone, and spilled water cannot be gathered up again. There can be nothing between us now.”

Note: Classic, old-school angst and melodrama / coercive possession / groveling to win back the wife. If any of that bothers you, please don’t read!

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Synopsis for the upcoming novel Spoiling Her

Qi Ning’s father was the Grand Preceptor of the Jin Dynasty, and her elder sister was the Crown Princess. From the day she was born, Qi Ning was treated as the apple of everyone’s eye.

To win the emperor’s favor, her father arranged for Qi Ning to enter the palace as a companion to a princess.

While in the palace, Qi Ning helped Shen Lie, the least favored little prince, whom everyone bullied, without a second thought.

She did not know that in the cold of night, the boy whispered her name again and again, until it became a drop of honey resting in his heart.

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Time passed, and the emperor died. To everyone’s surprise, the most overlooked prince ascended the throne.

The current emperor, Shen Lie, seized the throne by murdering his elder brother. He was brutal by nature and had once personally executed a treacherous minister in court.

Qi Ning’s family, meanwhile, had become corrupt power brokers and could well be executed to the last member.

After careful thought, Lord Qi sent secret guards to spirit Qi Ning out of the city in the dead of night.

But before the carriage reached the city gate, it was stopped. The man in imperial robes had come out of the palace himself to seize her.

He lifted the carriage curtain and stroked the pale face of the little figure inside. “Sister, the whole empire belongs to me. Wherever you run, you’ll still be mine.”

Shen Lie abducted Qi Ning, who was already betrothed, and took her back to the palace, enticing her to stay by his side for the rest of her life.

By day, he was a majestic emperor. At night, he knelt on one knee by Qi Ning’s feet, gazing at her in a daze. “Sister, A Ning, please, take pity on me.”

Theme: Stay independent and strong through adversity, and you can find love and happiness.