Drunk in the Flower Shade

My new novel, "Bright Spring Days," is complete. Come give it a read~ [The whole novel is complete. My new novel, "Broken Branches," is complete too. Come give it a read. The blurb is below~] A dream of her beloved while she waited for him let Shen Tangyin, the cherished daughter of the Prime Minister's household, foresee her fate. After the Crown Prince, who had always been so attentive to her, used her to seize the throne, he would have her entire family executed and bestow a cup of poisoned wine upon her. Terrified by the horrific fate in her dream, Shen Tangyin wept as she climbed into the carriage bound for home. Just as she was leaving the palace, the horses were startled, nearly trampling the Seventh Prince, Li Ronghui, to death beneath their hooves. Shen Tangyin stepped down from her carriage and saw him, the famously reclusive and ill-tempered prince, lying lifeless in the rain, a spreading pool of red beneath him. With his life hanging in the balance, Shen Tangyin reached out with trembling hands and helped him up. She never expected that this single act would save the Shen family from the storms to come, raise up a future emperor, and lead her straight into the trap he had carefully laid for her. * Rumor has it that the current emperor, Li Ronghui, was born to a palace maid of low status. To claim the empire, he murdered his brothers, seized the throne, and razed the Eastern Palace. He is a ruthless, heartless monster. But the world does not know that high above the throne, he once gazed at a portrait until his eyes were bloodshot, his hair turning white overnight. Returned to the day they first met, he has no need to let his wicked servants act. He lies down on the road Shen Tangyin must take to leave the palace. When the carriage carrying her passes, he draws a knife and slashes open the skin at his waist. Blood splashes in front of her carriage, startling her horse. At last, he sees the moonlight of his memories tremble as she steps down from the carriage, like a startled white rabbit. Li Ronghui lies on the ground, quietly waiting for his white rabbit to come to him, step by step into the trap he has laid. There, she will be his for the rest of her life. [The Moon in Her Heart, the White Rabbit in His Hands] Sweet, delicate beauty like a white rabbit x a sickly, scheming, possessive prince A few things to know: 1. Sweet romance, happy ending, both leads are each other's first and only love in both lifetimes. 2. The story is set in an imaginary world. The plot follows the romance, so please don't nitpick historical details. 3. The male lead is disturbingly possessive, a crazy, scheming flirt, and kind only to the female lead. 4. The Crown Prince is not the female lead's beloved. This will be made clear in the story. [Coming next] "Broken Branches." The blurb is below. If you like it, feel free to add it to your to-read list~ Sang Zhezhi was born with stunning beauty and a graceful figure, and the Sang family had pampered her in the seclusion of their home for over a decade. What she did not know was that she was a false heiress. The identity she had taken belonged to a powerful court official who held the entire court in his grasp. Just as the famous beauty Zhezhi came into bloom, the powerful minister Xie Yu reclaimed his place in his family. The once-adored young lady of the Sang family fell into the mud overnight and was sent in a humble sedan chair to become the concubine of an old prime minister in his sixties. On the day of her wedding, frightened and trembling, Zhezhi hid in Xie Yu's official carriage, still wearing her bridal robes. The young lord in the carriage looked refined and gentle, his body frail with illness. He seemed nothing like the sinister, vicious official of the rumors. Zhezhi knelt before him and clutched the hem of his robe, begging, "Brother, save me." * After Xie Yu seized power, he did two things. First, he reclaimed his place in his family. Second, he betrothed the Sang family's daughter, who had taken his identity, to the lecherous, elderly prime minister. On the wedding day, he had his official carriage driven around the Sang estate, and just as he expected, he came across the desperate songbird, driven into a corner and fleeing in panic into his carriage. He lifted the beauty's chin. Looking at the face exactly as he remembered from his dreams, he felt the wound in his heart, where she had once stabbed him with a gold hairpin in the dream, ache again. Xie Yu's long, cold fingers caressed her throat as he asked in a gentle, amused voice, "Who are you calling your brother?" [Bonus scene] At first. A huge birdcage was built in the rear courtyard of the Xie estate overnight. When a colleague asked about it, Xie Yu replied with a faint smile, "I recently acquired a lovely little songbird. She's rather disobedient and keeps wanting to leave me. I should find a way to keep her by my side." Later-- Inside the golden cage, the treacherous minister knelt before the beauty's skirt, holding the gold hairpin from her hair against his own heart in both hands. His voice was tender as he asked, "Zhezhi, would you rather marry me, or join me in the afterlife?" Theme: Heal a broken spirit with love and warmth.