After Marrying the Villain

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Traitorous rebel prince vs. scheming concubine-born daughter. A comeback, revenge on scumbags, sweet romance, and healing.

Yan Ruoli, the concubine-born daughter of a minor official, is given in marriage to the Sixth Prince as a pawn. They even put her to use by arranging a disastrous romance for her, hoping to drive a wedge between the prince and his allies.

The day after spending her wedding night alone, Yan Ruoli goes to see the Sixth Prince. Keeping her composure with clenched fists, she bares her heart to this seemingly refined and noble man, begging him to give her a way to live.

The Sixth Prince calmly turns a page in his book. "The Crown Prince just recommended a Yan family daughter to Father for her virtue, and the Yan family immediately opened the ancestral hall to register you under your stepmother's name. How will you prove your innocence?"

A villain in the struggle for the throne, a traitor and rebel: his mind is beyond that of ordinary people.

So she puts herself in his shoes and shares his enmity, winning his pity until she uses that sweet, harmless-looking face to do everything in her power to take down the Eastern Palace. She has no way back anyway, so she can only walk this dark road with the traitor to the very end!

But one day, she happens upon the Sixth Prince suffering from a vicious illness he cannot reveal to outsiders. As she puzzles over it, she realizes that he is not the only one struggling to survive in the cracks. Since childhood, he has been carrying out a scheme that puts him in mortal danger in order to rise again.

It turns out the villain in everyone else's eyes is only a whetstone.

But a whetstone can sharpen a blade, or destroy it.

Up next: After Flirting with My Mortal Enemy

Beautiful, strong, and tragic, a mad undercover agent vs. a tigress who talks as she fights. Both are devoted and equally strong.

Content warning: There are sweet moments, but also a groveling arc.

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Gu Haitang is born into a distinguished family, but unfortunately has a scumbag father and a promiscuous older sister. She has no choice but to leave home as a child and guard the border with her uncle.

The first time she meets the scheming, ruthless heir of an enemy state, Gu Haitang wants to kill him to nip future trouble in the bud. Instead, the madman offers her a blade. "Here, take it. Forged from black iron, it's perfect for skinning and dismembering."

Later, when he corners her against a wall, he tugs at his collar, flushed with heat. "Your sister set a trap for me. How about you pay her debt?"

Gu Haitang: "Get lost!"

Later still, when she is ambushed, he wraps an arm around her waist and shields her. When her scumbag father lashes her with a whip, he stands before her like a god. He even tempts her to accept the jade pendant he gives her. "Sell this pendant, and it'll cover half a month's provisions for the entire Tang army."

He advances his plans step by step, using himself as bait to lure her into a trap. The day she discovers the truth, snow falls in a vast, endless expanse. Gu Haitang shoots an arrow through his chest, but the piercing pain feels as if the arrow had gone through her own heart.

From the very beginning, this was a deception Zeyan had tailored for her, all to get the troop deployment map from her.

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When Huo Ning first meets the renowned Gu Haitang, he has poison on his fingertips, ready in case she cannot withstand torture and reveals the troop deployment map to the enemy.

He knows Gu Haitang wants to kill him, yet deliberately lures her into his trap. But when he is in danger and Gu Haitang comes to save him, the hem of her robe brushes his lips. The resulting itch burrows into his bones, leaving him unable to stop, willing to drink poison to quench his thirst.

Coming soon: The Number One Scholar's Groveling Arc

Hu Shanlan is beautiful and alluring, pursued by countless men. Sadly, she comes from a merchant family and eventually ends up in the bedchamber of Zheng Wei, a concubine-born son of the Minister's household, as his bedchamber maid.

But Zheng Wei is handsome as an immortal, well-read, and gentle with her. When his legitimate older brother tries to assault her, Zheng Wei protects her with all his might, even though he is beaten until his head bleeds.

Hu Shanlan thinks, He's the one. What woman wouldn't want a man like him for life?

At long last, Zheng Wei passes the imperial examinations and places third. A matchmaker comes to call, and Hu Shanlan overhears her ask about his bedchamber maid. He replies coolly, "She's just a plaything. There's no need to take her seriously."

On the eve of his departure to take up an official post elsewhere, a friend throws him a farewell banquet. Hu Shanlan hears his friend praise his cleverness and bring up how his stepmother once tried to make him lose his head over a woman. Instead, he used that woman to entrap his older brother, ruin his reputation, and get back at his stepmother...

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Zheng Wei never thought Hu Shanlan would leave him, because he knows how much she loves him. So when she suddenly disappears, he remains perfectly calm, certain she will be back in a few days.

Then he sees Hu Shanlan at a newly opened silk shop in town, smiling and chatting. Her sultry eyes sweep over him, cold and indifferent, as if she doesn't know him. A sudden panic rises in his heart.

But even after he breaks off his engagement and willingly submits at her feet, even after he is gravely injured saving her, she only smiles faintly. "I was just saying it. How could you believe me, sir?"

Note: Devoted 1v1, happy ending.

Theme: True love is the one thing that must never be abandoned!