My Handsome Husband Is a Black-Hearted Lotus

My series: The Princess Makes Her Move and The Grand Tutor Regrets It. Please add them to your reading lists!!!

Blurb for The Princess Makes Her Move:

Princess Lu Youning of Xinning was notorious for her arrogance and domineering ways. Deeply favored by the emperor, she always did as she pleased and looked down on everyone. Her reputation was terrible, and all sorts of vile rumors about her never ceased...

To outsiders, she was a shameless, promiscuous woman, yet men still flocked to her, pursuing her eagerly.

But there was one man who stayed by her side every day, almost never leaving her, and always treated her with the utmost respect, never once overstepping his bounds.

Lu Youning had always thought the taciturn man by her side was a monk with no worldly desires. Only later did she realize how laughable that idea was.

Shen Chi had never even shown her his true face.

*

When Shen Chi returned, he had not only changed his identity, but his name as well.

Only then did Lu Youning understand that in three years, she had never truly known Shen Chi.

Lu Youning gazed at the man standing within arm's reach. His eyes held a turbulent emotion she couldn't understand, yet it was enough to make her go weak all over, without the slightest strength to resist.

"What... are you going to do? I'm already married."

Shen Chi suddenly smiled. "Do you think I care, Princess?"

*

Lu Youning lay on the bed, watching Shen Chi get dressed, lost in thought.

Shen Chi turned and brushed his lips against hers.

"What do you want, exactly? Do you think there's any point in carrying on like this?"

Shen Chi reached out and wiped away Lu Youning's tears. "Who in the capital doesn't envy the princess? A loving couple, treating each other with respect, a match made in heaven! I'll always be a man hidden in the shadows. What do you have to complain about?"

Blurb for this novel:

In Xihe City, Ye Miaomiao was, as they say, "famous far and wide."

But not for anything good.

She was notorious for being lazy and doing whatever she pleased, with none of the gentleness or refinement expected of a well-bred young lady. She couldn't play an instrument, play chess, write, or paint, and knew nothing about poetry or songs. But when it came to romantic stories, erotic songs, and handsome men of every kind, she could name them all.

As if refusing to improve herself weren't enough, she couldn't embroider or sew either.

By the time Ye Miaomiao turned eighteen, the whole city was gossiping, wondering which poor fool would marry her.

But no one expected that the poor fool would be Xie Heng.

Men and women, young and old, were left dumbfounded. Unmarried girls shed tears all over Xihe, filled with regret.

Everyone: If you've been kidnapped, just blink.

Ye Miaomiao was dazzled by Xie Heng's good looks. Not only did she lose her family fortune, she also received a letter of divorce.

Later, he went far away and abandoned her, his "ex-wife," who had no one to rely on.

Ye Miaomiao regretted it deeply. When they first met, he had been a handsome young man with red lips and pearly teeth. How had he turned into such a cold-hearted jerk?

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Seven years ago, Xie Heng first met Ye Miaomiao.

He thought she was a shameless little lovestruck fool, drooling over him.

But Ye Miaomiao was a little devil who knew exactly how to beguile people. She was lazy and useless, yet before you knew her true nature, it was easy to be fooled by her innocent, harmless smile. When she wanted to win someone over, she had the sweetest tongue, as if she knew exactly what he was thinking. A few words were enough to soften Xie Heng's heart.

All his resentment and indignation gradually disappeared as he spent time with Ye Miaomiao.

Until news arrived from the capital...

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When Ye Miaomiao acted as if Xie Heng weren't there and chatted animatedly with another man, laughing so hard her face lit up, everyone saw the usually cool Xie Heng's expression grow darker and darker.

Xie Heng: "Are you this close with everyone?"

Ye Miaomiao: "What's it to you? Just take care of the beauties in your own residence."

Xie Heng laughed in fury.

Without him around, she really had become more and more unrestrained.

Reckless, lovestruck fool × tsundere with a secretive, scheming side

Theme: A happy life can only be gained through hard work