A Match Made in Heaven for the Emperor and Empress

[Painted brows, a cold moon over a snowy mountain] [Please add my new story to your collection]

At seventeen, Jiang Lingjun married her first husband. Two years later, he died in battle.

The city fell, and the ruler was enraged. To protect herself, she returned to her family and remarried.

On the day she left, her younger brother-in-law, Xiao Ti, asked her, "Sister-in-law, do you really have to go?"

Jiang Lingjun looked away. "I'm an ordinary person. I can't share in the Xiao family's hardships... Second Brother, please don't hate me."

That same year, the Xiao family was condemned, and Xiao Ti fled with his family.

After making inquiries, Jiang Lingjun learned that Xiao Ti had gone to Bashu. Before long, Bashu rose in rebellion.

In the fifth year of her second marriage, Xiao's army breached the city. She was bound and taken into their camp.

When they met again, Xiao Ti watched her without a word and did not untie her. Jiang Lingjun's heart sank. "You really do hate me."

Xiao Ti's eyes were deep. "I fear my love for you isn't sincere or considerate enough. How could I possibly hate you?"

...She thought he had gone mad.

Later histories recorded: The emperor and empress were at odds. To win the empress's favor, the emperor built the Hundred Flowers Palace, where he awaited her compliance.

Please add my upcoming story, A First-Tier Actress with Dignity, to your collection. Here's the blurb:

Zhou Yao is a well-known pretty face in the entertainment industry. She's been acting for ten years and has made countless terrible movies.

But she's beautiful!

Beauty is justice!

And she's famous!

She made a guest appearance in a movie, which became a box-office hit. Her memorable on-screen couple image turned Zhou Yao's reputation around.

At a movie promotion, the host asks the leads to reenact the film's climactic confession scene.

The male lead lifts the microphone and, as shy as a fawn, recites his line: "Sis, the wish on this card is for my coming-of-age birthday. It's really important. If you don't grant it, I'll... scribble it out and write another one."

Zhou Yao is supposed to read the confession on the card. She mimes opening it and says, "Let's go to Qingdao and drink beer together?"

Her deliberately exaggerated Shandong accent makes the audience burst out laughing.

The host laughs until she's in tears. "That wasn't the scene in the movie, was it? Our heroine is definitely a comedian. What does the male lead think?"

He Yuxuan smiles and nods, his eyes lingering on the female lead as she tries to maintain her dignity.

#After struggling to make it, don't you dare get in the way of my fame#

#Wise people stay out of love, and the unattached reign supreme across China#

After the laughter dies down, Zhou Yao explains, "Our male lead is only a sophomore. As his senior, I have to protect him and avoid starting any rumors."

He Yuxuan thinks, "Yeah, right."

Theme: A China governed by rites and laws, and the inheritance of traditional legal culture