Flirtatious

[I'm so sorry. I really want to write about this subject, and I have the whole outline planned, but I never seem to capture the feeling I'm going for. I've stopped and revised it several times, so updates for this book will be a bit slow. Sorry!] Qiao Ling has a slender waist and bewitching eyes. She is Yang City's most beautiful courtesan. One day, she is chosen to attend the emperor, inspiring the envy of countless people. But that peerless nobleman always reminds her afterward: Remember, you're just a plaything. And she always replies with a gentle smile in her shining eyes: This servant knows. When the kingdom falls, he grips her by the throat, looking nearly mad as he says, "Qiao Qiao, I can't bear to lose you. I'll make you my empress. Come with me." But she pries his fingers off her throat one by one and smiles seductively. "Your Majesty must be joking. I'm only a plaything." Li Zhong still remembers the day he knelt at the foot of the mountain with his fellow villagers, who had lost their land, and begged for justice. Qiao Ling, the most beautiful woman in Yang City, came gracefully toward them. She casually took off her hairpins and jewelry and tossed them in front of him. "Don't throw away your future by doing something foolish. Take these and go home with your people." With that, she helped the great salt merchant, who had come to see what was happening, and left with him, her voice coquettish and teasing. "Would Qiao Qiao be any less beautiful without those jewels?" Only later did Li Zhong learn that the beauty was also a gift presented to the emperor. Later still, he took the throne, and at last he could hold her in his arms. She said, "I understand. I'm just a plaything." He froze, then hurriedly pulled her close, heart aching. "Nonsense. You're the only woman I love, the only empress in this whole realm." Only then did he see again the faintly solemn expression on her face from the first time they'd met, when she had taken off her jewelry. [Brash peasant emperor x transmigrated scheming black-lotus woman, survival comes first] [Important content warning!] The female lead is not a virgin, and neither is the male lead. The female lead is not a virgin, and neither is the male lead. The female lead is not a virgin, and neither is the male lead. It's important, so I'm saying it three times! [November 11, 2020] Theme: Learn to love yourself before loving others.