The Grand Princess

A shameless, meat-loving regent versus a princess who lies through her teeth while pretending to be devoted

The down-and-out princess Shen Zhaoyu has a face that could bring a kingdom to ruin, but all she wants is to be a good wife and mother. Then, when she's seventeen, her country falls and her family is destroyed. Her prince consort ignores their past affection and kills her with a cup of poisoned wine.

Given another life,

she doesn't want to repeat the same mistakes. She just wants to live as she pleases.

In Zhaoyu's eyes, Regent Lu Yanzhi commands a powerful army and holds immense authority. He's also handsome and eight feet tall, just her type.

Lu Yanzhi has a sharp eye and plenty of demands. After more than twenty years of keeping his heart pure, Zhaoyu is the only woman to catch his eye, and he can't help wanting her a little. So they hit it off and become a pair.

At first, Zhaoyu and Lu Yanzhi are simply using each other:

He likes that she's sensible and doesn't cling to him. She's no trouble.

She wants him for his power and influence. He's useful.

When he discovers that Zhaoyu is pregnant, Lu Yanzhi thinks that if she behaves herself, marrying her wouldn't be out of the question. She just needs a little more taming.

But before Lu Yanzhi can propose, word suddenly spreads from the princess's residence: Zhaoyu has chosen her prince consort.

Lu Yanzhi lowers his head and smiles. Fine. Since she's so taken with him and can't wait another moment, he'll give her what she wants.

It turns out the prince consort isn't him.

Lu Yanzhi: ?

That day, he heads to the princess's residence, his face dark with anger, only to learn that the princess has gone out for a pleasure trip with her prospective husband.

Lu Yanzhi: ...

Content warnings:

Both leads are virgins. One-on-one romance.

Completely fictional setting, with plenty of original worldbuilding.

60% anti-piracy lock, 72-hour delay.

The parallel-universe stuff is all made up. Read it or skip it as you like.

Synopsis captured on January 7, 2021.

My friend's completed novel, The Wicked Cousin Lost Her Memory, by He An Deng

The divorce didn't go through, and running away while pregnant failed. How is she supposed to live like this?

Completed novel: Willow's Slender Waist

So annoying. The brawny man next door is always peeking at her waist over the wall.

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Junior Sister and Senior Brother Zhong Zhesi are a perfect match, in love for decades. But on their wedding night, she learns that she's merely a substitute for the woman he loves. He destroys her soul and takes over her body, all to bring his beloved back to life.

The Holy Maiden of the Demon Realm takes the young demon prince Wu Lan as her disciple, teaching him with care and giving everything she has, all so that one day he can become a Demon Venerable whom no one can defeat. Later, he does become the Demon Venerable, but kills her with his own hands for the woman he loves.

And they all share the same title: cannon fodder female characters!

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The goddess Long Qianqian is the only person in the cultivation world to ascend.

Rumor has it that she and the Immortal Venerable Si Hengzhi are a devoted couple, inseparable as glue.

But after decades as immortal companions, Si Hengzhi's cultivation falls from the late stage of Mahayana to the middle stage of Tribulation Transcendence, while Long Qianqian rises from the late stage of Tribulation Transcendence to the late stage of Mahayana. In the end, she severs all ties of love, abandons Si Hengzhi, and ascends in a single leap. The news shakes the entire cultivation world, and everyone laments that women are truly the most ruthless.

But nobody knows that Long Qianqian never successfully ascended. In fact, she nearly lost her soul entirely. It was all the doing of that vile, beastly Si Hengzhi!

The System takes a liking to Long Qianqian's heartless, bad-girl potential and agrees to help her restore her cultivation and get revenge on Si Hengzhi. It has one condition: she must take the place of those cannon fodder female characters, win the hearts of scumbag men, torment them physically, and then leave them in the most heartbreaking way possible once they've fallen completely in love with her.

Long Qianqian: No problem. Easy.

Long Qianqian brazenly uses secret identities.

But she never imagined that one day her secret identities would be exposed!

The men she'd romanced, along with her ex-husband, all come looking for her.

P.S. The heroine stays in the same cultivation world the whole time. She'll use different secret identities to pursue the scumbag men. Later on, there's a major reveal and a dramatic reckoning.

Theme: Follow your heart. Dare to love and fight for what you want.