It's All the Princess's Fault

The first 130,000 words have been revised, so you can read them now! I'll revise the rest as soon as I can. Sorry for keeping everyone waiting so long.

[Female lead's growth, fictional setting, unconventional crematorium trope] 1v1 + both leads are each other's first and only partners +

Everyone in the Great Song Dynasty knows that Third Princess Song Yunshao lives in the imperial city. She's domineering, spoiled, and unreasonable.

And as it happens, she's dearly loved by the emperor, who gives her whatever she wants. There's nothing she can't get.

She wants the most fashionable spices from Persia, so the emperor orders a border general to send them to her at once, using a relay of horses.

She wants longans from Qiongtai, so a prince who's in the middle of fighting the enemy has the freshest ones picked, packed in ice, and delivered straight to her bedside.

This time, she's set her sights on the new top-ranked scholar, Yan Shi'an.

Everyone sighs silently: That scholar is finished!

But Yan Shi'an is proud and aloof, and would rather die than give in.

Seeing no room left for him at court, the scholar requests a post in a bitterly cold region.

Before he leaves, Yunshao comes to see him off.

Yan Shi'an's face is as cold as ice as he bids her farewell. "I have pledged myself to the country, and can no longer pledge myself to a family."

Dressed in red, Yunshao is as beautiful as a peach blossom. She smiles with breathtaking charm. "The country is Yunshao's home. Since Lord Yan willingly pledges himself to the country, doesn't that mean he has pledged himself to me?"

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Several years later, the Great Song Dynasty is rocked by turmoil, and Yunshao falls from the heights overnight.

Her father and brothers can no longer protect her, the country is in ruins, and she is forced to come forward and marry for the sake of peace.

The road to her wedding is bleak and desolate.

Yan Shi'an, the scholar who has always been cold-hearted and cold-faced, appears out of nowhere and cuts down the wedding envoy.

He lifts the curtain of her sedan chair and bends down. "Your Highness, I'm here to take you home."

Yunshao presses her lips together and smiles faintly, not a ripple in her eyes. "It was you, Lord Yan, who taught me that without a country, there can be no home."

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"Returning to Ancient Times to Open a Restaurant"

Yan Ruxu, a businesswoman worth tens of millions, transmigrates by accident and becomes a lovesick young lady who was driven out by the Grand Tutor.

She's penniless, with only a tearful mother, a brother with an intellectual disability from birth, and a shabby, run-down little restaurant by her side.

Yan Ruxu has no choice but to pick up her abacus and ledgers and start over.

She spent ten years building her business in her previous life and finally made a fortune. Now she has to do it all over again...

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The dilapidated little restaurant is transformed into the top restaurant in Chang'an, then merged and expanded into a one-stop destination for dining and entertainment.

Officials, merchants, and commoners alike flock to it. Before long, Yan Ruxu owns half the businesses in Chang'an.

Her biological father comes to ask her to return to the family estate.

Yan Ruxu: "There's no need for the Grand Tutor to worry. The household is full of people and complications. I'm better off doing business outside."

The young prince who once broke off their engagement comes back to win her over.

Yan Ruxu: "I can marry you, but we have to sign a prenuptial agreement."

The General of Zhenyuan, who once made her lose face, also comes to court her. Everyone looks forward to seeing how she'll deal with him.

But who would have thought the usually refined Lady Yan would personally serve him tea and water, massage his waist, and greet him with a smile? "Honored shareholder, I've prepared your year-end dividends."

"Stealing Spring"

"You're so cute, you must have stolen spring from a lot of people."

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Film queen Xu Bailu takes a liking to Tan Jingming, a sweet young guy who owns a flower shop.

He's much younger than she is, tall, fair-skinned, and handsome, with a sweet, clingy, well-behaved disposition.

Whenever he smiles, Xu Bailu's legs turn to jelly. She finally understands the joy men get from tipping livestreamers.

Whatever he wants, she waves a hand and says, "Buy it, buy it, buy it!"

His flower shop is struggling, so she sends flower baskets to every actor and celebrity she knows, and plenty she doesn't.

He wants to become a model, so she finds someone to get him the best opportunities.

Then he wants to enter film and television, so she humbles herself by going to a third-rate production to help him get ahead.

She agrees to every request the sweet young guy makes, with just one condition: they can't make their relationship public.

As for the reason, what reason could there be? Who keeps a sweet young guy just to marry him?

Six months later, Xu Bailu's career takes a downturn. With no other choice, she agrees to a marriage arranged between wealthy families and painfully dumps Tan Jingming.

On the day they break up, his eyes are red as he asks her, "If you weren't going to marry me, why did you get together with me?"

Xu Bailu's heart aches. She strokes his head and comforts him softly. "Be good, Jingming. Big Sister won't forget you."

The next day, their families meet to discuss the wedding.

His family is very pleased with her, and just as the talks are drawing to a close, Tan Jingming suddenly appears and says to her future husband, "Brother, you can't marry her. She's a bad woman!"

Also known as "The Canary I Kept Turned Out to Be My Future Brother-in-Law"

Younger man, female lead is not a virgin, male lead is a virgin.

Theme: Without a country, where is home? The country comes first, the individual second.