The Grand Tutor's Daily Romance Pursuit

(Author's Weibo: @Shen Yunchan)

For the ongoing novel "My Imperial Uncle Delights in Me," see the author's page

Blurb:

[Black-Bellied on the Outside, Sweet and Naive on the Inside x Strong-Hearted Sweet and Naive]

If you find a sweet, naive girl, don't throw her away. Keep her around and see how it goes.

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Ruyi had lived in the imperial retreat for three years. Just after she was given the low-ranking title of Changzai, the old emperor kicked the bucket and went to his eternal rest, leaving her and a harem full of consorts to raise chickens and ducks and eke out a living at the retreat.

She heard that things had fallen into chaos outside. Two emperors had come and gone in three years, yet no one had bothered to send word to the retreat.

After going to great lengths, she finally managed to get close to Grand Tutor Xie. All she wanted was to cling to a powerful patron and improve her living conditions, then ask for a reward and leave the palace when the next general amnesty came around.

Grand Tutor Xie was handsome and granted her every request, the very picture of a benevolent bodhisattva.

The only problem was that this bodhisattva was a little too jealous.

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At long last, Ruyi got her hands on an edict and hoisted her bundle, ready to run.

But Grand Tutor Xie was standing at the door, smiling faintly as he asked, "Aren't you going to see what the paper actually says?"

Ruyi opened it doubtfully and nearly fainted.

Why was it a marriage contract between Grand Tutor Xie and her?!

Ruyi: Somehow, I've become Madam Xie. Sob, QAQ.

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Xie Fengchun was the emperor's teacher, a powerful minister of the court, and held the power of life and death. He was The Outcast, second only to the emperor and above all others.

One day, rumors spread that he was involved with a palace woman, shocking the entire court.

Lord Xie decided to investigate in person and find out what sort of person this palace woman was.

She was spoiled, timid, and held grudges.

Later, someone asked him why all the beautiful concubines sent to him had been returned exactly as they were.

Lord Xie rubbed his aching shoulder and replied with a smile, "My wife cries easily and likes to bite people. I have no choice. There is room in my heart for only one woman, my wife."

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Reader's Note:

A strong, growing, delicate-flower heroine

An imaginary setting, so please don't nitpick the history

Coming soon on my author page [1]: "Second Marriage" >>> Mary Sue-style love-triangle chaos, melodramatic angst, and a battle of men for the heroine, like a cheap street-stall novel

As the wife of the eldest young master of the Wen family, Xie Nonghua had a secret no outsider could ever know:

She had once pledged herself to her husband's younger brother.

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Back when their love was passionate, Wen Shilan was utterly bewitched by Xie Nonghua's sweet words, wishing he could cut open his chest and offer her his true heart.

Before he left, Xie Nonghua had sworn eternal love with him and promised to wait for him to return and ask for her hand.

Wen Shilan never imagined that when he saw Xie Nonghua again, she would already be his newly-wedded sister-in-law.

Coming soon on my author page [2]: "Admiring the Golden Branch" >>> Son of a disgraced minister x the kingdom's eldest princess

Meng Linxue was the son of a disgraced minister. Though immensely talented, his family brought him down and ruined his prospects of a career in government.

Unwilling to let his talents go to waste, he summoned his courage and stopped the eldest princess's carriage.

The radiant and beautiful princess smiled warmly. "I'll help you enter government service. How will you repay me?"

The refined young man stepped forward, trembling, and uttered the most audacious words of his life: "I have feelings for Your Highness. I beg you to take pity on me..."

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The day Li Lingyi returned from playing polo, a young man entered her sight. He was in a wretched state, yet his eyes were clear and bright.

She smiled and mercilessly gave him ten lashes.

When she saw Meng Linxue again, he was covered in blood and at death's door.

Li Lingyi lowered her riding crop and leaned down to ask him, "Do you still stand by what you said that day?"

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Rumor had it that Chancellor Meng was the eldest princess's lover, and that he had offered himself to her to secure a rapid rise through the ranks.

Only Meng Linxue knew that the eldest princess had pulled him out of the mire.

Her name was a presence Meng Linxue treated with the utmost care and never dared speak of, a moon beyond his reach.

The bright moon hung high, orchid lanterns filled the city, yet its clear light fell only upon him.

Theme: Believe in yourself and trust that the future is bright.