Spring in Brocade Hall

Main story complete. The next book, "Sleeves Conceal the Light of Heaven," is now underway. The heroine is the granddaughter of Shengping.

[Blurb]

Tang Yu had spent over ten years in the palace, always careful and patient, just hoping to stay until her term was up, leave the palace, and return peacefully to Pingnan with the savings she had set aside over the years, so she could care for her grandmother.

But just as she was about to leave, someone set her up.

The Jingping Marquis's fief was prosperous but remote. The royal family wanted to use their daughter to win people's loyalty, while the empress feared her daughter would be mistreated by Chen Shu. After much searching, they chose Tang Yu, known for her discretion, to go to the post station for a trial marriage.

His voice was warm as jade, but his fingertips were cold.

The next day, Tang Yu returned to the palace exhausted, and finally received permission to leave the capital.

The road by carriage was long. Before she reached Pingnan, she heard that the court had undergone a great upheaval and the ruler of the realm had changed overnight.

The Jingping Marquis had joined the new emperor's rebellion and risen to the highest rank. The new emperor bestowed Pingnan on him as his fief.

For a while, Tang Yu could hardly enjoy a meal.

Chen Shu had always remembered how, when his family was persecuted by the royal family in his childhood, Nanny Zhou had protected him as they fled to Pingnan.

He was shivering from the cold and hunger. The person who saved his life then was named Tang Yu. Curled up in her arms, he smelled the fragrance of begonias on her and, half-asleep, glimpsed a faint begonia-shaped mark by her neck...

By the time he went looking for her again, the Tang family had already moved away.

Years later, Chen Shu came of age and was summoned to the capital to marry a princess. At the post station, he caught the faint scent of begonias on her and saw the begonia mark by her neck again. His eyes lowered slightly. "Since you have a duty to perform, I won't make things difficult for you..."

His fingertips were cold, but his heart was warm.

[Before You Start]

1. One-on-one romance, a warm story, and a happy ending.

2. The heroine is two years older than the hero. He's the kind of guy who pouts and wheedles, like a puppy.

3. 80% anti-piracy protection, 72-hour delay.

2021.1.31

Cover by @Riyue Yue Zhao Dajiang. Kisses~

Advance notice: "Sleeves Conceal the Light of Heaven"

Chen Ling was the emperor. In the eyes of his ministers, he was always cool and composed, diligent in handling state affairs, with only one soft and cuddly little crown prince by his side. Only Chen Ling knew that she had always bound her chest and disguised herself as a man to sit on that perilous dragon throne.

Three years after Chen Ling ascended the throne, King Tan rebelled during her southern tour. She and the crown prince were trapped amid the rebel forces, and Shen Ci risked his life to save them, caring nothing for his own safety. Then an awkward thing happened: when the little crown prince stood beside General Shen, they looked strikingly alike. How could that be?

Shen Ci had always kept a secret no one else knew.

At first, the late emperor had just found his Fourth Prince, Chen Ling, who had been living outside the palace, and ordered Shen Ci, who was sent to bring Chen Ling back to the capital, to be his study companion. Shen Ci was a little worried. The Fourth Prince was soft-spoken and far too delicate. When a stone hit his foot, he'd sneak off to cry; when he couldn't walk any farther, his eyes would turn red and he'd ask Shen Ci to carry him. Among the princes, Chen Ling was always bullied...

So Shen Ci was fiercely protective of him, and Chen Ling grew close to Shen Ci.

Later, the court's political situation became increasingly tangled. The crown prince died, and Chen Ling was pushed into the position of heir amid a storm of political intrigue. Later, many study companions arrived at the Eastern Palace, but Chen Ling remained closest to Shen Ci...

One year during the autumn hunt, someone tampered with Chen Ling's wine, and Shen Ci mistakenly drank it.

What happened afterward felt like a chaotic dream. In a daze, he heard her crying and calling him Brother Shen Ci. He thought the dream was absurd, but it felt so real and fulfilling that he couldn't stop...

When the wine wore off, he saw the late emperor's consort trembling on her knees in the room and knew he had committed a grave taboo.

Chen Ling's face darkened. "For the sake of your family's loyalty, I won't let this matter cause any further complications. But from this day on, get out of the Eastern Palace..."

Shen Ci looked at Chen Ling and didn't try to explain. He left for the frontier.

During the four years Shen Ci was away from the capital, he first heard that Chen Ling had fallen seriously ill and gone to a palace retreat to recuperate. Later, Chen Ling ascended the throne, purged her political enemies from the court step by step, consolidated her power, and became a diligent and capable ruler in the eyes of her ministers. She was no longer the Chen Ling Shen Ci remembered, the one who would cry if a branch scratched her hand...

Shen Ci never expected to encounter Chen Ling and the crown prince trapped in battle while visiting his aunt.

On the way back to the capital escorting the emperor and crown prince, Shen Ci tossed and turned. The crown prince was exactly three years old, and that autumn hunt had been... Shen Ci knelt before the emperor. "This general dares to ask Your Majesty to give my son back to me."

Chen Ling, suppressing her menstrual cramps, snapped irritably, "Get out!"

Advance notice: "Marrying the Deposed Crown Prince to Bring Him Good Fortune"

[Blurb]

Wen Yin was the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yongan's household. With her cloudlike hair, slender waist, and clear, sparkling eyes, she was breathtakingly beautiful. The young noblemen of the capital had long fantasized about her.

Then, overnight, the capital was thrown into chaos. The emperor was stripped of power, the crown prince was deposed, and the Marquis of Yongan's household, which had taken no part in the Eastern Palace's plotting, was implicated. They were forced to marry their only daughter, Wen Yin, to the deposed crown prince, who was dying in bed, to bring him good fortune.

It was called a marriage to bring good fortune, but in truth, everyone in the capital was waiting to see how the deposed crown prince would torment Wen Yin, a beauty beyond compare. They were also looking forward to having their way with her after he died.

But the court waited in vain. Li Yu took up his sword again and ascended the imperial throne.

If there is only one person in the world who is good to you, then even if you have to grit your teeth and swallow your blood, you must protect her and keep her safe.

Li Yu did it.

On their wedding day, Wen Yin looked at Li Yu on his sickbed and used the warm, damp towel in her hand to gently wipe his face clean.

Not bad. Clean-cut and refined. [A few days later: the hell he was~]

Little scene:

Li Yu always remembered that when he thought his life had sunk into filth and darkness, someone had once picked a flower for him and told him that flowers were a gift for a young man.

A young man ought to ride out in fine clothes.

Reborn into a new life, when Li Yu opened his eyes again and saw Wen Yin wiping his face, he wanted to be the young man in fine clothes who rode out for her...

Theme: Love and warmth, walking forward together. When the country thrives, prosperity follows.