Coveting the Bright Moon

Ye Luanying was invisible at Tianxin Pavilion. Her aptitude was mediocre, and she was quiet and reserved. From the pavilion master down to the outer disciples, no one paid her any attention.

Only her junior fellow disciple Feng Ying seemed different. He followed her around all day, cheerfully persisting despite never getting a response.

During a sect expedition, a group of disciples strayed into the Tian Guang Ruins and broke a century-old seal.

It was said that the demon fiend who had thrown the Divine Wasteland into turmoil a hundred years ago was sealed beneath the Luofu Sea in the Tian Guang Ruins.

The seal broke, and the demon fiend emerged.

The Divine Wasteland was about to be devastated.

.

The day the demon fiend army reached Tianxin Pavilion, everyone inside panicked and fled in all directions.

Only Ye Luanying remained strangely calm. As the pavilion master and elders fought off the invaders, she gripped her sword and pointed its tip at Feng Ying, who had been following her all along.

Then, amid everyone’s cries of alarm, she raised her hand and brought the blade down. A wash of red appeared before Feng Ying.

Her fellow disciples accused her of losing her mind, but Ye Luanying’s gaze remained calm.

“Ye Yaoze, I know it’s you.”

Everyone’s faces changed.

Ye Yaoze was the human name the demon fiend had given himself a hundred years ago.

Just as everyone thought Ye Luanying was talking nonsense, Feng Ying, the cheerful and beloved junior disciple, chuckled softly, his eyes full of delight.

“A hundred years, and you’re still as clever as ever.”

His voice had lost its usual liveliness and turned low and sinister.

That day, the demon fiend spared Tianxin Pavilion, leaving only these words:

“Senior Sister, meet me at the Luofu Sea in three days.”

.

A hundred years ago, the head of the Qiongyu Sect sacrificed himself to seal the demon fiend beneath the Luofu Sea.

A hundred years later, the Qiongyu Sect was gone from the Divine Wasteland, but Ye Luanying remained.

Ye Yaoze gave her three days. Three days later, Ye Luanying would enter the Luofu Sea, and the demon fiend army would retreat to the Tian Guang Ruins.

Everyone believed Ye Yaoze must hate Ye Luanying, who had imprisoned him beneath the Luofu Sea all those years ago.

He must have brought her to the Tian Guang Ruins to humiliate and torment her.

Only Ye Yaoze knew that, deep beneath the Luofu Sea, as he held her in his arms, he was so excited his hands trembled.

“Senior Sister, I told you that one day you would belong to me...”

What did it matter if he had been imprisoned for a hundred years?

Reading Guide:

A deranged, obsessive demon fiend × a cool, beautiful woman

I personally think this is a sweet story. This time I absolutely won’t write anything angsty (I’ll try).

-

Please check out my new story next door~

"Near the Lonely Boat"

In the third year of Qian’an, Yu Wanliu, the illegitimate daughter of the Minister of Justice, entered the palace. She was appointed a Lady of Dignity and given the title Yin.

At the time, everyone in the harem thought she was just a counterfeit. The real thing was still around, so how much favor could she possibly receive?

But in just one year, Yu Wanliu rose through the ranks, from Lady of Dignity all the way to Lady Zhaoyi, the highest of the Nine Concubines.

The entire harem watched her closely.

Everyone knew she had become the emperor’s favorite because her face was seven parts similar to that of Princess Consort Chu. Though the other consorts mocked her to her face as “just a counterfeit,” behind her back they were so jealous their eyes turned red.

The following year, on the first day of the new year, the wives of high-ranking officials entered the palace for a banquet. Princess Consort Chu slipped and fell into the water. When the news reached Linde Hall, the emperor’s expression changed dramatically. He abandoned his officials and hurried to Taiye Pool.

That night, Princess Consort Chu stayed at Zichen Hall. The emperor watched over her all night and never went to Lady Zhaoyi Yin’s palace as planned.

That night, the gates of Lady Zhaoyi Yin’s palace stayed shut, and she refused to see anyone.

Everyone in the palace thought she was heartbroken and waited for her to fall out of favor.

But at dawn the next day, Yu Wanliu, normally so arrogant and overbearing, appeared in plain clothes and knelt outside Zichen Hall to plead with the emperor, requesting permission to nurse her elder half-sister.

Half a month later, Princess Consort Chu recovered and left the palace, while Lady Zhaoyi Yin was promoted to Consort.

When the news spread, who knew how many porcelain vessels were smashed and how many fingernails were bitten off throughout the harem.

-

Yu Wanliu had once saved someone. At the time, she didn’t know who he was. Only after entering the palace, when she heard that the emperor had once been in danger many years ago, did she understand why he was so devoted to her married elder half-sister.

Reading Guide:

An arrogant, cold-hearted heroine × a sharp-eyed? no, oblivious hero who mistakes his savior

The hero is a jerk early on and treats the heroine purely as a substitute. He only discovers later that he mistook the person who saved his life, but by then it won’t matter. The heroine will probably never love him in her entire life, and will let him suffer as he tries to make amends.

Heroine: With no man in my heart, I wield my sword like a god (not really).

Theme: Love and freedom are both important