In her previous life, Yun Su, the Prime Minister's legitimate daughter, gave her heart to the wrong man. Her husband, Xiao Yansheng, brought ruin to her family and made her a pawn in his bid for the throne.
Reborn, at a royal banquet, she politely turned down the emperor's arranged marriage and bowed gracefully to Xiao Yanfei, her husband's political enemy. "This humble woman has feelings for Your Highness. I hope Your Highness will grant her wish."
Yun Su only wanted to latch onto a powerful patron and make sure she lived to a ripe old age this time around. She never expected her "powerful patron" to glance at her and say coolly, "My manor is in need of a favored concubine. Would you consider it?"
A favored concubine it is, then! Who's afraid?
But later, Xiao Yanfei took her by the hand and personally placed her on the throne as empress. He sent her enemies tumbling from their lofty heights, while everyone else prostrated themselves at her feet, their eyes fixed enviously on the giant pearls on her embroidered shoes.
So her "powerful patron" really was a powerful patron after all.
Much later, Yun Su discovered that her background was far more complicated than it seemed...
My new novel, My World, You Build It, is available for advance reading. Thank you!
Shu Qianjin only wanted to teach the little PhD student to become a top architect and earn plenty of RMB, while climbing a few rungs up the social ladder. Who could have guessed that fate would have other plans, and that Lin Zexu, known as the "Demon King," would fall in love with her at first sight?
At first, she was his student, carefully reading his moods and figuring out what made him happy or angry every day. Her goal was crystal clear: escape her misery as soon as possible and go out into the wide world to become a successful young woman.
Much later, she woke up one day to realize that Lin Zexu was a "wolf in sheep's clothing."
Lin Zexu lived an unbearably stifling life. His father was unkind, his mother didn't love him, his brother was no friend, and even the earth itself seemed against him. So he poured his heart into his dream, striving to be a genuinely good person. Yet too many people misunderstood him, and he became the detested "teacher" everyone loved to hate.
Then one day, a delicate little Shu Qianjin, as tender as a bean sprout, barged into his life. Sometimes fiery, sometimes docile, she flattered him cautiously, gazed up at him with an ingratiating little smile, then pouted and grumbled behind his back. She was like a rainbow piercing the solitude of Lin Zexu's life.
She said her dream was to become an architect. He thought, "Fine, then. Let's build something. It might be just the thing to bring us together."
Theme: Be self-reliant, persevere, and work hard
