The Thirteenth Prince's Consort in the Qing Dynasty

My new novel, A Qing Dynasty Marriage to a Playboy, is now underway. The next upcoming novel is Princess Roufu, with the blurb at the very bottom.

Blurb:

In her previous life, Zhao Qiyue's parents favored boys over girls. After transmigrating, she found herself in a family with seven daughters and one son, and she was still the neglected, invisible one.

After she was betrothed to the Thirteenth Prince, Yinxiang, as his primary wife, her parents finally noticed her. But that was only because they wanted her to support her younger brother.

Fortunately, he took her away from that quagmire.

In his previous life, the Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang worked himself to the bone and died young.

Reborn in this life, he wants only to stay away from court intrigues and make up for how he wronged her in his previous life.

But she is no longer the person she once was: cool and distant, as remote as the moon in the sky.

Reader's guide:

Cool and reserved vs. warm and sunny

Not faithful to the historical record, and no one is perfect. No secondary wives or concubines. A sweet, healing romance that begins with marriage.

The fictional liberties are many, so please don't scrutinize the history.

Upcoming novel, A Qing Dynasty Marriage to a Playboy. Blurb:

Wu An'an is betrothed to the Fifth Prince, Hongzhou.

Hongzhou is the capital's number-one playboy: spoiled, willful, and a spendthrift. Even from Hangzhou, she has heard all about his outrageous antics.

For example, he once held his own funeral and invited high-ranking officials to pay their respects, collecting a huge amount in condolence gifts.

Whatever his reasons, Wu An'an just wants to lie flat and avoid trouble, and she finds the whole thing quite a headache.

As soon as the betrothal decree comes down, Hongzhou rushes to ask the Yongzheng Emperor for a house, insisting he won't live in the princes' residence: “It's too small. My wife won't have room to move around.”

Yongzheng: “...”

Wu An'an: “I'm not an elephant!”

Before the wedding, Hongzhou says, “You can't tell me what to do!”

After the wedding, Hongzhou says, “Can't you keep me in line?”

Also known as On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Marrying an Unruly Playboy and The Qing Dynasty's Number-One Henpecked Husband

Cute, sharp-tongued girl vs. refined scoundrel of a playboy

Reader's guide:

One couple, with a sweet married life before and after the wedding (and plenty of chaos).

The fictional liberties are many, so please don't nitpick the history.

Upcoming novel, Princess Roufu. Blurb:

Zhao Huan transmigrates into the body of Princess Roufu.

The princess, who was once a royal daughter, is now in the Laundry Yard in Jin territory.

The Laundry Yard is no more than a front to conceal a den of filth, where empresses, princesses, and consorts held hostage are toys for the Jin nobility's amusement.

In addition to the women of the imperial family, the Jin have taken nearly two hundred thousand women from the Northern Song, whose fates are little different.

Zhao Huan: “Damn it!”

She wants to live, but living through endless humiliation is worse than dying.

If she's going to die, she might as well take an enemy with her. With two hundred thousand sisters, each taking down one enemy would mean killing two hundred thousand foes.

Kill the Jin invaders and retake Lin'an.

The scholar-officials say, “Women ruling the country is unnatural. What kind of order is that?”

Zhao Huan replies, “The literati don't understand the grief of a fallen kingdom, and across the river they still sing the Song of the Rear Courtyard.”

Reader's guide:

Many fictional liberties have been taken, so please don't nitpick the history.

Theme: Keep striving to live