The Lady of the House Reigns Supreme

My next story, The Eastern Palace's Delight, is open for advance follows. The blurb is below~ Blurb: Everyone at court knows that Lord Shen, the prime minister, is afraid of his wife. One day, his colleagues take pity on him and arrange to gather for a feast at the prime minister's residence, determined to put his wife in her place. At the residence's gate, a petite woman leans against the doorway. Her face is as lovely as a flower, and her figure as willowy as a willow branch. "Husband, who are these people?" she asks softly, her eyes brimming with timid tears. Lord Shen's face immediately pales with fear, and his legs start to tremble. He stammers, "M-My lady, they are... people I invited to clean the courtyard for you." So that day, the servants who usually do the heavy work at the Shen residence get a day off. They carry stools out to the veranda, put their feet up, crack sunflower seeds, and watch more than a dozen high-ranking officials clean and sweep for them. When a minister's wife asks Madam Shen how she keeps her husband in line, the sweet and delicate Madam Shen answers modestly in a soft voice, "It's nothing difficult. You just have to stroke him the right way..." A sweet romance between a powerful official who's afraid of his wife and a soft, adorable young lady with ambitions of her own. My next story, The Eastern Palace's Delight, is open for advance follows. Here's the blurb: Xu Linlang accidentally stumbles into an abandoned palace and discovers a shocking secret. Inside is a young man who looks exactly like the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace. The only difference is that the Crown Prince is a noble, carefree, and ambitious future ruler, while the young man before her is pure and innocent, like a clear blue sky or the light of dawn. The Crown Prince, Li Xi, has been troubled lately, unable to understand why Xu Linlang, who used to be at odds with him, now acts so differently whenever she sees him. The compassionate tenderness in her eyes first leaves him baffled, then keeps him tossing and turning, unable to put her out of his mind. Until one day, he sees Xu Linlang in the abandoned palace, smiling brightly, as gentle as a pool of spring water. And beside her sits someone with a face exactly like his. Li Xi: Who is he? And who am I? I... I must be suffering from delusions! Xu Linlang: Good heavens, how can there be two of them? This one isn't the Crown Prince who split into two because of delusions? Th-Then... what am I supposed to do? Reading guide: 1v1, set in a fictional world. Theme: Youth shines through hardship, and life is elevated through striving.