Springtime and Bright Scenery

[Crybaby, silly sweetheart × Scheming, calculating, love-struck emperor]

After the late emperor died, the new emperor ascended the throne and took revenge on everyone who had once looked down on him.

Only the Third Princess remained, the one who had once given him a whipping.

Everyone waited to see her suffer. But after all that waiting, all they saw was the new emperor pampering her to the heavens.

Someone deliberately tried to stir things up, bringing up the new emperor and empress's past.

The new emperor gave a cold laugh. "What do you know? She hit me because she has feelings for me. Otherwise, tell me, has she ever whipped anyone else?"

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Lin Chun entered the palace while her mother was pregnant with her. Her mother was favored, and auspicious signs appeared in the sky when Lin Chun was born. Though she was not her mother's biological child, she was still deeply loved.

Then something happened to her mother, and Lin Chun fell from grace.

When she fell into Xie Mingzheng's hands, Lin Chun cried until her eyes were red, but still tried asking him, "Could you let me go?"

To her surprise, Xie Mingzheng agreed. "I can. But there's one condition. I've come down with an illness. If you help me cure it, I'll let you go."

Lin Chun didn't want to die, so she agreed at once.

She never imagined, though, that this was how she would have to treat his illness...

-

Everyone said Lin Chun had once offended Xie Mingzheng, and that falling into his hands could only end badly for her.

Only Xie Mingzheng knew the truth. Back then, she had sat there barefoot, eating grapes and ordering someone to whip him. He should have hated her. But her jade-white feet swayed before his eyes, the bells on her ankles chimed clear and bright, and her sly laughter rang in his ears. From then on, desire entangled him, and he could no longer sleep peacefully.

With red eyes, Lin Chun scolded him. "What kind of illness is this? This is clearly... lecherous... shameless..."

Xie Mingzheng listened to her scold him and laughed deeply. "Yes, exactly the same."

As in his dreams.

She had visited his dreams night after night, stirring his heart.

He had only one illness: longing for what he could not have.

The only cure was to have it.

○ Everyone knows the male and female leads are not related by blood

○ One-on-one, both virgins, sweet romance

I revised the blurb before, and I'm sorry. I couldn't find inspiration for the earlier premise. If it's not for you, feel free to skip it.

Upcoming novel

"After I Used Him and Left, I Ran Away with His Baby"

After the late emperor died, the crown prince took the throne.

The new emperor had loved Ruan Yu since childhood. But the Ruan family had humble origins, and the new emperor had no power, so he couldn't make Ruan Yu his empress. The Ruan family urged Ruan Yu to get pregnant with the new emperor's child so she could become empress.

But the new emperor had been weak since birth and simply couldn't give Ruan Yu what she wanted.

So her family decided to find a man for her.

Ruan Yu truly didn't want to do this, but she couldn't resist her family's arrangements. She could only compromise and say she would find a man herself to help her get pregnant.

After searching high and low, she settled on her neighbor.

Once she was pregnant, Ruan Yu had accomplished her mission. She left without a word and returned to the capital, preparing to marry the new emperor.

A month before the wedding, the regent returned. The new emperor took Ruan Yu to pay a visit to the regent.

The tall, imposing man gave her a knowing smile, his gaze dangerous.

Ruan Yu's scalp went numb. She never imagined her neighbor... was the regent himself.

She instinctively shielded her belly, while the new emperor continued, "Imperial Uncle, Ah Yu is already carrying my child. I want to make her my empress."

The man's amused gaze fell on Ruan Yu again. She wanted to cry.

-

The regent, Pei Shijin, had always been aloof and chaste. Everyone in the capital said he was like a flower on a snowy mountain. But no one knew that someone had once plucked him, then heartlessly trampled him underfoot.

Pei Shijin had gone to Jiangnan to recuperate from an illness for half a year. There, he fell in love with a delicate young woman. Just as Pei Shijin was full of joy and ready to marry her, she suddenly disappeared without a trace.

He searched everywhere for her to no avail. Then he received a letter from the new emperor, who said he would be married in September, and had no choice but to set out for the capital.

At the palace banquet, the new emperor introduced his beloved to Pei Shijin.

The delicate young woman greeted him sweetly: "Greetings, Imperial Uncle."

She was the little liar who had used him and left.

-

When Ruan Yu returned to her room, Pei Shijin was already waiting.

"What? You want to be empress? I can grant your wish too."

Ruan Yu didn't answer, only sobbed softly.

Theme: Keep your feet on the ground to build a better future together.