The Beloved Little Empress

[Upcoming historical romance, "Winning Over the Imperial Preceptor." Blurb follows this story's blurb. A cold, ascetic imperial preceptor x a sweet, lovable little princess. If you like it, feel free to visit my author page and add it to your favorites!]

Blurb:

When Yan Wenxi was six, her father died, and she returned with her mother to the Yan family in Gusu. There, she became the most beloved girl in the household in the eyes of Old Madam Yan.

That same year, the third uncle brought home an illegitimate son, a cheap cousin who became the target of everyone's bullying in the Yan household.

Yan Wenxi had no idea what an illegitimate son was. All she knew was that she now had a cheap cousin who loved to follow her around. So six-year-old Yan Wenxi stood in front of him and threatened to report his tormentors to Old Madam, scaring away the brothers and sisters who bullied him.

Her cheap cousin was strange, too. He followed her around like a servant and wouldn't let her go here or there.

As it turned out, the temple he forbade her from visiting caught fire that very night. The mountain he told her to avoid was struck by falling rocks, and the pleasure boat he wouldn't let her board capsized.

At sixteen, Yan Wenxi finally realized that her cheap cousin had always been by her side to protect her.

But she realized it too late. Her twenty-year-old cousin suddenly became the crown prince. Just when she thought they would never have anything to do with each other again, an imperial decree of marriage arrived at the Yan family, who had moved to the capital some time earlier.

In his previous life, Jiang Huaiyu never dared to confess his feelings. After regaining his identity, he assumed they would have nothing more to do with each other. Then he heard that sixteen-year-old Yan Wenxi had died after accidentally falling into the water while out on a lake with her family.

The feelings Jiang Huaiyu thought time would wear away only grew stronger after they parted.

After Yan Wenxi died, he went mad searching for the culprit and avenged her with brutal methods.

Yet even after taking revenge, he could not find peace. He never married, letting feelings that could no longer be returned take root and bloom in his heart.

Reborn, he carefully stayed by Yan Wenxi's side, helping her avoid every disaster from his previous life.

He hid the darkness in his eyes and played the cousin who belonged to Yan Wenxi alone.

On the night he was named crown prince, he rejected the young noblewomen his father had selected and knelt outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation all night. At last, he secured the imperial decree of marriage he had begged for.

From then on, he held Yan Wenxi's hand as she went from being a young lady of the Yan family to crown princess, and then from crown princess to empress.

Reader's guide:

1v1, fictional setting, lots of original worldbuilding, so please don't nitpick historical accuracy.

The heroine is a sweet, delicate beauty, not a strong female lead.

The story begins when the heroine is six. There are many children, and the romance only starts after they grow up. If you don't like stories with children, please take note.

The hero is reborn. The story is told from the heroine's perspective. The heroine has not been reborn and knows nothing.

In their previous lives, the hero never married and the heroine never married. They are each other's first love in both lives.

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Upcoming historical romance, "Winning Over the Imperial Preceptor":

A very beautiful imperial preceptor with an icy disposition arrives at the palace. He only discusses the Dao with the emperor and otherwise never even leaves his quarters.

When little princess Wen Shuning hears about him, she sneaks off to take a look.

Afterward, she can't eat or sleep, and can think only of that brief, breathtaking glimpse.

Fortunately, the little princess is a woman of action.

After a few days of pining, she starts visiting the imperial preceptor again and again.

She brings him pastries.

She brings him hairpins.

She brings him sachets.

Whatever the little princess thinks of, she brings him.

But every single gift is returned to her untouched.

The imperial preceptor says that those who cultivate the Dao do not concern themselves with romance.

The little princess leaves, disappointed, and gives up.

But after she leaves, the imperial preceptor feels... as though the whole world has become empty.

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Jiang Hengsheng has been exceptionally gifted since childhood. He has cultivated the Dao under his master's guidance for years, always holding firm to his principles without wavering.

Then one day he becomes an imperial preceptor, and a lively little beauty appears at his side.

He finds it impossible to ignore her.

Time and again, he recites the Heart-Cleansing Mantra, trying not to think of that sweet, charming figure.

Yet he meets her in his dreams again and again.

At first, Jiang Hengsheng rejects her with a cold expression.

Later, he gradually begins to waver.

Then, one day in a dream, Jiang Hengsheng instinctively pulls her into his arms.

He understands then that he has probably fallen for her.

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The princess's residence.

Wen Shuning leans lazily against Jiang Hengsheng's chest, rubs her slightly rounded belly, and gently tugs his hair. "Where are my pastries, hairpins, and sachets?"

Jiang Hengsheng kisses the top of her head and coaxes her, "I'll make them for you myself, two of each."

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