The Poor Scholar's Secret Mistress

Jiang Ranyan is a little concubine-born girl whose mother is dead and whose father despises her.

As kind as she is, even when she doesn't have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, she still rescues a destitute scholar from the snow.

The following spring, the poor scholar claims he has passed the provincial exam and become a junior Hanlin academician.

He personally brings Jiang Ranyan to the capital and keeps her hidden away in a remote little courtyard. But their birth charts aren't compatible, they haven't had a wedding, she hasn't met his parents, and they haven't even shared a bridal chamber...

After a while, the foolish girl who trusted him begins to grow suspicious. She decides he's keeping her as a secret mistress, someone he can't acknowledge or include in his household.

In a fit of anger, she leaves the courtyard and opens a little snack shop, determined to support herself.

No matter how much he begs, she refuses to turn back...

Another year passes. The crown prince is formally invested, and on the same day his crown princess is appointed.

A procession emerges from the palace, adorned with red decorations, accompanied by drums and music, and sweeping grandly through the streets...

It stops right in front of Jiang Ranyan's snack shop.

"Ranyan, things weren't settled back then, and I was afraid I'd put you in danger. Now I'll offer this phoenix crown and wedding robes as my betrothal gift. Will you marry me?"

[Little scenes with the two-faced dog of a crown prince]

※ Back at the little courtyard ※

The little concubine-born girl nervously offers herself to him, but he wraps her in a brocade quilt and walks out, leaving her alone in the cold...

Poor scholar/Junior Hanlin academician: I think it would be best if we slept in separate rooms!

Little concubine-born girl: Sob, he treats me like a secret mistress, and he doesn't even want me? I really am the only one in love!

※ Inside the crown prince's chambers ※

The crown princess is dressed from head to toe and refuses to let him come near.

Crown princess: There are so many rooms in the palace. I think we should just keep sleeping apart.

Dog of a crown prince: Darling, please listen to me! Back then, you weren't of age yet, and we weren't married...

Crown princess: I don't want to hear it! The door's that way!

[Reading guide]

1. A kind, innocent little bunny of a heroine × a scheming, two-faced Big Bad Wolf of a crown prince

2. 1v1, sweet romance, doting romance

3. Set in an imaginary world, so don't worry about historical accuracy

Completed novels

Beauty in the Play

A few stories about a lovesick emperor teasing me: when no one is around, he bullies me in every way; when others are present, he protects me at every turn. This ruler-subject pair is so sweet.

Pampered Apricot

The real daughter nobody likes unknowingly wins the crown prince's support. Sweet romance, doting, and face-slapping.

Beauty of the Taoist Temple:

A wooden beauty devoted to cultivation is flirted with in her previous life, then claimed in her next. Rebirth. The chase to win back his wife.

Theme: Kind and strong girls are bound to have good luck!