After My Childhood Betrothed Rose to the Highest Ranks

[Coming soon: The Spy Has a Empress's Destiny, launching July 25. Add it to your collection!]

When Shen Yue's father came home from a trip, he brought an orphan with him.

The orphan, Xie Han, was not only handsome and refined, but also steady and reserved, learned and talented. Shen Yue had loved trailing after her big brother since she was little.

Shen Yuanwai grew more and more pleased with him, and at a family banquet, he made a point of betrothing the two of them.

Shen Yue gazed at the young man with a shy smile. He suddenly stood up and politely declined. "I am not worthy of such an honor."

Years later, Xie Han went to the capital to take the imperial examinations and came top of the list.

As the entire Shen family waited for him to return in glory, the top scholar arrived with an imperial decree that sent them all to prison.

Everyone said that when the Xie family was wronged, the Shen family had been the greatest beneficiary.

It wasn't until Shen Yue was sold into a brothel that she finally understood: Xie Han had always hated everyone in this household!

On her first night receiving clients, she looked at the man who had come to buy her freedom and smiled sweetly. "Sorry, I've changed my mind. I don't want to be sold after all!"

Xie Han furrowed his brow. "Shen Yue, have you had enough yet?"

After about a year of this, the Shen family's name was cleared. The inscrutable top scholar from years ago had become His Highness the Prince of Chen, the most exalted member of the Northern Yan royal family.

He returned to the Shen residence to ask for Shen Yue's hand, only to find she was nowhere to be seen.

Seated in the main hall, Shen Yue's mother spoke coldly. "Even if Your Highness is gracious, we still have to know our place."

Xie Han immediately dropped to his knees. "This son-in-law wouldn't dare!"

On the night Shen Yue discovered she was pregnant, Xie Han climbed over the wall into the Shen residence in the middle of the night, carrying a basin of foot-washing water himself.

Shen Yue stared at him, bewildered. "Your Highness, what are you doing?"

Xie Han said, "You're pregnant, and it's inconvenient for you to move around. I'll wash your feet."

[The heroine's family was framed, and the hero had nothing to do with it.]

The Spy Has a Empress's Destiny

The Kingdom of Nanyue has three treasures: its unbreakable weapons, its fertile land, and a beauty with a willowy waist, named A Yao.

When A Yao was adopted by the head of the Su family, Su Yu, she had no idea she was merely a pawn. She had no idea that the man she loved intended to send her to an enemy kingdom as a spy, to seduce the man and climb into his bed.

Emperor Xie Heng of Dongzhao was shrewd and kept his distance from women. A Yao had always believed she was simply a prop for him to use in a performance before the world.

Until one day, Dongzhao went to war with Nanyue.

A minister suggested that the Emperor of Northern Yan was lecherous and had long admired the beauty with the willowy waist. They should use Nanyue's beauty as a means of alliance with Northern Yan. Xie Heng rejected the idea outright. "Dongzhao has no shortage of men. We will not sacrifice a woman to bring peace to the world!"

At that moment, A Yao held the intelligence in her hands, but could no longer bring herself to send it...

Later, Dongzhao attacked Nanyue, and Su Yu finally received the carrier pigeon bearing the intelligence. But the handwriting wasn't A Yao's. It read: Chu Yao has been named Empress.

He trembled as he burned the slip of paper to ashes. From the moment he adopted her, he had been certain she would never leave him in this lifetime. Later, he realized he had lost not only the world, but the one person who mattered most to him.

They marry first and fall in love later. The male supporting character is hzc. The hero saw through the heroine's identity from the very beginning.

The heroine is a scheming beauty, hiding her identity with painstaking care. The hero is even more devious, lying with a perfectly straight face. They both love putting on a show.

There will be a little court intrigue. The emperor is a virgin, and who wouldn't want to take advantage of an opening?

I'm Cozying Up to a Powerful Figure in the Heavenly Realm

Xi Yao ascended to become an earthly immortal. When she went down to the mortal world on official business, the Star Lord on Duty warned her that the Son of Heaven was undergoing tribulation there. If she happened to meet him, she could lend him a hand, but she must not offend this important person.

Xi Yao thought that meeting an immortal depended on fate. She wasn't even a celestial immortal yet, so whether she'd run into one was anyone's guess.

So when Xi Yao ran into a shabby scholar in the mortal world who was attracted to her looks and wouldn't leave her alone, she ignored him.

Later, after Xi Yao ascended to become a celestial immortal, the great immortal who had once gone down to undergo tribulation took her straight to his palace without a word.

Taiwei: "Don't tell anyone what happened in the mortal world!"

Xi Yao stared at the face she knew better than any other, straightened in shock, and said, "Your Highness, don't worry. I promise to keep my lips sealed!"

Taiwei eyed her suspiciously for a long while, still unconvinced. "Starting today, you'll serve me in the lower realm. No need to come back."

Xi Yao stared in disbelief at the refined scoundrel who was trying to silence her, then grabbed his sleeve and, right in front of everyone, deliberately sobbed with tears and snot streaming down her face. "Back in the mortal world, you swore you were devoted to me and would never leave me. The moment you got back, you dragged me all over heaven and earth..."

The immortals: "???"

Taiwei: "Stop clinging to me! I'll let you stay, all right?"

Xi Yao: "Great Immortal, I ran into a problem while carrying out official business in the lower realm. Could you help me?"

Taiwei gritted his teeth. "Fine."

Xi Yao: "Great Immortal, I've run into trouble in the demon realm. Could you come help me put on a show of strength?"

Taiwei: "Let go of me first!"

Theme: Live in the present, and cherish every step along the way.