Yan Returns to Spring (Reborn)

This is a completed historical revenge story about taking down scumbags, with a satisfying, cathartic style.

[Next Story] The Prime Minister's Household Has a Fierce Wife: A lighthearted historical comedy. She loves her career, not her husband (her career is like a limb; her husband is like clothing). The male lead falls hard for her along the way.

Coming soon: The Captive Wife (Rebirth): Historical fiction, a seemingly innocent but secretly calculating lead, and a husband-chasing crematorium.

---Story Blurb---

After being reborn, she woke to find her soul inside the body of Lin Mo, a frail, easily bullied concubine-born daughter in the household of her enemy, the Prime Minister.

She had thought she could use Lin Mo's identity to take revenge on her enemy, but even this lowly concubine-born girl's life was far from peaceful.

So she first had to help Lin Mo fight her legal mother, her legitimate elder sister, her concubine-born younger sister, the biased old madam, and all of her father's concubines.

But after she had dealt with them and finally put revenge back on her schedule, she noticed that the little boy named Li Huai, whom she had saved on the battlefield in her previous life, kept showing up in front of her.

A meal's worth of kindness at the Imperial Academy, and a life-saving rescue on the battlefield: the woman named Xiao Qingyan had long since been etched into Li Huai's heart. But she was his imperial brother's woman, and he had no achievements and no way to protect her. So he volunteered to defend the border, hoping to give her a peaceful and prosperous world.

But things did not go as he wished. Two years later, she was branded a demon consort and sacrificed at Junbao Mountain.

If his imperial brother's claim to the throne was already illegitimate, then what was wrong with taking the throne from him?

Yet on the very first day he returned to the capital, he saw her in a frail, delicate woman who became short of breath and broke into a sweat after only a few steps.

Who exactly was this woman?

[Bonus Scenes]

Xiao Qingyan and Lin Mo:

Some noble ladies dragged Lin Mo off to admire the flowers.

She cried to Xiao Qingyan, "Ayin, what do I do? I don't know anything about this."

Xiao Qingyan rubbed her forehead. "You're the daughter of the Prime Minister, for heaven's sake. How can you know nothing? Just follow my lead and repeat after me!"

Lin Mo was attacked by an assassin.

She cried to Xiao Qingyan, "Ayin, what do I do? I'm scared."

Xiao Qingyan focused her mind. "Let me take over!"

The next moment, the assassin who had come to kill them collapsed before he could blink.

Xiao Qingyan panted. "If you don't start training this body, I'll keep taking over forever and turn you into a wandering ghost!"

Lin Mo was about to cry again, but Xiao Qingyan stopped her at once. "Forget it. I don't expect you to learn to wield a sword!"

Xiao Qingyan and Li Huai:

Xiao Qingyan was abducted during the Lantern Festival. Li Huai came to rescue her and suffered a minor injury.

After examining him, Xiao Qingyan stood up to leave. Li Huai suddenly began coughing violently and spat up blood.

Xiao Qingyan frowned. "Wasn't it just a minor injury?"

Li Huai's eyes reddened. "I might have internal injuries."

Xiao Qingyan: "..."

Xiao Qingyan was plotting revenge with her subordinates in a private room. When she opened the door, she found Li Huai standing outside, eyes red with anger.

Thinking he hated her for wanting to destroy the Li family's dynasty, she said coldly, "Your Li family owes me that."

Li Huai's eyes were red. "Why didn't you bring me along?"

Xiao Qingyan: "???"

Reader's Guide:

1. A sinister, lovesick, scheming prince × a ruthless demon consort sharing one body with two souls. Early on: a big bad wolf of a demon consort × a little white rabbit of a concubine-born daughter. Later: a big bad wolf of a demon consort × a big dog of a prince.

2. This is a satisfying revenge story, as well as a tale of growth and healing.

3. One-on-one. The male lead has secretly loved the female lead for years. He gradually finds her and protects her, and she slowly falls in love with him too.

4. No love triangle. Lin Mo has another romantic partner.

5. I'm terrible at writing blurbs. I've done my best.

Coming Soon: The Prime Minister's Household Has a Fierce Wife

Huo Sang married the most beautiful woman in the capital, the daughter of Minister Lin. Everyone in the capital envied them, calling them a perfect match. Only Huo Sang knew that he had married Lin Youqing because of an imperial decree from Ruan Rou.

Ruan Rou was now the exalted Noble Consort. To make sure she could live safely in the palace, he had to grit his teeth and marry the Lin girl. Everyone said Lin Youqing was gentle, virtuous, kind, and considerate. So be it. He would marry her and keep her as a decoration, while remaining true to Ruan Rou.

Who would have thought that on their wedding night, the beauty famed for being gentle, virtuous, kind, and considerate would hike up her skirt, climb a tree, and shout that she was escaping...

Yang Youniang had only one wish in life: to get back at everyone who had ever bullied her, follow in the footsteps of Master Liang from the silk workshop, leave Yangjia Village with her little brother, travel far and wide, do business, and enjoy counting her money every day.

But on the night she inherited her master's silk workshop, a group of constables abducted her. Even more unexpectedly, she suddenly had a Minister of Revenue for a father, and a pretty, delicate, teary-eyed older sister who looked exactly like her!

While she was still trying to make sense of things, her minister father threatened her with her brother's life and forced her to take her sister Lin Youqing's place and marry Huo Sang, the notorious living King of Hell and bringer of bad luck.

Of course she had to run. Yang Youniang wasn't stupid. Wealth and glory were fleeting; staying alive mattered most! Whoever wanted to marry that King of Hell could do so. She absolutely would not!

[Bonus Scene 1]

Huo Sang was handling official business in his study...

A subordinate reported, "My lord, Madam has run away again."

Huo Sang frowned. "How did she escape this time?"

The subordinate replied, "This time she crawled through the dog door."

Huo Sang put down his brush with a thump. The subordinate ventured, "Should I have the dog door blocked up?"

Huo Sang gritted his teeth. "No need! Let her crawl through it!"

The next day, the Prime Minister's wife was brought back in a dog cage...

[Bonus Scene 2]

One day, after realizing she couldn't escape, the Prime Minister's wife decided to do her duty properly. She took charge of the household accounts and discovered that the residence spent far too much, so she began cutting costs and finding new sources of income...

At lunch, Huo Sang was about to eat when she took away all the meat and fish on the table. "My lord is in poor health. Greasy food might harm him."

Huo Sang: "..."

Huo Sang was about to make tea when she put away all his tea leaves and poured him a cup of plain water. "My lord is in poor health. Strong tea might harm him."

Huo Sang: "..."

Huo Sang bought several new outfits. She put all his clothes away, leaving him with only one.

Huo Sang raised an eyebrow. "They'll harm my health?"

She replied, "Clothes are just there to cover your body. The old ones aren't even worn out! This won't harm your health, but it will hurt your wallet!"

Huo Sang slapped the table. "Lin Youniang, you've gone too far!"

[Bonus Scene 3]

His wife finally escaped.

Huo Sang finally got to eat a lavish meal, but he could still hear her concerned voice in his head...

Huo Sang finally got to drink tea, and her concerned voice echoed in his mind again...

Huo Sang bought new clothes, and then the image of her penny-pinching face appeared in his mind...

Habits really could be deadly. Without her, he felt strangely empty, so at last he accepted the emperor's assignment to inspect Jiangnan.

His subordinate gave him a thumbs-up. "My lord is truly diligent!"

Huo Sang: "I'm going to find my wife!"

Coming Soon: The Captive Wife

In her previous life, because of the grudges between their elders, Shen Yatong was forced to marry the Han family's son, the man she had long loved. At first, Han Su treated her with endless kindness and tenderness. Shen Yatong thought she had married the right person. But just as she was rejoicing, Han Su secretly framed the Shen family and sent them to prison. She was the only one in the entire Shen family who survived.

Later, Shen Yatong finally understood: Han Su had always thought she was a spy sent by the Shen family and had never loved her sincerely. After framing the Shen family and bringing them down, he tried every means to imprison and humiliate her. At last, Shen Yatong saw the truth and took her own life.

When she awoke, Shen Yatong had returned to the age of thirteen, before she was married. The Shen family had not yet been destroyed, and the Han family was still around. She couldn't let the matter go, so she decided to fight fire with fire: she submitted evidence of the Han family's crimes to the authorities, then secretly abducted the still-young Han Su and locked him up at home.

But the Shen family's silk business kept growing. Her great revenge from her previous life had already been accomplished, and she felt the weight lifted from her heart. She had no time to deal with him and did not want to commit another sin, so she planned to release the ten-year-old Han Su.

[Previous Life]

After being imprisoned for months, Shen Yatong began refusing to eat.

Han Su: "Has she eaten?"

Servant: "Madam says she'll never eat another bite of your food for the rest of her life!"

Han Su slammed the table. "Then let her die!"

The servant said awkwardly, "My lord, Madam... took her own life half an hour ago..."

Han Su's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He spat out a mouthful of blood. "She dared!!"

[This Life]

After being imprisoned for months, Han Su secretly watched the Shen family, waiting for a chance to take revenge.

Shen Yatong: "Has he eaten?"

Servant: "That young lord has eaten more than I have!"

Shen Yatong rubbed her forehead. He was only ten years old, and she couldn't bring herself to torture him. "Let him go after he finishes eating."

Servant: "???"

Han Su: "??? You expect me to leave just because you tell me to? Who do you think I am? And what do you mean by arranging a marriage with the Jiang family? You'd better explain yourself, or I won't leave even if it kills me!"

Shen Yatong gave him ten taels of gold and a bundle of luggage. "The grudges of the previous generation have nothing to do with us. Young Master Han, I was wrong to imprison you. Take these ten taels of gold as compensation. From now on, we'll have nothing to do with each other."

Han Su: "???!!!"

I don't want to have nothing to do with you!

Theme: Growth inevitably comes with pain. May everyone encounter the light that heals them in life.