After Marrying the Obsessive War God (Reborn)

[Advance notice: Historical romance, Raising You in My Arms. Please add it to your collection on the author's page!] Blurb: Couple: Gentle Little Rabbit VS Cunning Big Bad Wolf (1) Ruan An was a renowned beauty and doctor from the surrounding villages. In her previous life, she saved countless people, but died beneath a rain of arrows without a peaceful end. It was the new emperor, who had seized the throne, who found her body and took off his dragon-patterned outer robe to cover it. The emperor was tall and imposing, with a handsome, sinister air. He was also the boy she had once secretly loved. Because of the gap in their stations, Ruan An never told him that they had once had a child together. When she opened her eyes again, Ruan An was reborn. She did not want to repeat the mistakes of her previous life. All she wanted was to take her young son home at once, but someone intercepted their carriage before they could set off. At the time, Huo Pingxiao was the Marquis of Dingbei, with the army under his command. His expression was indifferent, but he stared at the child beside Ruan An in astonishment. The boy looked remarkably like him. (2) Huo Pingxiao was every inch the favored child of heaven. He had earned his title of marquis in battle while still young, and risen to the rank of Grand Marshal. His father, Huo Lang, was a powerful chancellor, and the Huo family was so illustrious that two of its members held marquisates. Yet Huo Pingxiao was aloof and proud, and no one could get close to him. Just as everyone was wondering which young lady could possibly catch his eye, Huo Pingxiao married a physician. The noble ladies all thought that a country doctor's daughter would never fit in among them. But they never expected that once Ruan An married into the marquis's household, her mother-in-law would treat her like her own daughter, her powerful father-in-law would stand up for her, and her brilliant young son would enter the Imperial College at the age of four. In the end, she received a first-rank honorific title and became the wealthy, envied flower of Chang'an. To outsiders, the Marquis of Dingbei was a decisive, battle-hardened god of war. Little did they know that when Ruan An woke from a nightmare, the same proud and unruly man would gently soothe her back to sleep. When he saw her eyes grow redder, possessiveness filled Huo Pingxiao's gaze. Yet he only feigned nonchalance and asked helplessly, his voice low, "Tell me, what am I supposed to do with you?" (3) Later, Huo Pingxiao accidentally learned about Ruan An's tragic past life. From then on, he cared for her almost pathologically. He was obsessively possessive, and even if her snowy skin was accidentally bruised in one small spot, his gaze would darken for a long while. He swore to protect her and keep her safe and sound for the rest of her life. Later still, palace attendants often spoke of how, before the empress's eyesight had recovered, Emperor Jingwu had prayed for her before the Buddha. The emperor had never believed in gods or Buddha, but for Empress Ruan, he knelt before the Buddha for three days and three nights without rest or sleep, not even drinking a drop of water. After being reborn, she marries the genius she secretly loved, falls in love with him after marriage, and rises to the pinnacle of life. Reader's Guide: (1) The male lead is a native of this world; the female lead is reborn. She starts out as a physician and ends up as empress. (2) One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced. Sweet romance after marriage. The male lead will regain memories of his previous life. He is obsessive and can turn dark, but remains faithful to his wife. (3) A wish-fulfillment story where the heroine coasts to victory, not a serious historical drama. Her cousin identity is a secret identity. There is a secret-marriage plotline to give the heroine room to pursue her career. It includes old-school tropes like "the stunning, universally adored physician consort" and "the three-and-a-half-year-old child prodigy." (4) The child comes early. The main plot focuses on the romance between the leads, with some storyline and healing family bonds as well. [Cover character designs commissioned and purchased for commercial use] [Blurb screenshotted to preserve the idea] Advance notice: Historical romance, Raising You in My Arms. Please add it to your collection! Couple: Elegant, mad regent VS Gentle, amnesiac little beauty Blurb: (1) The opera at the Pear Garden ended, and the beauty danced lightly with her water sleeves. Gu Qilin picked up her fan, which she had dropped, and turned it over in his hand. His fingers were long and well-defined, and his bearing was refined and graceful. Everyone in the capital knew that Gu Qilin had supported the young emperor's ascension to the throne. He was the regent with power over the court, outwardly generous but inwardly ruthless, like a smiling tiger. The regent was always calm and self-controlled, but he had developed a desire to possess that Cheng family's daughter, and forcibly ruined her marriage prospects. Cheng Xueyi was about to be married. Her groom was the second son of the Minister of Revenue, but before the wedding he took another woman as a concubine, and she was already pregnant. Cheng Xueyi's father also passed away. As if that weren't enough, Cheng Xueyi hurt her head in an accident and lost her memory. Everyone sighed that even a beauty of such breathtaking elegance could not escape the cruel twists of fate. She was sure to live a miserable life, trapped in the depths of a household. Then the regent took a wife, and the wedding ceremony was held with the utmost honor. While everyone pitied Cheng Xueyi, she was sitting in a lavish phoenix carriage, on the verge of becoming the regent's wife, admired by all. (2) The bandage on Cheng Xueyi's forehead was removed. She smelled an unfamiliar, faintly warm fragrance of aloeswood. Gu Qilin held her on his lap and lowered his eyes to examine her. She had only just woken up and her head hurt a little. Cheng Xueyi looked at Gu Qilin, searching his face, and called out hesitantly, "Husband?" A flicker of surprise crossed Gu Qilin's eyes. He immediately concealed the deep possessiveness in his gaze and gently called her by her pet name: "Jiaojiao, you've kept me waiting so long." Those words, "Husband?", spoken with a hint of hesitation, led him to give her a lifetime of devotion and exclusive love, even in an era when men took wives and concubines by the dozens. (3) After their marriage, Gu Qilin slipped a bangle onto Cheng Xueyi's slender wrist. It was like a shackle, and she could not take it off. Only when the red bed curtains fell each night would the man use a secret key to remove it himself. Later, Cheng Xueyi regained her memory. Remembering the ruthless methods the man had used in the past, she plotted to escape with her childhood friend, the top graduate of the imperial examinations. She only wanted to flee far away, but Gu Qilin captured her with ease and personally cut off one of the scholar's legs. The man remained as graceful as ever. He slowly wiped the blood that had splashed onto the web between his thumb and forefinger. Once his hand was clean, he grabbed the beauty by her willowy waist and trapped her in a corner of the painted wall. The gentleness Gu Qilin usually feigned vanished. A look of possessive conquest flashed in his eyes. He pressed his lips to her ear and threatened her coldly: "Jiaojiao, will you dare to run away again?" From the moment he fastened the bangle around her wrist, Cheng Xueyi had been kept in a luxurious, secure golden cage, cherished and protected by him, but destined never to escape him. Reader's Guide: (1) An alternate Song-Ming setting, with a sweet forced-marriage romance. The male lead is extreme and obsessive, with a strong possessive streak, but remains faithful to his wife. (2) One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced. A melodramatic, sweet romance. Theme: Stay true to your original aspirations, and you will reach the end.