The Beauty Is Ailing

This story goes VIP on September 18, 2021. Chapters 1-20 will be locked starting from Chapter 21. That day, I'll post a three-in-one chapter of ten thousand words.

Coming soon: "My Senior Brother Is Really Hard to Pursue." Please add it to your favorites!

In the second year after Xiao Mucen transmigrated into the body of a princess of the Yun Kingdom, the Yun Kingdom lost a war against the Shang Kingdom and ceded three cities and a hundred li of land. As the emperor's legitimate daughter, Xiao Mucen was sent to the Shang Kingdom as a hostage.

Princess Zhaojin of the Yun Kingdom, Xiao Mucen, was breathtakingly beautiful. Unfortunately, she had been blind from birth.

The day Xiao Mucen was sent into the imperial palace of the Shang Kingdom, torrential rain poured down. It rained nonstop for seven days, flooding large parts of a palace that had never flooded before and ruining many precious objects. The palace servants of the Shang Kingdom whispered that she was ill-omened.

Taking pity on the blind girl, the Empress Dowager of the Shang Kingdom granted her a small courtyard, but forbade her from setting foot outside it without a summons.

-

Li Yunjing, crown prince of the Shang Kingdom, was decisive and deeply calculating. An accident in his childhood had disfigured him, leaving a scar that ran from his right eyebrow to behind his ear. He was known as the "Asura Crown Prince."

The people of the Shang Kingdom said that Crown Prince Li Yunjing was moody, had no interest in women, and remained unmarried even past the age of twenty-five. Some said no woman would marry him because of his ugly appearance, while others said he preferred men.

On the Empress Dowager's birthday, Xiao Mucen attended the palace banquet. A narrow strip of white silk covered her eyes, and her simple, pale pink dress stood out among the elaborately dressed young noblewomen. She was impossible to miss.

Halfway through the banquet, Xiao Mucen excused herself early, saying she felt unwell. But as she left the palace where the birthday banquet was being held, she bumped into someone.

She hurried to apologize, her manner neither servile nor arrogant and her voice gentle. "I'm sorry."

The man looked down at her and replied in a low voice, "It's all right."

-

Several days later, a rumor spread through the palace that Crown Prince Li Yunjing had taken a liking to the blind hostage princess from the Yun Kingdom. He kept visiting her courtyard, bringing her delicious food, beautiful clothes, and all sorts of novel gifts, doting on her as much as he could.

In the third year of Xiao Mucen's time as a hostage, the Yun Kingdom and the Shang Kingdom went to war again, and the border suffered heavy losses. With no other choice, the emperor of the Shang Kingdom sent Xiao Mucen back to the Yun Kingdom in hopes of making peace.

The day Xiao Mucen left the capital of the Shang Kingdom, rain poured from the sky once more.

Li Yunjing stood outside her carriage, gripping her hand through the window. "Wait for me. I will come and marry you."

"Three years," Xiao Mucen said, her voice as gentle as ever. "If you don't come, I'll marry someone else."

"It's a promise."

[Enemy Kingdom's Crown Prince and Hostage Princess]

- This story is set in an invented world and includes original settings. Please don't overanalyze it.

- There is more than one transmigrator in this story.

Coming soon: "My Senior Brother Is Really Hard to Pursue." Please add it to your favorites!

After Qu Lianxi failed to survive her tribulation and ascend, she was reborn in the year she had just joined her sect.

Along with her came a voice that inexplicably appeared in her head.

The voice told her, "Complete the pursuit missions assigned by this System, and I can help you pass your tribulation and ascend to immortality."

Qu Lianxi thought it over. She'd spent forty years cultivating and still hadn't managed to ascend. She might as well give it a try. What if it was real?

The voice said, "Your mission is to pursue your fourth senior brother, Kong Xuanyan, and make him fall at your feet. Completion requirement: reach one hundred affection points."

Qu Lianxi made Kong Xuanyan his favorite pastries. [Affection: +0.5]

Qu Lianxi accidentally added a little too much sugar while making the pastries. [Affection: -10]

Qu Lianxi helped Kong Xuanyan clean his room. [Affection: +0.5]

Qu Lianxi accidentally broke his teacup while cleaning his room. [Affection: -20]

[Current affection: -29]

Qu Lianxi: "???"

What kind of messed-up scoring system is this?!

Is it too late to back out now?!

Qu Lianxi thought that, since she'd devoted her previous life to cultivation, she didn't know much about how to win a man's favor. So she came up with an excuse to go on a training trip, headed down the mountain, and planned to learn a thing or two in the mortal world.

But after she left, someone couldn't get used to her absence.

After going down the mountain, Qu Lianxi realized there always seemed to be something following her. It was fierce, and its whole body radiated black qi...

The black qi was most terrifying whenever she got close to a man.

What should she do? It seemed she'd provoked something frightening...

-

In the bustling capital, someone galloped past on horseback. Qu Lianxi was biting into a candied hawthorn skewer and hadn't even had time to react when someone swept her up around the waist.

The man before her was a stranger.

Before she could thank him, a familiar voice behind her spoke through gritted teeth. "Qu. Lian. Xi."

Qu Lianxi turned around delightedly. "Fourth Senior Brother..."

Kong Xuanyan's expression was icy. "He just held you."

"This gentleman just saved me."

"He. Just. Held. You!"

"..."

Qu Lianxi concluded that men really were such a hassle. A man's heart was like a needle at the bottom of the sea; it was impossible to figure out! When would she finally be able to ascend...

[Junior Sister Devoted to Ascension and Her Extremely Possessive Fourth Senior Brother]

- Lots and lots and lots of original settings.

Theme: Hold fast to your convictions, and you can see anything through to the end.