Springtime in the Palm of His Hand

[This is a story about coercive love. Pre-release titles: "A Concubine's Gift" and "A Generous Heart Is Hard to Restrain." Please add them to your collections!]

The relationship between the King of Yue, now over fifty, and Princess Ning Yanni was an extremely taboo subject in the palace.

Ning Yanni was stunningly beautiful, with spring-water eyes and a slender waist. Her aged father, the king, was captivated by her at first sight.

Every time she went to meet her nominal father alone, Ning Yanni returned with her heart pounding.

She was not born a Ning.

After a sudden upheaval, the Wen family was destroyed, leaving only her, a frail orphan girl.

Ning Yanni knew no one else would protect her. If she wanted something, she first had to learn what she was willing to give up.

So she looked toward the Eastern Palace and had no choice but to agree to secret meetings with its crown prince.

The crown prince was usually gentle and refined, nothing like the way he pinned her down and took what he wanted.

Needing his help, she repeatedly endured it through her tears, hoping only that he would keep his promise.

At last, a coup broke out in the palace.

Ning Yanni was overjoyed and teary-eyed, thinking she would finally be free.

But the man who came to her, spattered with blood, was the fourth prince, Ning Ziyun.

He called to her in a low, hoarse voice, sword in hand: "Little sister."

*

On the day Ning Ziyun ascended the throne, Ning Yanni received an imperial decree summoning her to attend him in bed.

The nine sons of the dragon are never alike.

But she did not know that the three men in this father-and-son trio were, in fact, very much alike.

[Reader's Guide]

★ Coercive love, male lead is a virgin;

★ The male lead is already a madman early on. This is not a light and sweet romance, but a deranged, obsessive story of taking by force;

★ None of the men in the blurb are related by blood to the heroine, nor are they her family;

★ 1v1;

The story will be completed once it begins. The main content warnings are listed in the blurb, with additional notes after chapters. If this isn't for you, please don't flame the author. I'm big, but fragile.

(Original title: Spring's Warmth in the Golden Tent) / 2021.12.08 /

★ Pre-release title: "A Concubine's Gift." Coercive love. Please add it to your collections! Blurb:

The Marquis of the Fu residence cared little for power or status, but he doted on his concubine, Su Zhaozhao.

Su Zhaozhao had a willowy waist and unparalleled beauty.

Though she was lowborn, he cherished her above all else. Every day, he watched her walk barefoot in gauzy robes, and spent the whole night listening to the ornaments in her hair jingle against her slender waist.

Everyone in the marquis's residence envied how the young Marquis Fu indulged his concubine, Su Zhaozhao, while ignoring his noble-born wife.

Then a conspiracy landed the young Marquis Fu in prison.

Xie Ciyuan, the current Grand Secretary, inexplicably came to his aid.

The young marquis was immensely grateful. But when he returned home, he discovered that the Marchioness had forced Su Zhaozhao into a sedan chair and sent her to Grand Secretary Xie Ciyuan.

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In the hazy night, Su Zhaozhao looked helplessly at the man before her, pleading through her tears in a soft voice.

Her raven hair was damp with sweat, and tears glimmered in her eyes.

Everyone in the capital said that Grand Secretary Xie Ciyuan was as pure and bright as the moon, a gentleman without equal.

Few knew that back when Xie Ciyuan was a poor scholar whom anyone could bully, he and Su Zhaozhao had once been lovers.

Back then, Su Zhaozhao had treated Xie Ciyuan as nothing more than bait, a lure to hook the young Marquis Fu.

She had never imagined that one day Xie Ciyuan would wield immense power and demand, with gritted teeth, that she repay him for everything.

Hearing her continue to murmur, Xie Ciyuan was easily provoked into anger. He tightened his grip. "Who are you calling for?"

Theme: Strive to rise and fight with unwavering resolve, and you can have what you want.