The Emperor's Terrace Hides a Beauty (Reborn)

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Blurb:

Lian Tang was the princess's study companion and the future wife of the eldest prince.

On her wedding night, the eldest prince took the opportunity to rebel and was executed on the spot. She was given a cup of imperial poison.

As the wine slid down her throat, Lian Tang thought she had died. But when she opened her eyes, she found herself in a nine-story tower. Seated high upon a throne carved with hornless dragons was a figure dressed in imperial yellow.

Emperor Yuanning descended the steps one by one and wiped the wine from the corner of her lips with his thumb. His eyes held turbulent depths she could not understand.

For the rest of her life, she never left that tower, copying books until the end.

When Lian Tang opened her eyes again, she had been reborn.

To escape the misfortune of marrying the eldest prince, this time she went to Emperor Yuanning of her own accord.

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Emperor Yuanning was a mighty and ruthless ruler who had claimed the throne atop mountains of corpses, defeating foreign tribes. Both court and country trembled at his name. He had witnessed too much slaughter; his heart was stone, and he knew no tender affection.

An emperor without an heir was a sign that the realm would fall. So he later adopted the two children of his deceased elder brother, temporarily reassuring the people.

One day, Lian Tang's hair was disheveled and her cheeks flushed. Clutching his robe, she looked at him through tear-filled eyes and cried, "Your Majesty, save me."

For the first time, the cold emperor felt compassion.

But that faint feeling eventually grew into insatiable greed.

The woman he wanted: who would dare compete with him for her?

Later, when people saw the once-rejected bride of the eldest prince seated on the phoenix couch, radiant as the stars and moon, her eyes full of affection, they finally understood. He had fallen for her long ago and cherished her with all his heart.

1. One-on-one pairing, both devoted to each other, happy ending

2. Age gap: the woman is 16, the man is 24

********** Upcoming: "After My Fiance Faked His Death" **********

Qin Wan and Jiang Lan had been betrothed since childhood. She grew up to be just the kind of woman he liked, waiting for him to marry her when they came of age.

But on the day she came of age, terrible news arrived: Jiang Lan was dead!

Since the betrothal gifts had already been accepted, Qin Wan had no choice but to marry into the Jiang family. Her husband, however, became Jiang Lan's elder brother, Jiang Yuting.

Jiang Yuting wielded power across the court and had a vicious temper. Qin Wan could barely breathe whenever she was around him.

She couldn't even imagine spending the rest of her life with someone like him.

Fortunately, Jiang Yuting was busy with official business and rarely returned home. Even when he did, he slept in his study.

More importantly, he didn't like her either.

Qin Wan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking she would simply spend her days in this lifeless marriage.

Who could have guessed that Jiang Yuting would start coming home more and more often, staying in the main bedroom now and then, until at last he moved back from his study altogether, keeping her up night after night?

Later, Qin Wan looked at the shops and land deeds Jiang Yuting handed over, along with his astonishing monthly salary, and was ready to put the past behind her and make a life with her husband.

Who should return but Jiang Lan?

He swept Qin Wan into his arms and cried with joy. "Wanwan, I came back from the dead because I couldn't bear to leave you!"

One-on-one pairing, happy ending

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