“How can a mere mute cousin miss even think she deserves an engagement to the young heir of the Qinghe Cui clan?”
After Wen Zhiyue arrived in the capital, people often mocked and ridiculed her.
Each time, she would only clutch her embroidered handkerchief, the corners of her eyes reddening, then run off in a hurt little huff.
Her fiancé merely watched her coldly, assuming she had run off somewhere to cry again. By convention, he would continue drinking with his dissolute friends, but his brothers and cousins would always grow distracted and ruin the mood, hurrying to take their leave...
And, by some strange coincidence, they always went in the direction the tearful young woman had taken.
Only after he broke off his engagement to Wen Zhiyue did those brothers and cousins who had once joined him in mocking the mute girl one after another come to her door to ask for her hand. Only then did Cui Guijie finally understand: there had been signs all along.
Cui Guijie was right that she went to cry whenever she was wronged. But he was wrong about where she usually cried: in a man's arms.
The other day it was her cousin, an assistant minister. Today it was the newly crowned top scholar. Tomorrow it would be the crown prince. Wen Zhiyue's tears never fell in vain. Somehow, they always found their way into these men's hearts.
No one knew that in her previous life, Wen Zhiyue, unable to speak, had been a white rose in a cheongsam, adored and held aloft. Her soft Wu dialect, in a lovely Suzhou-Hangzhou accent, had helped her find powerful backing in an era of endless war. But in the end, she had fallen just one step short of becoming a warlord's wife...
Only at the moment of her death did she realize how laughable it was: sincerity was the most ridiculous thing of all. In her next life, she would ask for neither affection nor love. All she wanted was wealth, fame, and powerful backing...
Content warnings:
1. The heroine is a flirt who only has eyes for the future.
2. The heroine is flawed.
3. There is a male lead.
4. She will not remain mute forever.
5. Both leads are sexually inexperienced.
The original character was Cheng Wugu, but her role has been changed to that of a cousin. The blurb has been updated.
Blurb for the next book
Cheng Wu was a lay Buddhist disciple, yet she died in the emperor's bed.
She had nearly been forced to submit to the emperor. Rather than yield, she fought to the death against the pillar beside the imperial bed. She belonged to the Bodhisattva; no one was allowed to steal her away from the Buddha!
When she woke, ten years had passed. Somehow, she had become the young daughter of an official in Kaifeng. She was fifteen, and the emperor was already forty.
The emperor issued a call for palace maidens, and her name was on the list. Thinking of what had happened back then, she grew anxious and fled in panic, choosing at random a man who had come to worship at a temple and marrying him.
“Benefactor, after we marry, Cheng Wu will not bother you. I only ask that you give me shelter. I will repay this great kindness.”
The man gazed at the woman before him with a deep, flickering look. She had the face of a Bodhisattva and a delicate, gentle manner. He gave a slight nod and replied, “Very well.”
Only on the day of the proposal did Cheng Wu learn that the man was a prince of the Dayun Kingdom, the last survivor of the former Zhanhou household. She remembered seeing him once, years ago. He had been only eight then, a solemn little boy.
Her throat tightened, and she felt a little guilty. But when she thought of the emperor, she gave her consent after all.
After the wedding, she set up a small Buddhist shrine in the rear courtyard.
She had thought the general would rarely cross paths with her, but he came to pay his respects in the courtyard every day.
He gazed at her intently, prayer beads in hand. “Wu'er can deliver everyone else. Why can't you deliver me?”
Cheng Wu trembled in the man's arms and raised her cool, limpid eyes to meet his. The deliverance he spoke of would never happen in this lifetime.
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Duan Moxuan: “Do you know how happy I was when I finally found you?”
Content warnings:
Blurb saved on 2021-08-22
One-on-one romance + both leads are sexually inexperienced
+++++++ The male lead is powerful, as are the other male characters
++++++++Trials and tribulations
++++++++No nasty female rivals (I won't be one, either)
++++++++Romance-focused
Theme: Letting go of the past is the only way to have a future
Springtime Fragrance
The Fussy Male Lead Isn't Worth It
The Young Lady Is Much Too Delighted
The General Is No Longer Up to the Task
Young Master Biao Is Not What He Seems
My Lord Husband Has a Lot on His Mind
After the Bad Ending, His White Moonlight Left Him
The Villainess Is Delicate and Frail
The General Has a Lot on His Mind
The Young Miss Is Far Too Delicate
The Crown Princess's Mystical Arts After Being Reborn
The General's Little Bodhisattva
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I have a question. The copy says that the second male is the heir apparent, but the Cui family in Qinghe is a powerful family. There should be no princes or princes. How could there be a heir apparent?