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After becoming emperor, Li Xi, brimming with ambition, found plenty to criticize about his childhood sweetheart and young fiancée, Jiang Nuo.
She was too delicate. A few drops of rain gave her a rash, and she would pout and cry.
She was too silly. She kept forgetting to call him Your Majesty and still chased after him, calling him Cousin.
She had no sense of propriety. She would pester him for ages with trivial stories, like how a kitten lapped up milk...
So when an envoy from another country saw the sweet, innocent girl and asked who she was, the young emperor's brow furrowed sternly. "Forgive me, she is merely my cousin."
Ten years of devotion, dismissed with a single "forgive me."
Jiang Nuo suddenly awakened to the truth. If her girlish ways were unworthy of the dignified title of empress, then she would let go and walk away. They could each live their own lives in peace.
When they met again...
She kept falling while practicing ice skating, but, undeterred by the pain, she and her friends simply lay down on the ice, laughing as they watched the sunset glow in the distance.
She stopped reading books on how to be a virtuous empress and buried herself in obscure medical texts instead. She gathered herbs and compiled books, earning the praise of renowned physicians.
She casually gave away the keepsake that had sealed their betrothal. "It's just a childhood trinket. If you like it, Sister, you can have it."
She no longer followed in his footsteps. Instead, she shared a boat with someone else, her smile as lovely as spring flowers.
It turned out that only when she loved him had she been weak and clumsy.
Li Xi waited at the foot of the steps, holding a Kongming lantern. The night dew dampened his clothes. "You once said you would release lanterns with me and make a wish..." Jiang Nuo walked down the steps, her smile clear and bright. She blew out the candle. "This subject's wish has long since changed. It is late, and the night dew is heavy. Your Majesty, please return."
He had thought she was a pearl in his palm. He never imagined she was jade hidden in the mountains.
She had every quality he loved.
But now, her clear, cool peach-blossom eyes held no trace of him.
My next novel, Spring Stars Above the Palace Steps, is available for pre-save in my collection. If you like it, please add it to your favorites!
In her previous life, Shen Xingyi gave advice to the disgraced crown prince Li Zhan and stood by his side all the way. He became ruler of the world, while she was branded a concubine who brought ruin to the nation and died full of resentment.
After being reborn, she kept her distance from the cold-hearted crown prince and helped her father and brothers rise to prominence. But at the Imperial Academy, she met Cui Rong, whom she had known as a boy.
In her previous life, he wielded immense power and was ruthless in his methods. Everyone feared him.
She and he went from teacher and student supporting each other, to rivals testing one another, and finally to people separated by life and death.
Teacher and student? Archrivals?
The causes and consequences of their past lives seemed like a dream.
Yet Shen Xingyi always remembered the days of their first meeting deep in the palace. She and Cui Rong had stood together on the palace steps, gazing up at the dark sky of a spring night... The few scattered stars were swallowed by darkness, but he looked up with a smile and said there was no need to fear the night. Even a lone star could shine with immense brilliance.
When he was the Imperial Tutor, he became a light, illuminating the lives of countless people that should have slowly gone dark. She was merely the most insignificant among them.
Reunited in another life, he was still young, once invincible but now rejected by his father and abandoned by his teacher, trapped in a long night. She wanted to be a beam of light for him, just as he had once protected her as a girl in the depths of the palace.
At first, Shen Xingyi only wanted to give him a hand. She never expected that in this life he would protect her fiercely and lead her step by step to the pinnacle of power.
When Cui Rong played a game of strategy, he always moved his pieces with calm assurance. Even when facing the highest ruler, he would hold her hand firmly as they won the game together.
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In his previous life, Li Zhan stopped at nothing to gain power and reached the pinnacle, only to lose the woman he loved. In this life... he came for her, only to watch helplessly as she married someone else.
Husband and wife stood side by side and took everything that belonged to him.
On the Lantern Festival night, they repelled foreign enemies and secured their domestic policies. The powerful minister, beloved by the whole country, held an umbrella for his wife as the two of them climbed the glittering tower in Chang'an. Below, Li Zhan gazed up at the pair standing amid the lantern lights.
She smiled at the husband beside her, with the illuminated world behind them. There was no trace of Li Zhan in her eyes.
Theme: Cherish the person by your side.
Lost in Your Palm
Spring Stars on Palace Steps
My Ex-Husband's Older Brother Is Fighting for Me Again
The Imperial Tutor Returns (Reborn)
The Spoiled Bride-Substitute Faked Her Death After Getting Pregnant
Stealing My Childhood Sweetheart
The Cannon-Fodder Prince Broke Character, but the Kingdom Survived
After I Transmigrated Into a Book, My Nemesis and I Became Parents
The Capital University Chronicles
My Classmate Is Always Showering the Tyrant with Dog Food [Book Transmigration]
Flying Fish, White Rabbit
A Fine Night of Flowers and Moonlight
Emmm, to be honest, it's all about points, but in the main plot, there is always pretentiousness. Both the male and female protagonists are hypocritical. For the people of the world, the male protagonist is a good emperor, so can we let him pursue a career? Does childhood love require marriage? The emperor was thinking very hard before, but suddenly he was thinking about the heroine every day, which was inexplicable. The same goes for the female protagonist. Since she knows that the male protagonist is not suitable for her, she might as well just start a career. If you have to worry about me all day long, what else can she do if the man doesn't agree to break off the engagement? The more I watch, the more I feel that they are pretentious. At first I thought the heroine was open-minded, but in the end she was still entangled.
I keep reminiscing about all the bad things he did to the heroine... The more I recall, the more unbearable this emperor becomes... And what disgusts me most about him is that he could obviously be nice to the heroine (all very simple things), but he has really made no effort at all in the past ten years, not even verbal comfort... And now he is willing to do it again? What is this? And this emperor is not a person with low emotional intelligence. He cares more about his ministers than the heroine, which proves that he doesn't like the heroine... I'm super disgusted with him now. When will the engagement be officially broken off??? Don't pretend to be married even after a long time...
Pre-collection of the next volume of "The East Has Regrets" The first time Jiang Sese heard about gratitude was when the officials and girls were on the ferry, talking about how the son of the chief minister was noble and talented, and how he could marry into a high family. The first time she saw him was when she was collecting the ferry boat. The bright moon was crossing the waves. He was standing in the boat on the river, surrounded by flying cranes, as graceful as an immortal. The second time she saw him, she and everyone else were waiting for him to write a blessing. He looked at her shrinking and said with a smile: "You often go out on boats, why don't I write you a blessing?" The third time she met him, the red candle was shining brightly, and he became her husband. He was noble and cold, so that after marriage, she did not dare to make any mistakes. But he was so gentle and polite that she couldn't help but dream of entering his heart again and again. Later, the family suffered a disaster on an official ship. Jiang Mengwa held the word "Fu" and was immersed in the biting water. He saw Xie Xie holding his cousin Qingmei's child into the cabin. He arranged everyone properly, but he forgot to ask where she was. When she was swallowed by the river, she finally understood that her husband was not a good man because of his kindness and kindness. His wife, who couldn't even talk about it, suddenly divorced, and Xie Xie was surprised. He never forced others to do anything difficult for him, he just followed the rules and wrote a letter to let his wife go. Later, when the Jin people attacked the city, he hurriedly crossed south with several boxes of calligraphy and paintings. Thanks to the rescue of Miss Jiang, known as the "Little Bodhisattva on the River," he was able to escape and go to Xinjing. He was shocked, but he saw his former wife. Along the canal, she is as calm and gentle as the river, and as beautiful and moving as the flowers on the water. He was shocked and moved, his heart was rippling, and he finally said those words to her. But she was rocking the boat gently among the green streams, looking at the peach-colored thin clouds in the distance, and ignored his love.
When will he be cremated? Now the heartache and all that are just scratching the surface, I really want to see a fire going up
Killing my heart every day whets my appetite
What did you say? I really don't understand. Is it difficult to admit that you are cheap and become a loser after you get the power? This is not a problem with other people at all, but a problem with your own character 😂
The physical evidence that was delivered to the door showed that the heroine had not officially broken off the engagement. Directly use the sachet to sue her for murdering the empress of the dynasty
Please do something practical, Xiao Li! Look at Xiao Qi, he started from the heroine's needs and arranged everything properly without her needing to speak, and you still followed the heroine's mental journey. . . Or is it more "I" than her?
It's a little headache to watch, probably because Zhou Yu is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer (both sides). I don't mean to say that this kind of love is bad. I just feel that in a naturally unequal relationship, the love of the high-ranking person who pursues the low-ranking person is too heavy and stressful, even if the low-ranking person is moved by this persistence. If you look into it further, the reason may not necessarily be because you really took the initiative to like you. Instead, it comes from a vague feeling that you are cared about and made up for. What is the difference between this and being cheated on? Just because he cares about you and is willing to spend time with you to make up for you, you can swallow the sadness of the past. Let's reminisce about the good old days together. It's clear that we can be more determined in the future, completely cut off the good and bad things in the past, and stop worrying about the things that have been cut and sorted out. Is it because there is still love and reluctance in my heart that I have to waver in the idea of leaving away? It may be easier to be more free and easy (but also, Even if those in higher positions take the initiative to protect the dignity of those in lower positions, the lives of those in lower positions will still be affected beyond their control. As a reader, my expectation of completely saying goodbye to the old life is too idealistic.) (Don't scold me. If you have different ideas, you are welcome to discuss them. After all, I am just expressing my opinions and don't want to quarrel.)
Can the heroine and the emperor still be together in the end if they are like this?