Set Your Heart on Me

Dear readers, please add this to your collection!

[Coming soon: The Tyrant King's Beloved Concubine. Please add it to your collection. Also recommending my friend Yanye's ongoing novel, Into the Wilderness. Both blurbs are below!]

Blurb:

In her previous life, Song Yinzhan had gone so far as to frame her younger sister for the chance to become a disciple of Wei Shu, the greatest strategist under heaven. After completing her apprenticeship, she spent six years helping the Third Prince eliminate all his rivals. Just as the man she served was about to ascend the throne, he lured her outside the palace walls and had her killed because she had previously murdered one of his beloved concubines. Only then did Song Yinzhan realize that the Third Prince, who seemed so kind and tolerant, had only been putting on an act.

Reborn, Song Yinzhan gave her younger sister the chance to become a disciple. All she wanted was to reach a suitable age, find herself a husband, and live out her life in peace. But before Zhang Yue, the Ministry of Justice official she had her eye on, could even ask for her hand, Lu Xuan, who had not returned to the capital before her death in her previous life but was now the Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief, cornered her in an alley and said, "Song Yinzhan, you just want someone to marry, anyway. Why marry Zhang Yue when you could marry me? How about it?"

P.S.

1. If you like this, dear readers, please add it to your collection.

2. The dynasty is fictional. The official system is loosely based on history, but not rigorously researched, so please don't overanalyze it.

3. I'm a new writer hoping to improve, so I warmly welcome your valuable feedback.

Coming next: The Tyrant King's Beloved Concubine. Please add it to your collection!

Powerful man takes her by force + regrets it and pursues her after she leaves

Mu Zhen transmigrates to ancient times as an orphan whose parents have both died. With no hope of returning home, she works hard to build a life for herself. In a world where men hold all the power, her goal is to secure a peaceful life of her own. Just as that peaceful future seems within reach, a member of the imperial nobility appears. He closes in on her, laying traps and promising her unimaginable wealth and status.

But the wealth and status he offers mean becoming a concubine who must come whenever summoned, leave whenever dismissed, and pay her respects morning and night. That's not the life she wants, so she does everything she can to escape.

Chu Jin was the late emperor's youngest son, born in his old age and raised by his own elder brother, the crown prince. After his brother ascended the throne and named him Prince Cheng, Chu Jin was put in charge of the empire's prisons, shaping him into a man who always expected to get what he wanted.

In the fourth year of Prince Cheng's rule over the prisons, he traveled to Jiangnan to inspect the region. He happened upon a woman in the street, and one glimpse was enough to stir his interest.

One day, the woman stopped his horse in the street, pleading for him to save someone. He had already intended to let her go, but she dared to provoke him again. Chu Jin had never been one to deny himself, so he struck a deal with the young lady.

The young lady's looks and temperament were very much to his taste, so Chu Jin brought her back to his residence, gave her fine clothes and jewels, indulged and spoiled her, and even considered making her his secondary consort.

Who could have guessed the woman would run away?

Remembering a spring afternoon, Chu Jin had stroked the back of her neck and promised, "Even if I take a wife in the future, there will always be a place for you in this prince's household."

She had lifted her head and smiled like a flower. "Then thank you, Your Highness."

Her eyes had been so cool despite her bright smile. Perhaps even then she had already planned to escape.

When Chu Jin got the news, he crushed his teacup and said viciously, "If I catch her, I'll make her kneel and beg for forgiveness."

Later, he finally found her.

He was the one begging for forgiveness.

Her expression was cool and unmoved as she said, "Your Highness, let me go."

My friend's novel: Into the Wilderness. Please add it to your collection!

Blurb: Yu Shu moved into his family's old residence in Jian'an Commandery.

He had intended to focus on recovering from his illness, but the next day, a group of people moved into the courtyard.

Fortunately, they had nothing to do with him. As long as they kept to themselves and left him alone, that was fine. He would simply pretend they weren't there.

But one night, someone woke him from his sleep. He saw the man who had seemed rather contemptuous of him the first time they met, now with a sword pointed at his chest, apparently being threatened.

How could Yu Shu put up with that? This man was in his residence, being threatened in the middle of the night. If word got out, wouldn't it bring shame on the Yu family? Without thinking, Yu Shu rushed forward and took the sword meant for Zhou Ji.

He never imagined that this thoughtless act would bring him so much trouble.

From then on, wherever he went, Zhou Ji followed.

When he sunbathed in the little courtyard, Zhou Ji would sit nearby, watching him without looking away.

Whatever he said in passing, Zhou Ji would make sure to do.

With time, Yu Shu gradually got used to living this way.

To Yu Shu, Zhou Ji was the most vivid touch in his otherwise ordinary life, a lovely finishing flourish.

But he didn't know that, in Zhou Ji's eyes, he was the only exception in years, fireworks bursting in the night, a flower blooming at the bottom of a dry well.

·

Later, amid a profusion of spring blossoms, Yu Shu promised Zhou Ji forever. That promise became the light Zhou Ji spent his life pursuing.

"If there really is another life, I'll be an ordinary person and come see the spring and summer in your eyes."

"Stop killing people."

"...All right."

And so Zhou Ji accompanied him through all four seasons.

Theme: Trust is the foundation of lasting love and friendship