Lively and clever, a carefree, flirtatious wild girl × a stern and cold, proper and decorous regent
Modern city girl Qiao Yuexi, known as a “peony,” transmigrates into the body of the Empress Dowager’s niece.
The transmigration god looks kindly upon her and gives her a restricted-fiction System. As long as she gets close to powerful men and sleeps with them, she can level up with ease.
The Empress Dowager grants her the title of Commandery Princess Jianing and betroths her to the Chancellor, Shen Changyuan.
The sky is falling! The chancellor is short, old, and ugly.
What should she do? She seeks help from Master Huiming.
Master Huiming asks, “Would you be willing to marry the Prince Regent? No one else can protect you.”
She asks in a tiny voice, “Could I meet the Prince Regent first?”
She’s heard the Prince Regent is fearsome and that three of his fiancées have died because of him.
She gazes from afar at his tall, handsome figure, feasting her eyes and feeling completely satisfied.
On their wedding night, the man doesn’t even lift her veil. He says coldly, “I agreed to Master Huiming’s request and will protect you for a time. Remember to behave yourself and harbor no delusions.”
His words chill her to the bone. But the man before her is a martial arts powerhouse, so she lifts her own veil, takes hold of his sleeve, and says in a coquettish voice:
“Your Highness, would you pretend to be in love with me for a while, just for show? How about three years?”
The man shakes off her hand and turns away, scolding her coldly. “What kind of behavior is that?”
Qiao Yuexi looks at her empty hand and puts on a winning smile. “One year! Just one year, all right?”
“As you wish!” He sweeps out of the room.
Xiao Jingyang is accomplished in both letters and arms, the seventh son of the Duke of Ying’s household. The late emperor entrusted the young heir to his care and appointed him Prince Regent.
Rumors say he is cold-hearted, but in truth he is full of ardor, repaying the late emperor for recognizing his worth.
At his first meeting with Qiao Yuexi, he turns away in distaste, avoiding her scorching gaze.
That night, he has an unexpectedly erotic dream.
He gets up and practices his sword for half the night, warning himself, “A friend’s wife is off-limits.”
On their wedding night, that woman actually dares to make such an outrageous demand: pretend to be in love? For three years? One year?
He is the dignified Prince Regent. Is he supposed to be an actor?
A year after their wedding, a plague breaks out in Shu. That woman insists on going with Huiming to help the disaster victims.
He can’t talk her out of it, so he has no choice but to lock her up. Yet she still manages to escape.
Bonus scene
The man picks up the Buddhist scripture from the floor and tears it to pieces. He lifts the woman into his arms and lays her across the altar table, making love to her again and again until she begs him in a sweet voice to stop.
Holding the beauty, her temples damp with sweat, he kisses her repeatedly and pleads in a low voice, “Forget them! From beginning to end, I’m the only one who can protect you.”
Reader’s guide:
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The heroine has no heart at first. She only cares about surviving and leveling up, and flirts with all kinds of men.
Theme: A serious face-con, who loves handsome men but loves herself even more
It's quite sweet, but didn't these two just talk? How does it feel like an old married couple?