Reborn and Married to the Enemy Kingdom's Hostage Prince

Next book: The Beauty's Scheme

Coming soon: The Rough General's Sweet Little Wife

Princess Li Xunyang has been reborn, returning to the eve of her wedding to her consort.

In her previous life, on their wedding night, her consort Wei Heng led troops in a rebellion, forcing her father, the emperor, to his death and killing her elder brother.

As she faced death, the hostage prince from an enemy kingdom whom she had once bullied became the new emperor.

"Li Xunyang, you owe me. I'll make you pay."

He hated her for humiliating him, yet saved her again and again, providing her with fine clothes and exquisite food. She was the only woman in his harem. He spent a fortune seeking doctors for her, but in the end, he still couldn't make her pay.

Reborn, Li Xunyang promptly broke off her engagement to her consort and set her sights on the hostage prince from the enemy kingdom.

Shen Hengzhi, a hostage from the Northern Yue Kingdom, was a refined and graceful young man. Ever since entering the imperial palace of Zhaoyun, he had been bullied by everyone.

Li Xunyang promptly came to his aid, showering him with care and gifts day after day.

Gradually, the hostage prince began looking at her with increasing warmth.

This time, the Zhaoyun Kingdom prospered, with peace throughout the land. Scions of noble families and prestigious clans all sent their calling cards, hoping to marry the princess.

One night, as Li Xunyang had just returned to her room, someone cornered her behind the door. In the darkness, an arm slowly slid around her waist, and a man's low voice sounded beside her ear.

"Li Xunyang, I've come to marry you."

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In his previous life, Shen Hengzhi hated the Zhaoyun princess more than anyone. She bullied and humiliated him. Only after he watched her die before his eyes did he finally realize the truth: he could hate anyone, but he should never have hated her.

Later, he killed the new emperor and imprisoned Wei Heng, bringing about Zhaoyun's destruction in just one year.

All to avenge her.

In this life, he would love her well.

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Next book: The Beauty's Scheme, with 100,000 words already drafted.

At the coming-of-age ceremony for Lin Jingxue, daughter of Prime Minister Lin, when she turned fifteen, Prince Duan joked, "She's so thin, she needs fattening up." As a result, she remained unmarried for three years.

The current Prince Duan, Murong Yu, was supposed to marry the legitimate daughter of the Grand Tutor's household, but his future bride was whisked away by his own nephew, the crown prince. Now, at twenty-four, he still hasn't found a wife.

So at a palace banquet, everyone laughed at the two of them. Then a sharp-tongued minister, emboldened by wine, said, "I hear the daughter of Prime Minister Lin is still unmarried. Why not pair them up? It'd be a fine match in the capital."

Lin Jingxue never imagined the blame would land on her. What sort of man was Prince Duan? Old and devoted, with eyes only for the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites' household.

She wanted to stay as far away as possible, so she kept her head down, pretending she wasn't there.

But the emperor was delighted and insisted on arranging their marriage. Prince Duan didn't object either, merely saying, "That'll do." And so Lin Jingxue became the sacrificial lamb of Prince Duan's household.

Now the prime minister's daughter was married off, Prince Duan had a wife, and the whole capital had fresh gossip to enjoy.

These two were completely mismatched.

But no one could have guessed that their life together would grow happier and happier.

No one knew that this marriage decree was the once-in-a-lifetime chance Murong Yu had been seeking for many years.

Coming soon: The Rough General's Sweet Little Wife

The palace banquet was supposedly being held to welcome General Pei Sheng, the nation's guardian, but in truth, it was... a matchmaking event.

The young noblewomen of the capital sat shoulder to shoulder, some coquettish, some smiling, some repeatedly casting flirtatious glances. The air was filled with the scent of cosmetics, and their voices were sweet and delicate.

Across the long table, the man sat ramrod straight, his bearing formidable and his eyes deep and gleaming.

Looking at the sea of people before him, the man furrowed his brow, seeming utterly impatient. He raised his hand and pointed at the little girl in plain clothes in the corner.

"I'll take her!"

Li Hua, curled up in the corner: "???"

As the neglected legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Anping's household, Li Hua had only come to go through the motions. One point from the general, and she became the center of attention.

Then the emperor drew up a marriage contract for the two of them on the spot. "The wedding is tomorrow."

The two of them: "...???"

The next day, the wedding procession stretched far and wide, and firecrackers went off all along the ten-mile street. When the Li family dawdled, General Pei carried the bride straight into the wedding sedan.

"Don't make a fuss. I don't want you keeping me from practicing my swordsmanship."

The little girl in the sedan nodded, her voice soft and gentle. "All right."

On the first day of their marriage, her husband practiced his swordsmanship all night, the sound of the sword whistling until dawn.

After Li Hua entered the household, Pei Sheng initially thought she was too delicate and fussy. She couldn't stand cold food, got winded just walking, and was always complaining that her feet hurt.

After all, Li Hua was the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Anping, with skin as soft as silk. Yet she had married a general with rough skin, thick muscles, and calloused hands. Everyone thought she had been treated unfairly, and worried that one day she might anger the general and have her throat slit.

Until they saw Great General Pei give his wife a box of jewelry he had made himself for the Qixi Festival, make her a whole river's worth of lanterns, and hold her in his arms while massaging her feet.

The great general pulled his little wife close by the waist and gently asked, "Do your feet still hurt?"

Everyone: Take back everything I said!!!

Later, when the Pei family noticed that Li Hua still wasn't showing any signs of pregnancy, they considered taking a concubine for him.

Pei Sheng looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, his eyes reddening with panic. "It's not my wife's fault. I'm the one who can't do it!"

"Whoever tries to take a concubine for me will have to answer to me!"

Coming soon, book 2: The Emperor's Unrequited Love Is Me

Theme: Open your eyes, starting with yourself