After Becoming a Widow, She Seduced the Crown Prince Again

My ongoing novel next door, "[The Nineties] Starting Out by Convincing a Coal Boss to Make Idol Dramas," please add it to your collection.

My friend's sweet nonhuman romance, "My Taciturn, Terrifying Husband [Zombies]," please add it to your collection.

[Calculating, cool-hearted heroine struggling to survive x lovesick hero who goes crazy for love]

With her father on the verge of rebellion and her childhood sweetheart and fiance suddenly dead, Huo Xiang seeks out Shangguan Yan in hopes of staying alive.

Shangguan Yan is handsome and gentle, with a simple family background. He perfectly fits Huo Xiang's idea of a lifeline.

Unfortunately, Shangguan Yan already loves someone else. No matter how hard Huo Xiang tries to please him, he refuses to marry her.

Huo Xiang has no choice but to give up on him.

Instead, she claims that she is destined to be a phoenix and tricks the emperor into issuing an order for her to enter the palace.

But for some reason, Shangguan Yan, who once refused to marry her, goes mad.

When they meet again, he has become the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, while she is now the empress.

He looks at her with the same gentle smile as before, but in his eyes lurks a demon.

After the late emperor passes away, the consorts gather to mourn according to custom.

Only the empress dowager and the new emperor are nowhere to be seen.

Behind the curtains in the mourning hall,

Huo Xiang, dressed in mourning clothes, is pressed against the coffin by Shangguan Yan as he kisses her tenderly.

His lips lightly brush her neck. "You loved him so much back then that you even made me stand in as his substitute."

His hand slowly glides over her lapel. "Now that he's dead, why not use me as his substitute one more time? What do you say?"

"All right."

Huo Xiang agrees with a smile. The glimmer of tears in her eyes conceals the look she gives her prey as it walks into her trap.

[Important reminder]: The male leads are from the same clan, but are not related by blood or family ties.

My ongoing novel next door, "[The Nineties] Starting Out by Convincing a Coal Boss to Make Idol Dramas," please add it to your collection.

Blurb: [Capable, shrewd big sister x aloof, insecure puppy]

Zhu Yu misses a step and is reborn in 1998.

The good news: her eyes are fine, so she can keep making films.

The bad news: she has just been framed and expelled from film school.

Even worse, the villagers who scraped together every last penny to send her to school are about to arrive in the capital to see her, their future great director.

In her previous life, Zhu Yu ran away in disgrace.

This time, she will never let the villagers down.

To do that, she has to put together a film crew within three months.

Zhu Yu has talent and experience. The only thing she lacks is money.

Money!

Broke Zhu Yu sets her sights on the campus heartthrob, Luo Xinian.

Luo Xinian has an impressive background, but his acting is awful.

To secure an investment, Zhu Yu tells a white lie: "Student Luo, you have a real talent for acting. Would you like to be the leading man in my film?"

The rise to fame of genius director Zhu Yu begins with this lie.

She makes an idol drama, and a TV station executive mocks her: "How can this meaningless nonsense be called a TV series?"

But when the drama airs, it tops the ratings and empties the streets.

Even the executive's daughter becomes a fan of Zhu Yu and pulls out every trick in the book to wheedle her father: "Dad, I'm such a huge fan of Director Zhu! Please get me her autograph!"

The station executive, once so arrogant, has no choice but to swallow his pride and ask Zhu Yu for an autograph.

She makes a film, and a titan of the industry writes a scathing critique: "Young lady, making films isn't child's play. Stop ruining the big screen!"

But her very first film wins the Cannes Grand Prize, an award that titan had spent his whole life trying and failing to win.

Even Charles, Hollywood's most prestigious director, lowers his proud head and praises her: "A monstrous genius from the East."

Scripts nobody believed in rake in hundreds of millions at the box office. Unknown young actors become award-winning stars in her hands.

Investors wave their checks and beg to work with her, while countless superstars scramble for roles in her films.

Zhu Yu is the brightest gem in the history of Chinese cinema.

Zhu Yu has a headache.

In her previous life, all she knew was that Luo Xinian left the entertainment industry early and went home, overpowering his siblings to become the head of the family business.

She heard he was ruthless and aloof, a textbook domineering CEO.

But!

So much for being aloof!

What kind of cold, domineering CEO bursts into tears in front of her at the drop of a hat?

Luo Xinian used to hate his tendency to cry uncontrollably.

Then he met Zhu Yu and realized she was a complete sucker for it. For the first time in his life, he thought it might actually be a good thing.

He is tongue-tied and bad with words, but his tears can tell Zhu Yu about the surging feelings in his heart.

His tears can make Zhu Yu cherish him and favor him.

His tears can make Zhu Yu give up an entire forest for him, a single tree.

The only despicable thing he has ever done is use his tears to beg for Zhu Yu's love.

My friend's upcoming novel, "My Taciturn, Terrifying Husband [Zombies]"

Blurb:

[Possessive, wife-obsessed zombie king x fragile, survival-minded, snarky heroine]

1,

Gu Zhao transmigrates into an apocalypse teeming with zombies. With no special abilities, she is forced by the base to marry the zombie king as a pawn.

Her: "...Can zombies tell the difference between a bride and fresh food?"

To cure Gu Zhao's pre-wedding jitters, the personnel brainwash her:

"He's better now. He doesn't eat people all the time anymore."

"Look, he's even wearing a bite guard."

"He was a handsome, long-legged guy with broad shoulders and a slim waist when he was alive. Maybe you'll fall for him once you're married!"

Her: "...If he's so great, you go marry him instead."

The next second, the personnel member's gun clicks off safety.

Gu Zhao immediately pulls on a wedding dress with a massive train. "Yes, I do!!!"

2,

At the wedding-

Holding a bouquet, Gu Zhao slowly walks toward the zombie king under the ravenous gazes of the zombies.

Her new husband stares at her through his bite guard like a beast watching its prey.

The priest trembles, but still tries to liven up the ceremony:

"It seems our groom is physically attracted to his bride! He must be a devoted and faithful man!"

Gu Zhao: ...I get it. I look at chicken the same way. It's purely physical attraction :)

On their wedding night-

Gu Zhao and her zombie husband share a room but sleep in separate beds. In the middle of the night, she suddenly wakes up, acutely aware of someone's burning gaze on her back.

Gu Zhao, horrified: Is he so hungry that he can't stop himself from pouncing on me and eating me?

On their honeymoon-

Her husband wraps his arms tightly around her from behind, the cold metal bite guard pressed against the back of her neck as he whispers, "Wifey, you smell so good."

Gu Zhao: Bastard, what kind of good smell? Be specific!

This bizarre, cross-species marriage somehow ends up being a happy one.

No pressure to have children, thanks to reproductive incompatibility. No worries about the daily grind, since her husband prefers to eat things raw. No bickering over family matters, since her husband rarely speaks human language.

Gu Zhao gradually relaxes: It seems...not as bad as she'd imagined.

3,

The zombie king's sinister point of view:

On their wedding day,

When his wife lifts her veil, looks up at him with dewy eyes, and shyly recites her sweet wedding vows,

In that instant-

Him: You are my woman 🥵

On their wedding night,

The man sits up and stares at his wife, curled up in a ball in the bed across from him.

Him: 🥰 My tiny little wife is so cute sleeping over there~

4,

Then Gu Zhao discovers her true golden finger ability, [Zombie Charmer], whose only skill is making zombies love her!

Not only does the zombie king obey her, but all his zombie underlings bow down to her too.

Since there's nothing left to fuss over at home, Gu Zhao rolls up her sleeves and helps her family expand their territory and recruit underlings.

Fifteen years into the apocalypse, the Zombie Empire is officially established.

According to paparazzi reports, when their human queen raises a hand, the zombie king obediently lowers his head and lets her stroke his face.

Theme: Cherish the person in front of you. Don't toy with people's hearts.