Praying for Jade

This novel has undergone three major revisions and several minor ones, with substantial changes to the plot. I take no responsibility for pirated copies.

Gentle yet cold, seemingly flawless but secretly dark emperor VS dazzling, vivacious, sunny legitimate daughter

Reborn from the start at the crematorium, elder brother steals younger brother's wife, coercive pursuit, reunion after a breakup, five-year age gap.

Song Yingyu is the beloved youngest legitimate daughter of a duke's household, with otherworldly beauty and a bright, uninhibited spirit.

In her previous life, the boldest thing she ever did was love Shen Min, the emperor's second son, for eight whole years.

For eight years, she gave Shen Min her whole heart, studying medicine and cooking for him, protecting him in every way, and even risking her life to save him.

At last, Shen Min returned her feelings, but only by taking her as a concubine.

When her family's estate was confiscated, Song Yingyu knelt before him for the first time, begging Shen Min to show mercy, but all she received was his indifference.

People said the Second Prince and his princess were deeply devoted to each other, and that Song, his secondary consort, was probably just a plaything to amuse him. Gradually, Song Yingyu accepted the truth. Otherwise, on the night she miscarried, when she was in such agony she nearly fainted, how could she have waited in vain for Shen Min to come tend to her?

On the day Shen Min ascended the throne, the emperor and empress stood hand in hand, receiving the worship of thousands. What a glorious sight. Meanwhile, Song Yingyu swallowed a bowl of poison amid endless desolation.

She thought, if there is another life, she will never love Shen Min again.

That day, she opened her eyes and returned at last to her radiant, beautiful fifteen-year-old self.

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Shen Min appears refined and upright, but inside he is dark and cold.

He needs power, not sincerity. So when he watched Song Yingyu toil for him and weep for him, he remained unmoved, even finding her foolish and laughable.

Then one day, the young woman seemed to suddenly become “clever.” She stopped caring about him and stopped smiling at him, and instead began scheming to marry his handsome young fourth brother.

At last, Shen Min understood what it meant to be consumed by jealousy.

Note: 1. The blurb is told entirely from the heroine's perspective and does not reveal the whole story. The heroine's miscarriage and death are complicated, and the hero did not cause them.

2. The heroine is reborn first, while the hero gradually recovers his memories. In both lives, they are each other's first love and remain devoted to one another; there is no switching heroes. The story has a plot-driven storyline.

3. The free chapters are packed with important plot points and foreshadowing, so skipping them is not recommended. They should give you a good sense of whether the story is for you. If it isn't, it's best to stop reading in time.

4. This novel is tagged with coercive pursuit and reunion after a breakup, so please don't criticize those elements in the story.

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“Three Years After Marrying the Aloof Heir”

Graceful, gentle, and resilient VS an untouchable beauty's stand-in

Love after marriage, a groveling pursuit, a male stand-in, coercive pursuit, and melodrama.

Yan Yan comes from a merchant family and has a lowly status, yet she loves Xie Ling, a noble young gentleman, elegant and refined as an orchid and jade tree.

Because her family feels indebted to her and the Yan and Xie families have an old betrothal agreement, Yan Yan manages to secure a marriage to Xie Ling.

After their wedding, Xie Ling is always distant. From the occasional look in his eyes, Yan Yan understands that he dislikes her, perhaps even detests her.

Yan Yan thinks, it doesn't matter. As long as she does well enough, he'll eventually be moved.

Yet all her thoughtful care and ceaseless effort earn her only Xie Ling's cold remark: “You don't have to do all this.”

On the night she risks her life to save Xie Ling, she is badly injured and trembling with pain. She begs him through her tears, “A Ling, hold me...” But Xie Ling only turns and walks away indifferently.

Only later does she learn that he has an unforgettable old flame in his heart.

After three years of swallowing her grievances, Yan Yan has not won even a trace of affection from Xie Ling. Exhausted, she says, “I only ask that you give me a child.”

But she loses that child, too. Yan Yan is caught in an accident and falls into a riverbed with someone else. Xie Ling saves his old flame, leaving Yan Yan in the cold evening rain, suffering from abdominal pain.

Yan Yan's heart turns to ashes.

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Xie Ling dislikes Yan Yan, the girl raised in a merchant household. He dislikes her even more for coveting wealth and status and resorting to any means to get them.

But when he sees his wife bedridden with illness after her miscarriage, her beautiful face looking so fragile, his heart suddenly softens. He thinks perhaps they could still live happily together.

But Yan Yan gives him no chance. Right in front of him, she leaps from a high cliff.

Two years later, while fighting the enemy at the border, Xie Ling sees Yan Yan again.

Overjoyed, he watches her weep as she throws herself into another man's arms.

That man has a face strikingly similar to his own.

At last, Xie Ling understands: more painful than the heartbreak of losing Yan Yan is the realization that she never loved him at all.

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Xie Ling takes Yan Yan back. On countless nights, he kisses her damp temples and red lips, asking again and again, “What about now? Do you love him or me?”

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Theme: Even when living in darkness, one must keep fighting and strive for a truly bright life.