Beautiful Countenance

Synopsis: [The full novel is complete. Please add the author's next work, The Noble Consort Who Rules the Six Palaces, to your reading list.]

In the third year of the Yuanjia era, the emperor decreed that Ling Shu, the second young lady of the Chief Councillor's household, would marry Rong Yan, the eldest son of the foremost clan.

The decree sent shockwaves through both empress dowagers' palaces, as well as among the legitimate princesses born to the empress.

There was only one reason: Rong Yan, the eldest son of the foremost clan, carried the high hopes of both his clan and the imperial family. From birth, he had been appointed the crown prince's study companion. He was a man of refined taste and profound learning, and had come first in all three imperial examinations while still young.

As for Ling Shu, the second young lady of the Chief Councillor's household, her stunning beauty was her only virtue.

That very day, the legitimate princess born to the empress came crying to the emperor.

The emperor looked at her in silence. “Your cousin asked for that marriage himself.”

In his youth, Rong Yan often visited the Chief Councillor's residence, where he looked down on the second young lady, the apple of her household's eye.

As the capital's foremost young gentleman, he could hardly approve of her capriciousness or the way the whole world had to indulge her “spoiled airs.”

Then he heard that the crown prince intended to choose a young lady from the Chief Councillor's household as his crown princess.

Rong Yan panicked, then without hesitation snatched the marriage for himself.

#The spoiled airs I fell for in my youth

Now, that lovely face rests in my arms#

Notes:

1. The heroine is a scheming, high-maintenance troublemaker.

2. Both leads are each other's first. They marry first and fall in love later. This is a fictional setting.

3. The synopsis was written on February 6, 2022, and the novel was completed on March 1, 2023.

4. The novel may be revised from time to time after completion.

Please add the author's next work, The Noble Consort Who Rules the Six Palaces, to your reading list

Synopsis:

In the thirteenth year of the Kangyuan era, the late emperor passed away, leaving behind an imperial decree on his deathbed:

The Seventh Young Lady of the Dingguo Marquis's household was to become the new emperor's consort.

The decree left the entire court speechless.

Everyone knew that the Seventh Young Lady was the apple of the Dingguo Marquis's eye, cherished since childhood. She was as gentle as water, while the new emperor was a ruthless and merciless man. That day, the whole Dingguo Marquis household was plunged into mourning.

Yet before half a year had passed, an imperial decree announcing her elevation to empress was proclaimed throughout the six palaces.

Less than a year later, the emperor, usually so unromantic, was kneeling on a washboard.

The court officials: What kind of operation is this?

When they first met:

The beauty bowed gracefully, her manner gentle and demure. “Your concubine wishes Your Majesty ten thousand blessings.”

The new emperor lounged in his dragon throne and gave a lazy laugh. Hah, I knew you'd been plotting against me from the very start.

Later:

Within the hibiscus-curtained bed, the beauty furrowed her brow, seeming displeased.

The young emperor, who never lost his composure, hurried to soothe her softly. “My darling, could you look at me again? Just once.”

#The delusional emperor falls step by step for the beauty's soft-spoken sweetness#

#A man's words are lies, and lies are a man's words#

[An emperor who is constantly making things up in his head vs. a tender, gentle, breathtakingly beautiful noble consort]

Please add the author's next work, The Heiress of a Wealthy Family Is Coasting Online, to your reading list

Synopsis:

Tian Tian transmigrated, but not as the female lead of a novel or the male lead's first love, his moonlight in white.

She became the male and female leads'... daughter.

The male lead, Xie Yanqing, was the domineering CEO at the head of Yun City's elite families. The female lead was the white moonlight of both the male lead and a whole host of male supporting characters. After enduring countless hardships, the two finally got together.

By the time Tian Tian arrived, the story had already reached its epilogue.

Looking at the domineering CEO who was teasing her, her beautiful mother, her genius older brother, and her godfather who was also a romantic rival...

Tian Tian fell silent.

One day, Xie Yanqing was going to an auction with his wife.

As they were leaving, their three-year-old daughter reached out to be picked up by Xie Yanqing. The little darling looked soft, sweet, and adorable.

Xie Yanqing remained calm and composed. After a three-second pause, he smiled and said, “I'm afraid not. Daddy's arms are only for Mommy.”

Tian Tian: “Thanks, I hate it.”

Theme: Later, many people asked me what it felt like to walk alone at night, hesitating along the road. But what I remembered wasn't loneliness or the long road. It was the vast, surging sea and the stars shining in the sky.