My Archrival Is Actually Devoted to Me

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Blurb:

Li Tingnan thinks the world is truly unpredictable.

When she was young, she entered the palace out of necessity to save her father from prison. She spent five years as a consort without ever being summoned to the emperor's bed, and somehow ended up becoming Empress Dowager.

Just as she was about to relinquish power, the child she had raised herself took advantage of her illness and tried to kill her.

But the most unexpected thing was still to come.

Her old nemesis, usually composed and immaculate, embraced her with disheveled hair and blood all over him, begging her not to die.

When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to her youth.

Surrounded by wolves and tigers, Li Tingnan declared that she would never enter the palace, not even if it meant marrying her old nemesis!

And then came the matchmakers and betrothal gifts beyond counting.

Li Tingnan married the very nemesis she'd once had...

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In her previous life, Su Yu was a spirited young chancellor.

But his love life was a failure, and he never married.

When faced with gossip, Su Yu lightly waved his bone fan and kept a roguish smile on his face as he openly declared that he already had someone in his heart.

Everyone: A secret crush? Oh, we get it!

But when they met again, that secret crush had become a palace consort.

Su Yu watched her from afar, burying his feelings deep inside.

When he learned she was at death's door, he lost his composure and fought his way through with a blade. Then he wiped the blood from his hands and gathered her into his arms, but they still went to their deaths together.

Waking with a start to find himself back in the past, Su Yu went to the palace that very night and asked the emperor to grant him a marriage decree.

Who cares about the details? First, he had to marry the woman he loved!

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After their wedding, Li Tingnan watched the enemies from her previous life resign from office or end up in prison, and began to feel that something was off.

Li Tingnan: Investigate further, and report back!

A large hand suddenly encircled her waist. "Your husband is not much to boast of. Tell me, my lady, are you satisfied?"

Only then did Li Tingnan realize that the feelings hidden in her nemesis's eyes were exactly the same as they had been on the day she was about to die.

Reader's Guide:

1. The setting is entirely fictional. No historical research needed.

Upcoming Novel

"My Imperial Brother"

Yan Liyu is a princess with no legitimate claim to her title.

One day, she dreams that she is tricked into marrying off to the Bai Rong as a political bride, only to die miserably in a foreign land.

She thinks it's just an absurd dream, until one by one, the events from it come true.

To change her fate and escape the political marriage, she turns her attention to her graceful, elegant imperial brother,

Yan Huai.

She's decided to cling to the future emperor's coattails!

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Later, Yan Huai ascends the throne ahead of schedule and decisively conquers the Bai Rong.

Yan Liyu feels that her fate has changed, and that it's time to leave this palace that devours people.

She smiles as she discusses the arrangements for finding a husband,

but when night falls, someone pins her atop her bright red wedding dress.

The newcomer still has a gentle expression, but his cool fingers trace down from her lips as he ruthlessly storms her defenses.

She shudders several times and murmurs, dazed, "Imperial Brother..."

He gently bites her earlobe. "Don't call me Imperial Brother."

"You should call me husband."

Only then does Yan Liyu see the possessiveness hidden in his eyes.

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Yan Huai was born with a handsome face. Everyone who met him said he was as beautiful as jade and a perfect gentleman,

but only he knew how much treachery and ruthlessness lay beneath that refined exterior.

He was a demon through and through.

He had lain in wait for years, returning to the palace only to exact blood for blood.

And Yan Liyu was the unforeseen variable in his meticulous plan.

For the sake of an imperial decree granting their marriage, Yan Huai abandoned his plans and went to the front lines in armor.

Only after returning in triumph did he learn that Yan Liyu had already married into the Western Rong.

The prince, who had always been calm and steady, never showing his feelings, crushed the jade hairpin in his hand.

When Yan Huai survived countless dangers and finally took the throne, intending to bring Yan Liyu home,

all he found was a cold corpse.

At last unable to control himself, he drew his sword and killed himself by her side.

The next day, Yan Huai woke at a palace banquet.

Yan Liyu smiled brightly at him.

"Imperial Brother, from now on, we're family."

His eyes darkened slightly. Of course they were family.

A family who would be intimately entwined.

Reader's Guide:

1. The male and female leads have always known they are not blood-related.

2. Their romance begins after they both know they are not blood-related.

3. The male lead is a virgin in both lives.

Theme: Stay positive and support each other through life's storms.