Hounded by the Deposed Emperor's Consort (Female-Dominated World)

A brawling, troublemaking hoodlum x a cold and noble imperial consort (The final chapter has over a thousand extra words. If you've read it already, feel free to go back and read the additions!)

[Complete! If you like it, you can add my upcoming story to your reading list: The Alluring Concubine and the Merchant's Wife (a seductive temptress who goes to great lengths to lure her x a sharp-eyed, calculating merchant who pretends to be aloof + male lead is a virgin, female lead isn't)]

Story blurb:

Male lead: The first time Yan Xing met Luo Qi, she was helping his fiancée collect a debt on the street. She stood in the middle of the road, looking fierce and ruthless, as if she feared nothing and no one. She stared at him with brazen desire, which disgusted him.

The second time he met her, he was hiding inside a wooden cabinet piled with silk and satin, while she had slipped into the palace to grab some valuables during the city's fall.

Everyone was only trying to escape with their lives. No one cared anymore whether he was an exalted imperial consort or a lowly male attendant.

The once-lavish imperial capital was now nothing but scorched earth.

But from the moment Luo Qi chose to save him from the barbarians, Yan Xing was bound to this woman for the rest of his life.

Female lead: Luo Qi used to be called Luo Qiniang. She was the seventh child in her family. Growing up, she chased cats and dogs and never had enough to eat. She barely knew a single character, so she had to make a living doing disreputable work.

She was a fierce fighter who knew how to get things done. Everyone around the docks knew Luo Qiniang's reputation.

A rough, uneducated woman, she'd only just made a name for herself when she got a scholar to give her a new name, choosing the fanciest one on the list. Later, as her reputation grew, even the high and mighty sought her out for their dirty work.

Hell, who could've guessed that a little hoodlum from Luo Village on the outskirts of the capital would have such a bright future? The only trouble was that the cold, beautiful man in her inner courtyard, whom she'd worked so hard to win over, was wearing her down.

P.S.: Both leads are virgins, and the man can bear children.

Upcoming story:

Male lead: Li Qinghuan is an illegitimate son of the Vice Minister of Revenue, born to a male consort brought home from a brothel.

His body was steeped in aphrodisiacs from birth. The scent of a woman makes his cheeks flush and his breathing turn ragged, leaving him unable to walk. And yet he carries the cheap, powdery fragrance of a temptress.

He usually hides in the inner courtyard, pretending to be ugly and stupid so no one will learn his secret.

Who could have guessed he'd be framed for seducing his legitimate older brother's fiancée?

On the way back to the capital to face punishment, he meets a vulgar woman who reeks of money. She looks terrifying, and a raised eyebrow or glare is enough to scare him half to death.

But he knows that this woman has her eye on his refined, upright older brother and is a lecher.

After weighing his options, he can only cling to this last lifeline. Marrying a ruthless merchant as a concubine is far better than being sent by his legal father to marry a servant born into the household, all of whom are lame or blind.

Later, he gently rocks the woman's neck as the powdery scent on his body makes her head spin. In a coquettish voice, he asks, "Are you still thinking about my older brother?"

Xiao Yuan grips his wrist, her gaze darkening as she looks down at the person in her arms. She rebukes him hoarsely, "Don't ask questions that aren't yours to ask."

Female lead:

Xiao Yuan is the illegitimate child of a Han Chinese father and a Northern Di mother. She grew up around the borderlands, unloved by both parents, but with a sharp mind. She could take sheep from the west side of town and sell them on the east side for twice the price.

When she grew up, she went into business all over the country, and even got aboard Prince Li's ship, becoming an imperial merchant.

Across the thirteen prefectures and 162 counties of Great Xuan, she owns 200 homes and 8,000 qing of fertile land. Her one regret is that, now she's thirty, she still has no husband in her household.

Those other men are just flings. If she's to marry, it has to be a truly noble son from an official family, refined, upright, and dignified, unlike those lowborn goods.

Who would have thought the sons of Vice Minister Li would come as a buy-one-get-one deal? One deliberately keeps her guessing, while the other bats his eyes and eagerly offers to serve her, like a little fox walking straight into a wolf's jaws.

She never makes a deal at a loss.

Completed female-dominant story:

The Fallen Husband Who Fell into a Bandit Den (a beautiful, cool and dignified husband x the seemingly fearsome, mad second-in-command of a bandit gang + neither lead is a virgin, eight-year age gap with the man younger)

Completed female-dominant stories in reserve:

The Little Green Tea of the Farmhouse (a workaholic female lead x a gold-digging little green tea + transmigration, both leads are virgins)

The Old Widower Next Door Is Impossible to Pursue (modern setting) (a young man returning home to farm and get rich x a widower with a child + neither lead is a virgin)

The Rigid Master Who Fell into a Demonic Lair (a double agent and young master of the demonic cult x a rigid, detached righteous sect master + both leads are virgins, one-year age gap with the man younger)

The Princess's Favorite (a righteous, iron-willed princess x a courtesan and spy with a tragic fate + male lead is a virgin, female lead isn't)

The Difficult Life of a Concubine's Daughter (a vengeful concubine's daughter plotting to seize the family fortune x a mean, selfish widower of a legal wife who torments her)

Theme: Never stop striving and provide for your family