[New story: Pretending to Have Amnesia in Front of My White Moonlight. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites!]
Blurb:
Yuan Xian, the County Lady of Changhua, is proud of her beauty and noble status. She always strives to stand out and win, and half the spoiled young ladies of the capital are against her, just waiting for her to trip herself up one day.
Heaven finally answers their prayers: her fiance abandons her, and she becomes embroiled in a murder case, with everyone condemning her.
More importantly, the man presiding over the case is Gu Xi.
This imperial favorite wields power over the entire court. His methods are as merciless as a king of hell, and he is famed for his coldness and lack of desire. He certainly won't be swayed by her beauty.
Sure enough, the overbearing Yuan Xian turns as meek as a quail whenever she faces him.
It's not for any other reason.
At first glance, she recognized Gu Xi as the young man she'd once kidnapped because she'd been captivated by his looks.
Thankfully, thankfully, after five years, he seems to have forgotten those outrageous events.
Delighted, she pretends not to know him and continues secretly seeking out handsome, obedient young men.
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Gu Xi has been cold and aloof since childhood. Few things have ever made him lose his composure.
Except for the shameless noblewoman who harassed him for half a year when he was young. Unable to bear it any longer, he rejected her in every way he could, then fled in disarray.
Years later, they meet again. She has forgotten the past and is using those same shallow, laughable tricks on other men.
Ridiculous.
Gu Xi suddenly feels like holding a grudge.
He takes away her engagement and cuts off her escape routes. Just as she once did to him, he pins her down on the bed without mercy.
He'll make her understand that when you do something wrong, you have to make amends right where you did it.
[This story's blurb]
Rumor has it that all the consorts in the harem of the Xia Kingdom are vicious, cruel, unruly, and antisocial, and the palace servants fear them like tigers.
But in Song Song's eyes, these beautiful women are just a bunch of adorable, haughty little animals.
That's because her eyes can see people's true forms, which appear before her as animals.
So when she sniffles with tears in her eyes, the proud and unruly Consort Yao feeds her delicious treats with her antlers, while the ruthless Consort Yu plays the zither all day to make her smile. A casual compliment from Song Song is enough to set off a peacock displaying its feathers...
Thanks to her experience cuddling cats and dogs, she becomes the darling of the entire harem.
She persuades a koi to lie flat, joins a salted fish in giving up, and has a high-IQ dolphin do her schoolwork for her. Life is pretty carefree.
But as a destitute princess of a poor little kingdom, held hostage in a foreign land against her will, that isn't enough.
So she sets her sights on the golden dragon standing beside the emperor of Xia.
She works hard and becomes the most loyal, eager lackey at Xiao Yu's side.
When Xiao Yu goes berserk, she hands him a blade. When Xiao Yu acts recklessly, she cheers him on.
If anyone says a single bad word about Xiao Yu, she draws her saber and chases them all over the street.
As long as you latch onto a powerful patron early, glory and riches are yours for the taking.
Song Song doesn't want riches and glory. She just wants to make it to retirement, return to her own den, and live comfortably while waiting for the end.
After working diligently for over a decade, she runs into trouble just as Xiao Yu ascends the throne.
The boy has grown into a graceful young man, upright and handsome, his jade-like face full of regret. "I'm sorry. I can't send you back to Beize."
"Why not?" The honey-flower egg in her mouth suddenly doesn't taste so good.
The young man's dark eyes appear right before her, while a dragon's tail slyly twirls behind him.
He murmurs earnestly, "Our kingdom's laws say the empress may not leave the palace without permission."
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The male lead's version:
As the laziest, most dissolute prince in Great Xia, Xiao Yu wastes his days in a daze and has a terrible reputation.
He knows his subjects fear him, but don't respect him.
He doesn't care.
It's just that the little girl who trails after him all day, drooling, is a bit of a nuisance.
Annoying as she is, she's actually quite useful.
During a palace coup and internal strife, she points randomly and somehow roots out a spy from an enemy kingdom who's been hiding for years.
When war breaks out against the Wu tribe, she tinkers around all night and somehow creates an army of animals with tremendous fighting power.
The little girl with twin buns beams at him, her eyes shining. "Xiao Yu, you're a born leader. All you need is a sudden thunderclap to send you soaring into the sky."
Looking into her clear, round cat eyes, he actually feels like he's become that dragon.
P.S. The heroine's golden finger grows as she gets older, but she isn't ridiculously overpowered. This is a warm, healing story.
Theme: Always remember to believe in yourself.
Finally updated, come on!
Finally updated woo woo woo
When will my wife update? I really like your dewen.
It's a bit annoying that he keeps stalking him even though he knows that his status is very different and the heroine doesn't like him.
Woohoo, it's finally been updated, but I don't remember the previous plot and characters. As I watched, I was confused about who this character is. Woohoo.
I'm the first! King Jin doesn't have a twin brother!
Is there a post-marriage side story, and the past of Empress Ying? 😳
Ah ah ah ah, Qi Guifei, I miss you so much!
Ahhhhhhh, here I come! How did I just come across such a good article!
Is that leader the brother of King Jin? I said before that the twins are considered unknown here. Did they raise him quietly without letting others know?