Stealing the Rose [Nonhuman]

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The celebrated Federation leader Suo Xi left behind a diary behind her portrait in the Federation Council's command room.

On the back of the diary were words written by the lover she was rumored to have kept hidden from the world. On the front were her own words, written in her hand.

"I am a rose. Today, I was born in darkness."

"I met a girl today. She's beautiful and dazzling. She told me I was pretty."

"Today, my girl went to a new planet. Her friend plucked me and took me home."

"I can see her every day. It makes me so happy."

"She wonders why I never wilt... Silly girl, it's because you're still alive."

"She seems to have figured something out. I have to be more careful. But lately, I feel like I'm running out of strength, as if I can't hold on much longer."

"Today, I finally stood by her side. I can barely hold on. I wish she could be mine forever."

"I couldn't hold on any longer. She cried in front of me for a long time. Hmph! Is that man really so lovable?"

"I got a chance to be with her forever, though it will cost me something."

"I can't take it anymore. Why are there always other people around her? I want her by my side forever and ever."

"Grow up strong. You'll be the most beautiful rose in the world."

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Blurb:

Everyone knew that Princess Ruyang had a loyal guard, given to her by Emperor Mingde when she was eight.

The guard, Ye Zhu, was handsome and highly skilled in martial arts. Many noblewomen in the capital had their eye on him, but he followed only Ruyang, never leaving her side.

When Princess Ruyang fell for someone in her youth, the son of the prime minister, Ye Zhu kidnapped the young man for her.

Unfortunately, this displeased the prime minister's son, and the princess was furious and treated her guard coldly.

When the kingdom fell, the palace attendants scattered, and only Ye Zhu carefully carried the princess out of the chaos.

Only when the former court officials saw how the soldiers dared not come anywhere near the princess did they realize that Ye Zhu was none other than King Chu, the new emperor's biological younger brother. He had spent years undercover for this very day.

Her former royal relatives teased Ruyang that she was blessed to have such a fateful connection with King Chu, and that a life of wealth and honor awaited her.

Little did they know that Ruyang had never cared about becoming King Chu's consort. Once she had recovered, she accepted the new emperor's title of commandery princess and established her own household.

In secret, she plotted to restore her kingdom.

Remembering how Ye Zhu had often been turned away, Ruyang thought magnanimously that once she reclaimed her kingdom, she could grant him a high-ranking title.

But the position of royal consort could only go to the prime minister's son, the one she loved.

After years in hiding, Ye Zhu remained as ever, guarding her side.

Ruyang had always thought it would last forever.

But at a grand banquet attended by envoys from a dozen kingdoms, Ruyang saw with her own eyes a princess from Nanyue, a land recently conquered by King Chu, step out of a carriage bearing the crest of King Chu's residence.

Ruyang stood stunned at the palace banquet in early autumn, knocking over a cup of wine from years past.

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The princess cannot bear to see what is hers taken by someone else, whether it's her kingdom or Ye Zhu.

When she met Ye Zhu again, she coaxed him patiently. "You can serve your brother, so why not serve me? I'll restore the kingdom in the name of the former dynasty's princess and give you the rightful title of royal consort."

"From now on, emperors for a thousand generations will be descended from both of us."

Ruyang thought she was tempting him with power, never realizing that all along, he had been slowly pursuing the bright, beautiful little princess he first met in the eighth year of Emperor Mingde's reign.

#Mad Princess Restoring Her Kingdom x Loyal Minister Beneath Her Skirt#

Theme: Strive bravely and keep pressing forward.