After I Flirted with the Crown Prince by Mistake

Ruan Xu had only just entered the palace when Emperor Zhenyuan was already on the brink of death. By law, when the Son of Heaven died, consorts without children had to be buried with him. To survive, she set her sights on the Taoist priest and hoped to bear a child by borrowing his influence.

Daoist Qingzhi was aloof and proud, gentle yet distant. She pretended to be tender and devoted, drawing the immortal-like man down from the clouds.

Later, Ruan Xu was summoned back to the palace and cut all ties with Qingzhi. After Emperor Zhenyuan died, she told the new emperor that she had once served the late emperor.

The new emperor's phoenix eyes were icy as he glanced at Ruan Xu. "Oh? Is that really so?"

"Then we shall wait three months and see whether Beauty Ruan is with child before deciding."

The voice suddenly sounded familiar. Ruan Xu jerked her head up and met a pair of eyes whose amusement seemed bottomless. The man seated on the throne was none other than the Daoist priest Qingzhi, the man she had abandoned!

Three months later, Ruan Xu was diagnosed as pregnant. Everyone said the late emperor's blessings had endured. But after nightfall, the new emperor steadied Ruan Xu as she nearly stumbled, his laughter clear and cool.

"Your Highness the Dowager Consort, be careful not to hurt the child in your belly."

*

Rumors about her and Pei Yan spread through the palace, and Ruan Xu's life was in danger. After faking her death and becoming a general's wife, she never expected to meet Pei Yan again.

At the Autumn Moon Banquet, Ruan Xu was framed and accidentally wandered into the emperor's chambers.

Pei Yan lifted his eyes to the flushed Ruan Xu and chuckled. "Madam Huo, would you like My help?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your help... Your Majesty, you don't need to do it yourself!"

*

Pei Yan was named crown prince in his youth. Because of his heart condition, he cultivated the Dao at Xuanqing Temple, forgetting the world of mortals, until one person appeared.

That woman had once been his father's favorite consort. She had pretended to love him deeply and drawn him into the mortal world, only to cast him aside like a worn-out shoe when their passion was at its height.

Later, candlelight flickered in the palace hall, and golden light danced.

He called her "Your Highness the Dowager Consort" and beckoned with a smile. "Come here."

[Little Extra]

With the help of Young General Huo, Ruan Xu escaped the palace and took refuge at Qingyin Temple. But that night, the temple was engulfed in flames, and weapons clashed.

Standing before the Buddha hall, Pei Yan beckoned to Ruan Xu, dark flames blazing in his eyes. He laughed aloud, but his voice was cold to the extreme.

"Your Highness the Dowager Consort, you are carrying an imperial heir. Where do you think you are going?"

A flirtatious, tragic beauty of a little fox & a scheming emperor who falls for her and cries easily

1. Both are each other's first and end up together. The heroine isn't gentle and kind; she's a bit scheming. (This premise doesn't mean I especially love children, haha! Don't take it out of context.)

2. There are many creative liberties, so please don't nitpick the historical details.

3. I wrote this in my teens, so please prepare yourself before reading.

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A revenge-seeking girl who flirts without realizing it & an upright, noble prince

The former dynasty's Sixth Prince, Xiao Yunhe, drove back foreign enemies and put righteousness before family, earning the nine-pearl crown and being named crown prince. Yet the world condemned him as "cruel and tyrannical, heedless of his teacher's kindness."

A hundred years later, Ning Wanyin hated Xiao Yunhe just like everyone else.

That was because the relative Xiao Yunhe had killed was Ning Wanyin's great-grandfather. A century ago, the Ning family was a powerful clan, and Ning Wanyin's great-grandfather had even been Xiao Yunhe's teacher.

But in the fifth year of Jingyuan, the Ning family was accused of treason and wiped out. Blood still stained the Brightnight Pearl the late emperor had bestowed upon them, right there in their courtyard.

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By the time the Ning family's surviving bloodline reached Wanyin, the clan had long since lost its former glory. Ning Wanyin was even forced to become another man's concubine.

However, on the night she entered the household, Ning Wanyin struck her head against a pillar and died. When she opened her eyes, she had become a maiden arriving in the capital for the imperial selection a hundred years earlier.

The emperor on the throne was the Great Qi Emperor Guangxiao, Xiao Yunhe's father.

Everyone said the newly arrived Noble Consort Ning and the Sixth Prince were at odds, and that was indeed true. But Ning Wanyin gradually discovered that Xiao Yunhe was not as ruthless and heartless as the portraits described.

Until one snowy night, Xiao Yunhe knelt outside the Pavilion of Forgetting Worries, and Ning Wanyin tossed a cloak over his shoulders.

The girl gave a cold little laugh. "Sixth Prince, are you afraid of me?"

Xiao Yunhe's lashes trembled. When his gaze fell upon the girl's exposed shoulder, he closed his eyes and softly replied, "Why would I be afraid of Noble Consort Ning?"

Ning Wanyin raised an eyebrow. "You say you're not afraid of me, so why... don't you dare open your eyes and look at me?"

Theme: Be kind to yourself and cherish the people by your side.