My Consort Always Wants to Draw Her Sword

Also known as "After Losing My Memory, I Didn't Know My Mortal Enemy Was My Lover", "This Palace Only Wants to Be the Villain", "His Majesty and You, My Love, Together Until Our Hair Turns White", and more.

Mingxi was once a princess of Southern Qi, renowned for her beauty and noble status.

But her father and brothers proved useless, and the dynasty fell in a single day.

To avenge her country, she went undercover in the Northern Zhou imperial palace, planning to assassinate Emperor Xiao Yuanche, the enemy who had swallowed her homeland whole.

After enduring humiliation and hardship along the way, she finally rose from a palace maid in the Laundry Bureau to a lady attendant at the emperor's side.

Just as she was on the verge of success, one careless mistake after drinking led her to do something to someone...

The next morning, Xiao Yuanche gazed at her with a deep look in his eyes. "You were my first."

Mingxi: "..."

That very day, she became the only consort in the imperial harem, and was made Imperial Noble Consort at that.

A year later, she gave birth to the emperor's eldest son and was named empress.

Mingxi: "..."

How on earth did things end up like this?

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Everyone under heaven knew that the young emperor of Great Zhou was wise and mighty. He had ascended the throne in his youth, and in just a few years, he had brought order to the country and prosperity to its people.

There was just one thing: though he was already past the age to marry, the emperor's harem remained empty.

People said the ruler was devoted to state affairs, with no room in his heart for anything else. But no one knew that while held as a hostage in a neighboring kingdom, their emperor had once lost his chastity.

Xiao Yuanche still remembered that moonlit night, beneath a sky scattered with stars, when that little princess nestled in his arms and made him whisper every sweet thing he had ever felt...

He had searched for her until he was nearly mad.

He never expected that when they met again, she would disguise herself as his palace maid, wholly focused on plotting his assassination.

Had she truly forgotten everything they had shared?

It didn't matter. He remembered, and that was enough.

A little side story--

It was said that Emperor Xiao Yuanche of Zhou was cunning and devious, so ever since they escorted Mingxi into enemy territory, Southern Qi's loyal agents had worried every day about the princess's safety.

Who could have guessed that before long, they would discover their princess had become Great Zhou's Imperial Noble Consort?

The agents: "!!!"

We get it! The princess must be using her beauty as a weapon!

Before long, they discovered that the princess was pregnant, too?

The agents: "???"

That's such a huge sacrifice. The princess has it so hard, sob sob.

Later, they discovered that the princess had given birth to Great Zhou's eldest prince and become empress.

The eldest prince was also made heir to the throne of Great Zhou.

The agents: "!!!"

Brilliant! The prince has half Southern Qi's blood, which means half of Great Zhou's realm belongs to Southern Qi, too.

Rounded up, that's basically a successful restoration!

Long live the princess!!!

Mingxi: "..."

How was she supposed to tell them that the dog emperor had actually played her?

Reading notes:

1. The female lead suffers from amnesia early on.

2. The male lead is not the female lead's true enemy.

Coming soon: *Married to a Powerful Official Before His Fall*--

Liang Manman transmigrated into the body of a newlywed peasant bride in ancient times.

Her home was bare, her parents-in-law had died young, and her husband was away all year and never came home. They were so poor they were about to live on leftover vegetable soup.

Unable to stand being poor for even a moment, Liang Manman decided to support herself by setting up a street stall.

Steaming, fragrant tofu pudding, plump cabbage buns, crispy, delicious pancakes, and savory braised pig's head meat that left you wanting more.

With quality ingredients and her own secret recipes, her stall was packed with customers every day.

Then one day, a fair-skinned, handsome scholar appeared at her stall. Her younger sister-in-law rushed over and called him "Brother." The scholar then took out a thick bundle of silver and respectfully handed it to her. "This is what I earned to support the household. You won't have to work so hard anymore, my wife."

Liang Manman, who had been working hard every day to save money from her little business: "??? Fifty taels!!!"

Wow, you can earn that much by copying books in the city for a month?!!!

Let her think... Her husband was handsome, could earn money, and was hardly ever home?

Maybe this life wasn't so bad after all.

Thanks to her special skills and her husband's knack for making money hand over fist, the couple moved from their little town to the county seat, then on to the provincial capital. Their street stall grew into one of the finest restaurants around.

But one day, Liang Manman had a dream. Her handsome, considerate husband was actually a powerful official in the imperial court, with absolute power and a ruthless heart. He had not only killed off his political enemies one by one, but had also dumped her long ago and married a highborn woman instead.

After waking up, Liang Manman looked at her future powerful official of a husband as he considerately draped a robe over her shoulders and decided she should pack up her silver and run away as soon as possible.

Who could have guessed she wouldn't even make it out of the provincial capital before he cornered her and pulled her into his arms?

He frowned at her, his handsome face full of confusion and hurt.

"Why would you leave your husband behind, my wife?"

"Didn't we agree to build a successful life together and grow old side by side?"

--After all, you aren't the person you used to be, and your husband isn't the same man he was in his previous life, either.

Recommended by a friend:

"The Dream of the Red Chamber: The Tale of Lin Daiyu, the Heroine" by Ai Xiaoshuo De Zhaiyezi / Yonglan Shishui Tunji Pi, who hoards and never lets go, but is incredibly capable!

Theme: No matter your station in life, always hold on to your sense of justice.