Li Hanyu transmigrates and becomes a grand princess of unparalleled beauty and grace.
Everyone thinks she is adored by all, but only she knows the truth: her imperial brother pampers her because he plans to offer her to an old man from a barbarian tribe!
If that's the case, she might as well cause as much trouble as she can!
The emperor's consorts flatter her and ask her to help them win his favor.
Li Hanyu: Lately, His Majesty has felt less than vigorous and can't stand the sight of women...
As a result, all the consorts keep their distance from the emperor.
Nobles and aristocrats write poems professing their love, hoping to win the princess's favor.
Li Hanyu: Do you have too much free time? Don't you know that if you accept the emperor's salary, you should share his worries?
As a result, the emperor's study is piled high with memorials, and he works overtime late into the night every day.
Ministers talk at length, urging the princess to marry for the sake of an alliance.
Li Hanyu: My lord, your daughter is at the perfect age. Why not make her a princess too, and have her marry with me?
The minister hurriedly backs down and falls silent.
Li Hanyu hates these sanctimonious people. The only one in the princess's residence who catches her eye is her adviser, Qing Chi.
Everyone pities Qing Chi, who has to deal with the troublesome princess every day.
But Qing Chi says, "The princess is the finest woman in the world."
On the eve of the political marriage, Li Hanyu gets seven-tenths drunk. With an alluring glance, she beckons Qing Chi over with a finger. "Come here..."
The next morning, she kicks him out of bed, puts on her wedding dress, and climbs into the carriage for the alliance marriage.
Li Hanyu grips a dagger, planning to kill the brutal, bloodthirsty tribal khan on her wedding night.
But when the veil is lifted, she meets Qing Chi's deep gaze.
He smiles boldly. "Your Highness... were you planning to kill me?"
Before you start:
1. Trouble-making female lead x sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside male lead
2. Entirely fictional setting, with plenty of authorial inventions. A sweet, satisfying story, so just have fun and don't nitpick the details.
3. The blurb may be polished before the novel begins. Enter at your own discretion.
Coming Soon: The Troublesome Wife of the Embroidered Uniform Guard
In the seventh year of the Great Wei dynasty, the lower-born clans rise to challenge the aristocratic clans. To balance the two sides, Emperor Wei marries Su Lingling, daughter of a high-ranking aristocratic official, to Zhao Xuan, the humble-born commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
As soon as the decree is issued, both the lower-born clans and the aristocracy erupt in protest!
The generals of the lower-born clans: "Commander, we've heard that the Su girl is spoiled, arrogant, and willful. She demands forty-eight dishes at every meal, refuses to wear the same pair of shoes twice, and was once engaged to someone else. She's clearly no match for you!"
The aristocratic officials: "Absolutely not! Zhao Xuan is a nobody. He only rose to power by killing without mercy and being utterly ruthless. How could he be worthy of the number-one beauty of the aristocracy?"
After a war of words, Zhao Xuan decides on his own to call off the engagement.
When Su Lingling hears, she jumps in anger. "How can I let him beat me to it?"
As a seasoned troublemaker, she's always the one to dump other people, never the one who gets dumped!
Su Lingling arranges three chance meetings with Zhao Xuan.
The first time, Su Lingling smiles sweetly. "I hear you're highly skilled, Commander. Could you help me rescue my puppy?"
The second time, Su Lingling gazes at him tenderly. "Thank you for rescuing my beloved pet, Commander. Please accept this little mandarin-duck sachet as a token of my gratitude..."
The third time, Su Lingling looks at him with tearful eyes. "I hear you don't want this marriage. If that's the case, I won't force you... We may have met, but it seems we were never meant to be."
Zhao Xuan's fingers twitch as he tightens his grip on the mandarin-duck sachet hidden in his sleeve.
When he returns, he tears up the memorial requesting that the engagement be called off.
Who would have thought that the next day, word would arrive that Su Lingling had asked Emperor Wei to call off the engagement?
Zhao Xuan: "..."
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Emperor Wei: "My dear subject, Miss Su wrote the request to break off the engagement herself. What do you think?"
Zhao Xuan narrows his eyes, then says, "I will marry no one but Miss Su in this life. I beg Your Majesty to grant my wish."
Emperor Wei claps his hands and laughs. "Excellent! Then I shall decide the matter of your marriage! This is a match made in heaven."
When Su Lingling hears, she trembles. "Is it still not too late to apologize?"
Theme: Everyone should live as their true selves