A Good Minister's Auspicious Hour

In her previous life, Shao Yunshi was a princess of the fallen Great Huan. To restore her kingdom, she had no choice but to rely on the Ni family's power.

But after Southern Huan was founded, she and Ni Peiqing gradually became estranged.

The world knew Chancellor Ni, but not the female emperor. She was an emperor in name only, little more than a puppet.

After that, she fought Ni Peiqing for half her life, only to lose completely.

He killed her loyal ministers, cut off her right and left hands, and colluded with foreign powers.

He even used poison to lure her into a night of passion, then took advantage of her to seize her military authority. He would stop at nothing.

Ni Peiqing was her subject, and also the thorn in her side she could never remove.

More than that, he was the greatest shame of her life.

Pierced by a storm of arrows, the female emperor laughed wildly. "Ni Peiqing, you were one step ahead. In the end, I was never as ruthless as you."

When she woke again, petals were scattered across the ground, and she was in the springtime of her youth.

A handsome young man with bright eyes and elegant brows knelt before her. "I, Ni, have come by imperial order to teach the princess archery."

Shao Yunshi was dazed for a long while, then finally smiled. "Very well."

A delicate, exquisitely crafted red-gold bow and arrow took aim at the young man's slender figure. He stood perfectly straight.

Then the arrow whistled through the air, and his starry eyes flickered.

Fallen petals were stained with blood, just like the pool of blood she had fallen into in her previous life.

"Ni Peiqing, does it hurt?"

Everyone said the princess was a poor archer and had injured the general's only son.

But only Ni Peiqing remembered the bone-deep hatred hidden in those condescending words of concern.

(Reborn Twice)

Upcoming novel: "A Husband's Intent"

Jin Shuyi's maternal family is the richest in Jiangnan. Unfortunately, her grandfather is getting old, and she can see their fortune being snatched away and divided up by bloodsucking relatives. She has no choice but to find herself a live-in son-in-law.

The man is incredibly handsome, and he obeys her every word.

Of course, she paid him to do it.

Her handsome husband married her for her money, but she needs him to cooperate with her so often that Jin Shuyi feels bad about it. So she dresses him in gold and silver as lavishly as she can, and the question she asks him most is, "Do you have enough money to spend?"

Even so, her husband is rarely happy. Jin Shuyi understands why. So once she has a firm hold on the family business, she writes him a letter of release. After putting it off for many days, she finally decides to set him free.

"If you want to leave, you can go anytime," she says.

She looks up and sees his lips pressed into a tight line, so she adds quietly, "To be honest, if I keep supporting you like this, I'll... I'll bankrupt the family business..."

Three years later, new policies sweep the country. Jin Shuyi is taken to the capital by her cheap father, becoming the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenguo and taking his surname.

On her first day in the capital, she is brought to a palace banquet. She has never been inside the palace before, and is too nervous to lift her head. Then the emperor announces that he will arrange a marriage for her, and a familiar voice comes from above. Its casual tone is exactly as she remembers. "There's plenty of time, Your Majesty. Why not think it over?"

She looks up abruptly and sees the rumored Prince Yu, a man renowned for his methods, slowly lifting his wine cup beside the emperor.

Their eyes meet, and she freezes in place.

Isn't... isn't that the husband who left home in a huff?

A straightforward, slow-witted heroine VS a hero who plans several steps ahead

Theme: Even when life is beyond our control, we should never give up on each other