Peering at the Swallow (Reborn Twice)

The new novel Bullying My Sister-in-Law is now open for follows. Please follow Princess About to Enter Her Bridal Chamber for the Ninth Time (Reborn Twice). [Happy-go-lucky cousin with a Henan accent x reserved, secretly passionate cousin in this life / crazy, villainous flashback version in her past life] Yan Zhi stood before the city wall as her life flashed before her eyes. She still remembered being recognized as part of the Cui family. Back then, she was a wild girl who knew nothing of the world. Even the maids mocked her for being ignorant and crude. Furious, she had stubbornly taken off her shoe and thrown it at someone, only to hit Cui Jue. She remembered it clearly. He had been surrounded by a group of young noblemen, but he was different from the rest. He was as radiant and spotless as an immortal descended to earth. The legitimate eldest son of a prestigious family had actually smiled and forgiven her reckless rudeness. Just look at what a good man he was. How had he become a traitor and seized the throne, rising above everyone in the land? And how had he become a ruthless, cold-blooded emperor? There were loyal ministers, and there was an empress. Everyone around him had been rewarded, while she had no title and no place at his side. Cui Jue ran toward her from far away, his face pale and his expression panicked. He was too far away, and too tall. She must have been seeing things. "Xu Yanzhi, what are you making a fuss about now? Get down at once!" At a time like this, she was even hallucinating him. Tsk. "Cui Jue, you son of a turtle!" She cursed with relish, her skirts fluttering as she fell like a kite with a severed string. She thought that if she had another life, she would absolutely go out of her way to avoid him. She would stay in the courtyard studying and learning skills, and find herself a good marriage. She and he had never been suited for each other. Yan Zhi: I was determined to drag you down to earth. Maybe you hit your head on the way down, because you ended up in hell. Reader's Notes: ↑ This is her past life. This is a rebirth story, and she is reborn from the start. 1. The plot serves the romance. The romance is the main focus. 2. [There are melodramatic misunderstandings in the past life, and the leads have different perspectives that leave them with incomplete information] [They are each other's only partner in both lives] [He married the empress, but they barely knew each other, never touched, and weren't in love. Before the heroine was reborn, he was killed! Not by the male lead!] [The empress won't matter later on] [The male lead really is a jerk at first, then turns into a lovesick puppy] [The male lead will probably suffer more and more] Please read only if you're okay with all that! 3. Not a typical groveling redemption story. Melodramatic, sweet and angsty, with a touch of comedy. 4. The setting is broadly fictional, with more inspiration from the Tang and Song dynasties. 5. The story mainly follows the male lead's long road to winning his wife back, along with everyday family life. It also involves troubled times and the fate of the nation, and the leads grow together. Neither of them is perfect. 6. Please don't put labels on the author. I write fiction based on my personal tastes. No personal attacks, and may they bounce right back at you! Princess About to Enter Her Bridal Chamber for the Ninth Time (Reborn Twice) Ambitious, seemingly innocent schemer x arrogant, pampered princess [Love and hate, coercive romance, crossing the line of authority] Princess Fu Ye had indulged herself as she pleased for eighteen years. After finally securing an engagement to her childhood sweetheart, on her wedding night... She was assassinated. Reborn overnight, Fu Ye counted on her fingers and realized she had twelve hours before she would be stabbed. She had people guard her closely, then casually picked up a pastry. It was poisoned. On her second rebirth, she made a scene and demanded to break off the engagement. Everyone thought she was possessed. Amid the chaos, someone shoved her. Her head hurt. The third time, the fourth time... It wasn't until the seventh time that Fu Ye finally figured out who was behind it all. By the eighth time, Fu Ye had plenty of experience and a few devious tricks. She finally killed him: Xuan Shuo, the court's most powerful Grand Secretary, a man even the emperor treated with deference. And then she was reborn for the ninth time. This time, she was reborn at sixteen, so she immediately picked her target: Xuan Shuo, who was still a slave serving her father, the emperor. "Father, this little slave seems nice. Why not give him to me?" The young princess picked up a piece of raw meat with her long chopsticks and tossed it in front of him. Innocent and cruel. "I need a well-behaved dog. What do you say?" The youth grabbed the raw meat with both hands without a moment's hesitation and devoured it. The madness and sickness in his eyes were completely hidden. "Woof." - Fu Ye naturally got Xuan Shuo. In public, she remained the same arrogant, overbearing princess. In private, she tormented and humiliated him. Xuan Shuo, once a man of lofty status, was now nothing but her dog. When she grew tired of him and found him annoying, she sent him off to the frontier. That day, the young man's eyes were cold as stars, and his words pressed her hard: "Does Third Princess not need me to be her dog anymore?" She sneered. "There are plenty of people who want to be my dog. What are you supposed to be?" Years later, Xuan Shuo, who had once seemed destined to remain obscure, won battle after battle and became a renowned war god on the frontier. The first thing he did upon returning to the capital was ask the emperor for Third Princess's hand in marriage. And so the princess was about to enter her bridal chamber for the ninth time. Fu Ye panicked, ran away, got caught, and gave up. On the wedding night, she pretended to submit, planning to catch Xuan Shuo off guard at the last moment. But the handsome young man beneath her suddenly opened his eyes, expressionless, as the dagger in her hand sank into him. He sneered and whispered in her ear like a demon: "I'll give you one more chance. If I catch you in the next life, Princess, you will belong to me completely." # Natural-born nemeses, age-old enemies, fated lovers # An infinite-loop-style chase, with her running and him pursuing # Historical romance, both leads reborn # The leads are reborn to different degrees, explained in the story # True love and hate. The first chapter includes reading tips # Coercive romance and groveling redemption elements Theme: Strive to live well so you can embrace a new life.