The Aloof Grand Tutor Is Begging for His Majesty's Favor Again

[Completed] The upcoming novel, The Goddess Who Deceived the Gods, is at the very bottom. Have a look if you're interested!

Blurb:

After a coup, the Empress Dowager became the Emperor, and Princess Li Tang became the Crown Princess, Jiang Qisui.

Jiang Qisui had bright eyes and pearly teeth, a stunning beauty. Yet at her very first court audience, she laughed and mocked the ministers in front of everyone.

The ministers protested that the Crown Princess was behaving recklessly and disregarding proper etiquette. The female emperor was fed up, so she personally appointed the Grand Tutor to teach the princess.

Grand Tutor Liu was erudite and respected, with a proud, frost-defying beauty that seemed untouched by the world. Jiang Qisui couldn't resist provoking him again and again.

She flirted with him, but Grand Tutor Liu only smiled faintly, never responding. She forced herself on him, and Grand Tutor Liu yielded with a docile air, his eyes never wavering.

Jiang Qisui had little patience. When she couldn't have what she wanted, she focused wholeheartedly on governing and on the young Master Wei, the man she was soon to marry in a political alliance.

When Jiang Qisui was pressed into a corner by Liu Qingjie, her eyes lowered and her delicate frame was enveloped by his wide robes, making her look utterly pitiful. Yet when she looked up, she gave him a playful smile.

"Liu Qingjie, are you trying to please me like this?"

The corners of his narrow eyes were tinged red. He smiled without the slightest hesitation. "Yes. I beg Your Highness to favor me."

The first time Liu Qingjie saw Jiang Qisui, a thick, hard memorial knocked her elaborate bun crooked.

Her hair fell in disarray as she bent to apologize. Her gaze swept over the furious female emperor, then happened to fall on him. Her eyes sparkled as she broke into a smile.

He knew Jiang Qisui only loved him for his looks. He turned her down indifferently, certain his heart was as still as water.

It wasn't until her eyes settled on the young Master Wei that he realized the spark of desire she'd kindled had already spread like wildfire. Only then did he understand what it meant to want someone so badly that you would stop at nothing to claim them.

He learned to use his looks to hold her gaze, luring Jiang Qisui into his arms as she smiled and called him a seducer.

A gentleman of impeccable virtue? Liu Qingjie only knew that once he'd stooped to baseness for her, he could always do it again.

He held her delicate, jade-like ankle in one hand, as if it would snap with the slightest pressure.

Jiang Qisui's bangs were damp and disheveled. She gritted her teeth and sneered. "You dare imprison me, and now you're the one acting hurt?"

Liu Qingjie could no longer restrain himself. His voice was hoarse as he said, "I beg Your Highness to favor me."

One-on-one romance, both leads' first time, happy ending.

Upcoming novel:

The Imperial Preceptor, Qi Lan, was the purest and most immaculate goddess in the hearts of her subjects. She understood the heavens and stars, knew the art of divination, loved cleanliness, and lived on dew and wind, untouched by worldly things.

Yet the new emperor despised her.

At the grand ceremony to worship Heaven, he forbade her from ascending the altar. "I am the Son of Heaven. Why should I need a mystic to guide me?"

Qi Lan looked up and met the emperor's shadowed gaze, standing her ground with unwavering composure.

"If Your Majesty casts Lan aside, you will offend the gods and betray Heaven and Earth."

The new emperor smiled coldly.

Later, when she attended him, he would toss gold and silver at her slender waist. His fingers, still stained with blood, would tug at her spotless sash, bruising her shoulders, arms, and waist through her clothes. He tormented her without end.

She had no love for wealth, so he humiliated her with ten thousand taels of gold. She was detached and desireless, yet she could never escape his intense gaze.

The calmer she remained, the harder he pressed.

Qi Zhan had scraped out a life from a heap of corpses, entered the palace by trampling countless bones, and stained his hands with blood before ascending the throne. He was arrogant yet restrained, decisive and ruthless.

What he hated most in life were mystics and sorcerers, especially the Qi clan, who had served as imperial preceptors for generations.

The goddess Qi Lan was a sanctimonious fraud. She deserved to be dragged down from her altar and left to rot.

But, little by little, he found that those methods of humiliation no longer came as easily as before. Somehow, they had taken on a different meaning.

And before he knew it, he wanted to build her an altar and drive away the malice of the world for her.

She grew more and more lively by the day, a vibrant spark appearing in her cool eyes. "Your Majesty has treated me well. I remember it all."

He reached for her back, but in the end only drew her gently into his arms. "Well? The goddess is easy to fool."

He wanted to drag the secluded orchid down into the abyss with him, yet found himself lifting her out of the mire instead.

"If I cast Lan aside, I will offend the gods and betray Heaven and Earth."

One-on-one romance, both leads' first time, happy ending.

Theme: Love should remain faithful and unwavering.