The Princess Consort Has Changed

Blurb:

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The Yan Prince's consort was a daughter of the Sheng family's secondary branch. Though beautiful, she was foolish, frivolous, and empty-headed.

Before she married, everyone in Jinling saw her as a ridiculous clown who was jealous of her legitimate younger sister and constantly picked fights with her, only to lose every time. She was the joke that noblewomen silently sneered at during their banquets, and the risqué subject of young noblemen's drunken talk.

She became the Yan Prince's consort only because her face bore a passing resemblance to her legitimate younger sister's.

She was still a joke.

Two years after the wedding, the Yan Prince's consort accompanied him back to the capital at the emperor's summons. Flaunting her status at her birth family's home, she acted like a petty person who had suddenly come into power, earning everyone's contempt.

Watching the Yan Prince's expression, the onlookers exchanged knowing smiles. They all thought the foolish secondary-branch daughter was childless and would be cast aside sooner or later.

At first, the Yan Prince thought so too. His consort was vulgar, but she loved him dearly. Even if she had achieved nothing, she had at least worked hard. With his great undertaking still incomplete, he could keep her around as a useless ornament for now.

That was until the day he happened to see a handsome, refined man stop his consort. The man's voice was sorrowful as he asked whether she still had feelings for him.

That vulgar consort of his, who was always flattering him and giving herself to him, who was loved by no one and often looked down on, was actually being desperately wooed by someone. The Yan Prince stopped to listen as his consort sighed and said, "So what if I do?"

After hearing her answer, the Yan Prince gave a sudden, quiet laugh a few moments later.

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Sheng Yuanxi was very glad that her face bore a passing resemblance to her legitimate younger sister's.

As a stand-in, she had married the Yan Prince in high spirits, finally rising from the branch to become a phoenix.

Sheng Yuanxi was determined to hold on to the wealth before her, and she took great pains to serve the Yan Prince. She never cared about what people said. Only what she could actually get her hands on was real, even if she had to give up her dignity and love.

Fortunately, the Yan Prince was rarely home. She only had to put on an act when he was there, and her life the rest of the time was wonderfully comfortable.

Until she had a dream.

She dreamed she was merely a character in a storybook, a vain, foolish, beautiful cannon-fodder character.

The Yan Prince was the story's male lead. In the book, unable to marry the woman he loved, he was taken advantage of by her half-sister.

Later, the Yan Prince usurped the throne and became emperor. The Yan Prince's consort died an unfortunate death, and the woman he loved was then offered to the man on the imperial throne.

And she, the Yan Prince's consort who died an untimely death, did not even get to be empress for half a day.

That was the empress's throne! Sheng Yuanxi was heartbroken over it.

But she was also afraid of dying. No matter how much she loved wealth and power, she had to be alive to enjoy them.

Thinking of how she would end up, Sheng Yuanxi decided to separate from the Yan Prince as soon as possible.

But the Yan Prince seemed unwilling to let her go.

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1. A vain, frivolous, beautiful cannon-fodder woman vs. an ambitious, treacherous rebel warlord; a hypocritical woman vs. an arrogant man

2. Both of them are sexually inexperienced in their past and present lives

3. The stand-in business is a huge misunderstanding. It will be explained as the story unfolds. You could say it was a case of mistaken circumstances.

Coming soon 1: "The Original Foolish Owner Who Was Transmigrated Into"

Blurb:

[Yun Wan read a political intrigue novel with a foolish female supporting character who shared her name.

She cried foul. The character was beautiful but empty-headed, stupid and vicious, a lovesick nuisance hated by everyone.

Before the male lead regained his identity as a prince, this foolish lovesick girl had relentlessly pursued him. When he refused to give in, she actually drugged him and married him by such an underhanded method.

Yun Wan hadn't reached the ending, but she guessed the foolish, vicious supporting character wouldn't meet a good end.

How dare she defile the male lead, pure as ice and clear as jade? Yun Wan was so angry that she wrote the author a thousand-word review full of complaints, demanding that the female supporting character be written out as soon as possible!

But when she woke up again, she had become that vicious supporting character, and had transmigrated into the wedding night with the male lead, Wang Mao.

And the male lead really did hate this foolish supporting character. Yun Wan had barely said two words after transmigrating when he impatiently grabbed her by the throat.

Original owner, you really are stupid. You took a great hand and played it terribly, and now you've left me with this whole mess...]

The above was a brief description of the storybook from her dream.

And she, Shang Yun Wan, was the original owner: beautiful but empty-headed, stupid and vicious, a lovesick nuisance whom the male lead, Wang Mao, hated so much he wanted to strangle her.

Coming soon 2: "My Husband Is the Crown Prince"

Blurb:

Tang Yang and Chu Liangping had been married for seven years.

Over those seven years, Chu Liangping had steadily risen in rank, going from a second-class successful candidate in the imperial examinations to a third-rank Vice Minister of Revenue.

They were an ordinary couple, and their life together had been simple and happy.

Until one day, Chu Liangping was sent on an assignment to Jiangnan.

The day he left was the same day the current Crown Prince returned to the capital from the Qingfeng Temple in Linyi.

Tang Yang saw Chu Liangping off outside the city. On her way back, the streets were bustling. When the Crown Prince's sedan passed by, she knelt with the crowd, sincerely glad that he had returned to the capital.

The current emperor trusted wicked Daoists and was cruel by nature, while the Crown Prince had the bearing of a sage of old.

Tang Yang raised her eyes and secretly glanced at this living immortal.

She froze.

The Crown Prince had picture-perfect features and a noble, refined air. His eyes met hers.

Tang Yang hurriedly lowered her head, pressing a hand to her chest. Her heartbeat suddenly quickened.

Why did this Crown Prince feel so much like the man who had just left the city?

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The Empress Dowager was arranging a selection of consorts for the Crown Prince.

Her maternal family had fallen into decline. The next time Tang Yang met them was when, at her aunt's request, she took several cousins into the palace for a banquet. It would be ideal if one of them caught the Crown Prince and Empress Dowager's favor and entered the Eastern Palace.

Tang Yang was already married and naturally wasn't eligible to be selected, but that didn't stop her from drinking a cup of wine laced with something.

Her maid supported her as her body went limp. They had barely left their seats when someone called, "The Crown Prince has arrived!" Everyone bowed to welcome him.

Tang Yang barely managed to remain standing. Head lowered, she saw the hem of a dark blue robe, and a familiar, crisp scent drifted to her nose.

Her instincts overpowered her reason. The next moment, Tang Yang seemed about to collapse to the ground. The Crown Prince caught her steadily, his voice low and pleasant to the ear.

"Are you all right, madam?"

"...I am fine, Your Highness."

Tang Yang pretended to be composed, but her voice trailed off in a sultry tone, her breath was warm, and her flushed cheeks and watery eyes made her look truly disheveled.

Halfway through the banquet, the Crown Prince disappeared.

The palace attendants searched everywhere, and at last found signs of him in a secluded palace hall.

Behind deep red walls and in a chamber hidden beneath dense foliage, a woman could be heard softly moaning. The attendants crept closer and glimpsed a pale ankle before a man's hand closed around it, hiding it beneath his wide dark blue robe.

The woman seemed to be wearing a married woman's hairstyle.

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The news of Chu Liangping's death came back from Jiangnan, and Tang Yang became a widow.

She didn't care if people gossiped. She soon accepted her childhood sweetheart's proposal and prepared to marry again.

On the day she moved out of the Chu residence, snow fell heavily.

The Crown Prince's boots crushed the fallen snow as he stopped Tang Yang's carriage. In full view of everyone, he lifted the curtain and bent to climb inside.

Born to be the heir to the throne, he had always been supremely noble.

Now that he had reclaimed his identity and dropped every disguise, his presence was even more imperious and dignified.

The Crown Prince said nothing. He bent down and gently stroked her face with a cold hand.

Tang Yang couldn't help turning her head slightly. Her cheek brushed the fox fur on his clothes. The snowflakes on it had melted, but it was still cold.

"Only a false identity has died." Only then did the Crown Prince speak. He gripped Tang Yang's chin, fixed his eyes on hers, and asked slowly, emphasizing each word:

"I'm still alive and well, yet you want to marry someone else?"

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