Half-Folded in Tenderness

My other novel, My Archenemy Would Never Fall in Love!, is now open for reservations. Also coming soon: I Slept with the Regent and Ran Away, and Hidden Affection in the Eastern Palace.

Blurb:

1: Everyone cursed Su Yiner, calling her a seductive beauty who brought ruin to the state. Less than a month after entering the palace, she had the emperor eating elixirs, missing morning court, and spending every day in bed with her.

Even Heaven could no longer stand to watch.

Amid the people's bitter complaints, An Guojun Lu Manting led his troops in rebellion, killed the late emperor, and seized the throne.

Lu Manting was both brilliant and handsome beyond compare. His phoenix eyes were like glass, captivating anyone who looked into them.

The first thing he did upon entering the palace was place the enchantress Su Yiner under house arrest.

2: Su Yiner and Lu Manting shared a past.

They had once been deeply in love, and their marriage had been arranged long ago.

On the day they were to wed, as they bowed to Heaven and Earth, Su Yiner accidentally revealed a glimpse of her pale wrist. Who could have known that the late emperor would lose his senses on the spot and drag her into his imperial tent?

Now the late emperor was dead, and the delicate Su Yiner had, at just this moment, become pregnant with his posthumous child.

3:

On the day everyone was celebrating the new emperor's enthronement, Su Yiner accidentally fell into the palace moat. Her body could not be found.

Lu Manting hurried to the scene.

On the riverbank lay only a pair of embroidered shoes decorated with peonies.

His brows drawn tight, Lu Manting stood with his hands behind his back beside the river for a long, long time.

Several months later, on a rainy night at a nunnery.

Lu Manting pinned Su Yiner against the window. One hand gripped the back of her neck, while the other rested against her swollen belly.

He reverently kissed her back.

Her tender, fair skin was marked with one scarred whip welt after another.

"What is it? Do you blame Me for sending you into the palace? Are you angry?"

"Where are you planning to go with My child?"

"All beneath Heaven belongs to Me. Do you think you can escape?"

4:

Su Yiner regretted most of all ever getting involved with a madman.

Back when Lu Manting had trapped her in bed, he had once offered her a sharp dagger.

"Come on. Either kill Me or stay."

Looking back now, she should have stabbed Lu Manting to death.

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Reader's Guide:

1: The late emperor is a villain, the worst kind. He and the heroine never consummated their marriage;

2: The male lead is a madman and will not be redeemed. The heroine will gradually grow stronger;

3: Expect melodramatic tropes: forced possession, a tragic romance, and the heroine running away while pregnant.

A Special Note:

1: This novel does not represent the author's values. If you encounter a madman in real life, stay away and call the police;

2: I'm grateful that we met on Jinjiang, so please discuss things rationally. Anyone who maliciously leaves negative reviews or personally attacks the author or characters in the novel will be reported, and their comments will be deleted. Thank you for understanding.

Coming Soon: Heaven-Sent Delight

1: Su Yan woke up and stared at the handsome, fair-skinned man beside her pillow. After a long, dazed moment, she raised her hand and slapped him.

But the man caught her wrist with effortless ease.

He lazily rolled over, turning his back to her. Without even opening his eyes, he flicked her hand away and disdainfully brushed his fingertips.

Golden light filtered through the festive mosquito net, illuminating the red wedding quilt, the red mandarin-duck pillows... and the bright red wedding dress hanging on a rack not far away.

Su Yan: "You... are my husband?"

The man abruptly sat up and narrowed his long eyes as he studied her face from side to side. Suddenly, he smiled.

"My wife has an excellent eye."

2: Su Yan was the daughter of the Grand Tutor. Fair-skinned, beautiful, and brilliantly talented, she was the aloof, wealthy beauty every man in the capital longed for but could never have.

Yet one person dismissed her as a pretentious snob who put on airs of refinement.

Lu Xingzhi was the son of the Duke of Dingguo. He had distinguished himself on the battlefield and was a peerless martial artist, a renowned young general.

Yet one person despised him for having no learning at all and doing nothing but practicing with weapons all day.

Fate had made these sworn enemies family friends, and their parents forced them into marriage.

On the eve of their wedding, they agreed to a sham marriage. After the wedding, they would appear to "live in harmony," while in truth they would each "find their own happiness."

Unexpectedly, Su Yan lost her memory the day after they married.

3: Several months later, Su Yan recovered her memories, her body covered in shameful red marks.

Remembering how he had deceived her all this time, and how he had clung to her in a feverish, domineering frenzy last night... Ha. She calmly picked up a dagger.

Just then, Lu Xingzhi came in from outside. The courtyard behind him was piled high with more gold and silver treasures than she could count.

"My wife, these are the Lu family's house deeds and land deeds, shops near the imperial city, fertile fields in the countryside, a master's handwritten inscription from the Ancient Cicada Monastery... Oh, and I've also secured you an official title as a noblewoman, second rank."

"If you think the rank is too low, your husband can work harder and try to get you a better one."

Su Yan hurriedly hid the dagger behind her back.

She considered it. Perhaps she could... keep pretending a little longer.

A lighthearted amnesia story about sworn enemies

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Theme: Trust is the foundation of love.