A Pillow of Sweet Dreams

[Sweet Romance, Coming Soon: The Outcast Is Better Than Praying to the Gods for Me, Please Add It to Your Wishlist!] Taking October 23 off for a day!

Baoyan's birth mother came from a lowly background, and she was a concubine-born daughter herself. Yet she had the face of a devastating beauty, so people often assumed she was up to no good.

In truth, she was a silly beauty with no lofty ambitions. Her life goal was simply to coast along and wait for death.

One day, through a twist of fate, she lost her chastity and was exposed.

Just as she was about to be punished, the Crown Prince's men stepped in to stop them. Only then did everyone learn that the person who had taken Baoyan's chastity was none other than the Crown Prince, who was known for his cold and heartless nature. Everyone was envious and jealous.

Then they thought again: with Baoyan's lowly birth, even if she became the Crown Prince's concubine, she was probably only enjoying a moment of his favor. No doubt he would kick her out of the Eastern Palace before long.

Three months later, Baoyan really was kicked out of the Eastern Palace in disgrace.

Her half-sister mocked her, and her stepmother humiliated her, burying her in all manner of sneers and insults.

But before they had finished enjoying themselves, the Crown Prince's carriage appeared outside the Mo family's residence.

The usually aloof and abstinent Crown Prince stepped down from his carriage and shielded Baoyan behind him. "You haven't learned a single thing I taught you. Come here."

"I told you that in this world, you need fear no one except My Imperial Father, Imperial Mother, and the Empress Dowager." Shen Chen checked Baoyan from head to toe, then turned to the people of the Mo family. "For overstepping your station and showing disrespect to the Crown Princess, what punishment do you deserve?"

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Crown Prince Shen Chen had always been aloof and abstinent, with little interest in women.

One day, a flirtatious woman tried to seduce him with rather clumsy tactics. He despised her inwardly and naturally thought nothing of her.

But through a twist of fate, he was poisoned and ended up being intimate with that woman. The poison could not be cured for a hundred days.

Shen Chen had no choice but to take her as a concubine.

A hundred days later, Baoyan cheerfully went to say goodbye to Shen Chen. "Your Highness, now that the poison is cured, I'll go home and get married."

Shen Chen had promised her that once the poison was cured, they would go their separate ways.

The poison had clearly been cured, yet after Baoyan left, Shen Chen still could not sleep peacefully at night.

The next time he saw Baoyan, she was meeting the son of a minor official. The two were chatting happily and seemed to have hit it off.

Shen Chen crushed the teacup in his hand.

"His father is only a fifth-rank official, and there is already a beautiful concubine in his household who is skilled in scheming."

Baoyan was slow-witted and did not understand.

Shen Chen's gaze burned as he moved closer to Baoyan. "But Mo Baoyan, if you marry Me, you will be the Crown Princess of Great Zhao. You know that I have only ever had you."

---Coming Soon---

The Outcast Is Better Than Praying to the Gods for Me

Zhao Yingying had the face of a scheming beauty, but she always lost terribly whenever she fought with her sisters. It was probably because all her brains had been traded for beauty.

One day, her sisters framed her again. Her father scolded her and made her kneel in the ancestral hall. After leaving, Zhao Yingying made a wish to the moon, hoping the gods would answer her prayers and help her beat her younger sister next time.

A paper ball fell from the sky. Written on it were detailed instructions for making her sister suffer a humiliating defeat.

From then on, the gods kept protecting Zhao Yingying. Every time she crossed swords with her sisters, she won, and she never had to endure their bullying again.

One day, she caught her fiance exchanging tender words with her younger sister. Her fiance called her a big-breasted, brainless fool and said he had no interest in her at all.

Furious, Zhao Yingying made another wish to the moon that night, begging the gods to grant her a husband whose official rank was a hundred times higher than her fiance's, so she could infuriate him and her sister.

The gods guided her again, telling her to knock on the door of the neighboring courtyard. That was where her future husband lived.

Zhao Yingying went and met a man a hundred times more handsome than her fiance. She also heard that he was a high-ranking official from the capital, and she was overjoyed.

Later, when she followed her husband back to the capital, she learned that he was not just a high-ranking official, but Huo Pingjing, a formidable power who stood second only to the emperor and above everyone else.

Zhao Yingying was immediately terrified, afraid that her husband would discover she was a fool who had won his heart only because the gods had helped her.

That night, she sneaked out of the room and made another wish to the moon. Then she heard a quiet laugh behind her. It was her husband.

Huo Pingjing took his foolish wife's hand and led her back to their room to sleep. "There are no gods. I've been helping you all along. It's freezing. Let's go back to bed."

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Huo Pingjing was poisoned and had no choice but to go to Jiangnan to recuperate.

He concealed his identity there and rented a small courtyard. Every day, memorials were rushed from the capital by fast horse, and after he dealt with them, they were sent back to the capital.

His days in Jiangnan were uneventful. The only thing that could be called an adventure was the little girl in the neighboring courtyard, who was astonishingly foolish.

Huo Pingjing couldn't stand watching her and decided to give her a hand.

In the end, he got himself caught up in it, too.

Theme: A beautiful future can only be built by keeping your feet on the ground.