Picking Wei

Follow my upcoming historical romance "Elder Brother" and contemporary romance "Headline Explosion." Their blurbs are at the end.

Blurb:

Xi Wei is the most celebrated young lady in the capital, bright-eyed, charming, and dazzlingly confident.

Buying flowers with gold, splashing ink in teahouses: ever since she returned to the Princess Royal's residence, she has been able to do whatever she pleases in the capital.

She even became engaged to the aloof beauty all the noble young ladies in the capital were vying to pursue.

But her good fortune didn't last. Her identity was exposed on her wedding day, and Xi Wei fell from the clouds into the mud.

Li Gen changed. Every day, he treated her coldly. In the end, he decided she was in his way, tore off his mask of false kindness, and gave her a cup of poisoned wine.

Only then did she finally wake up. The tenderness, the deep affection, the loving family bonds between mother and daughter: all of it had been a lie!

Reborn, she had no intention of repeating the same mistakes.

Back then, they had deliberately drugged her to bring about her marriage to Li Gen. Seeing him approaching the waterside pavilion from afar, she gritted her teeth and hid in a rock grotto beside Taiye Pool.

She knew that the young emperor had come out of the banquet to get some air after drinking too much. This was the only way back to Hanzhang Terrace.

*

Beside Taiye Pool, inside the rock grotto.

"Do you know who I am? Hmm? And you still dare to cling to me like this?"

The young woman stood alone, like a lotus in the wind. As she peeled away her layers, one by one, a glimpse of rosy pink showed within.

Seeing her lower her proud head as if in silent admission, he reached out and pinched her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze. His thumb traced a dangerous circle over her lips, again and again.

"Do you know what you're doing? Hmm? Using your drugged state to commit a crime?"

A sudden downpour battered the pear blossoms. Xi Wei's lashes trembled as she raised her head to keep the tears from falling. "I know. I don't want to die. Your Majesty, please help me..."

Li Ying's eyes darkened. Tears glistened silently in them. She was the one who had been drugged, yet he felt as if he were the one under its influence.

*

Li Ying scorned the fake cousin the Princess Royal's family had taken in. She had a pretty face but no brains, and had actually fallen for that hypocrite who was inferior to him in every way.

He should have disliked her. But when she panicked in the rock grotto and begged him to take her, his cold, hard heart softened for the first time.

But once led to a second time, and then a third, he had only just begun thinking there would be countless more when the heartless little thing wanted to call it quits after using him. She said she had her eye on the Xie family's brilliant young man.

Li Ying rubbed the deer-bone thumb ring on his thumb. "Want to climb another high branch?"

Hah!

Content notes:

1. The heroine was married in her previous life. This time it's 1v1, single-couple, happy ending, and she's bold.

2. At heart, this is a sweet romance. Many men will fall for the heroine.

3. She is reborn from the start. Her former husband gets his comeuppance, but doesn't have many scenes.

1. Upcoming historical romance "Elder Brother." Blurb:

The Princess Royal was gravely ill. On her deathbed, she kept muttering about something that had happened long ago. To give her peace of mind, her son, Lu Shizheng, chose Su Heng to play the role of her long-lost daughter.

They thought it would only take ten days or half a month, after which she could collect her silver and leave. But the Princess Royal's health took a miraculous turn when her mood improved, and Lu Shizheng and Su Heng had no choice but to keep up the act.

Then, at a banquet, she got drunk and slept with her "elder brother." The real daughter also showed up. Afraid the Princess Royal would fly into a rage and drag her into it, Su Heng pocketed the silver and ran away in the middle of the night.

*

They met again in the second year of Lu Shizheng's appointment to Jiangnan.

Bright red wedding silk hung throughout the courtyard. In her phoenix crown and red wedding robes, she momentarily lost her composure when she saw the officiant, dressed in light robes with his sash tied loose. Seeing his calm expression, she finally relaxed.

Everything was ready. They only had to wait for him to finish the wedding blessing before bowing to Heaven and Earth. But the official, standing tall in his crimson robe, paused slightly.

"The eighteen articles of the Great Ying Code forbid private marriages without parental consent. Violators shall be exiled three thousand li."

Looking at the perfect couple in the wedding hall, he set his teacup down with a heavy tap. "Ah Heng, you've made your elder brother look everywhere for you."

*

The Lu clan had produced three ministers of the highest rank across four generations. As the heir to the Duke's household, Lu Shizheng had always been a paragon of restraint, propriety, and integrity. Yet he committed three outrageous acts.

First, he found someone to impersonate his missing younger sister.

Second, he pretended to sleep with her while drunk.

Third, he stole another man's bride at her wedding.

On closer inspection, every one of those acts had something to do with Su Heng.

2. Upcoming contemporary romance "Headline Explosion": a powerful CEO and an actress. Blurb:

Shen Yan stood beneath a landmark building in S City, watching the live broadcast on the plaza's giant screen as a top-tier star announced his relationship with a rising young actress. It felt as if a knife had cut through her heart.

They had been together for three years, but he had never posted a single word about her on social media.

Who could have guessed that after filming just one drama, he would make explosive headlines after going on a boat trip with the innocent-looking Cen Li and returning to a hotel with her? Shen Yan had flown over overnight to demand an explanation, only to witness this scene with her own eyes.

The hashtag #TopTierStar Luo Chuan Announces Relationship at the Height of His Career, Boyfriend Appeal Through the Roof# hit the media headlines.

The area was bustling. Her gaze passed over the crowd and landed on the Mercedes across the street. Its familiar model and flashy license plate reminded her who was inside. It was her childhood friend, who was also rumored to be Cen Li's sugar daddy.

She crossed the street, straightened her well-tailored black coat, and knocked on the window.

The dark window rolled down, revealing a familiar, handsome face devoid of expression. His gold-rimmed glasses hid his eyes, making it hard to read his expression, but Shen Yan knew he was just as displeased as she was.

She casually swept her wavy hair to one side and leaned her graceful figure into the car window. Her red lips parted. "Want to steal the headlines? The explosive kind."

After the top-tier star's relationship announcement had been trending for half an hour, its popularity quickly faded. In its place came...

#Newly Crowned Best Actress Shares a Long Street Kiss with the CEO of the Goldman Sachs Group#

The news set the internet ablaze.

*

Fu Sinian had always been known for his cool composure, ruthless decisiveness, and invincibility in the business world. Yet he was passionate about investing in the entertainment industry, making him a powerful tycoon whom everyone in the world of fame and fortune was eager to court.

People claimed that everything he did was for the innocent-looking rising actress Cen Li. They even said the kiss on the street was an act of jealousy after she announced her relationship. While the whole internet gossiped and speculated...

The aloof Fu Sinian, who usually kept everyone at a distance, logged into his official account himself for the first time and posted a photo of a bright red marriage certificate.

---- Married. Don't @ me.

The headlines exploded all over again.

#Powerful Sugar Daddy Helps Rising Actress Conquer the Entertainment Industry#

#He Didn't Buy Her Acting Skills, He Bought Love#

#Childhood Friends#

#It's Yan Yan#

Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else