Seduction in the Royal Court

My new novel, "After Stealing a Kiss from the Ascetic Chancellor, He Hid Me Away in His Golden House," is now available! Dowager Consort vs. powerful minister. See the blurb below, and please add it to your favorites!

Zhao Yinan might not be brilliant, but she had at least managed to survive fifteen years in the treacherous imperial palace.

She shouldn't have been that stupid.

Perhaps she was simply too afraid of Xie Miao. Whenever she saw the powerful minister of legend, it was as if someone had suddenly pulled the plug on her brain.

By the time she came to her senses, she realized she had already fallen deep into the trap of tenderness he had been laying for ages, with no way out.

When disaster struck and she had no choice but to seek his help, she had held on to only the tiniest sliver of hope.

Yet he gave her boundless hope in return.

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Xie Miao carefully plotted to lure Zhao Yinan into his grasp, only to discover that this little white rabbit was for looking at, not for eating.

To keep her alive, he not only restrained his own desires but also did everything he could to keep secret something even she didn't know about herself.

Who could have guessed that after she promised to become his princess consort when he returned victorious, she would turn around and decide to have someone else's child?

In a fit of rage, he stormed her wedding and consummated the marriage with her in the groom's place on their wedding night.

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[Extra Scene]

After failing her exams and facing the inevitable fate of an arranged marriage, Zhao Yinan felt her life had reached its lowest point.

That night, utterly drunk, she stumbled and fell into the pond in the back courtyard.

Through the haze, a pair of strong arms lifted her up and carried her to the bank.

Recognizing Xie Miao, she hurriedly backed away, only for him to hold her firmly in his arms.

Her heart pounded like a drum as she called to him in a trembling voice, "Uncle-in-law..."

"Didn't I tell you not to call me that? You were supposed to use another form of address."

"Then what should I call you?"

"Though I'm a prince with a different surname, I'm still a prince. Call me elder brother."

"Why not Imperial Uncle?"

Xie Miao's brow twitched. "Do I look that old?"

"All right, then." Zhao Yinan thought it over. "I'll call you big brother."

Her eyes were clear and innocent, but he bashfully looked away.

Reader's Guide:

1. One true pairing, happy ending. The male lead is devoted to the heroine in both body and heart from beginning to end, and only listens to her.

2. The heroine is 16, and the male lead is 25. He is 190 cm tall, and she is 165 cm tall.

3. No frustrating drama, no spoiled troublemakers, and no evil villains. It's all romance, and all you need is sweetness.

4. The male lead was politically married to the heroine's aunt, but they had no feelings for each other. Her aunt loves someone else and supports the heroine and the male lead being together.

Next up: "After Stealing a Kiss from the Ascetic Chancellor, He Hid Me Away in His Golden House"

Ascetic powerful minister × peerlessly beautiful dowager consort

Ascetic powerful minister × peerlessly beautiful dowager consort

The Emperor Xuan had been dead for three years, yet his ghost still lingered, often haunting Chu Yue.

To make him disappear for good, she obtained a miraculous medicine from a revered monk.

The night she took the pill, he seemed almost tangible. She cupped his cheeks and kissed his earlobes, his neck...

Trembling, she tried to please him for once, but he was more composed and restrained than she had ever seen him.

Later, when the imperial mausoleum was robbed, Pei Yan, Minister of Justice, was ordered to investigate.

The young minister's gaze was cold and piercing, his presence chilling. Yet he brought back shameful memories of the night she took the medicine...

She knew he was a notorious iron-fisted minister, and that taking that step would mean no turning back.

Even so, she secretly fell for him...

Only later did she learn that he was far more shameless than she was. Far, far more...

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Pei Yan lost his parents at a young age and grew up cold and withdrawn.

After placing first in the imperial examinations, he rose steadily through the ranks, becoming the chancellor of an empire by the age of thirty.

Because of his childhood experiences, he was aloof and proud, never allowing women near him. Yet he became hopelessly captivated by Chu Yue.

Even though he already knew she had been the late emperor's woman.

In public, he always kept his distance from her;

In private, he indulged and enabled her, even committing an unforgivable mistake.

One day, he learned that she saw him only as a substitute.

He pretended not to notice and went along with it, openly hiding her in his home.

His brilliant gaze burned into her as he gently stroked her cheek. Day after day, he whispered coaxingly in her ear:

"Say you love me."

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