After Taking My Elder Sister's Place in an Arranged Marriage

/On the run while pregnant/

[Delicate, pitiful girl × gentle God of Slaughter]

A royal decree forces the eldest daughter of the Lin family to marry far away in a border town, becoming the princess consort of Prince Yin, known to the world as the Ghost-Faced Asura.

Yet on the night before the wedding procession is due to reach the capital, the future Princess Consort of Prince Yin suddenly disappears.

To save the family's lives, the youngest Lin daughter is forced to put on the wedding dress and travel in her elder sister's place to Yinzhou.

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Lin Weiqian has been frail and sickly since childhood, and has never mattered much to her family. Now she must keep up her disguise in Prince Yin's residence, for her own sake and her elder sister's.

Rumor has it that Prince Yin is terrifying. Lin Weiqian even prepares herself to die in his residence.

But,

Yuan Zhi is mercurial, yet he always shows her a little more patience.

Yuan Zhi is cold, yet he alone remembers her birthday.

Yuan Zhi is ruthless, yet he shows mercy for her sake...

For the first time, Lin Weiqian experiences what it feels like to matter to someone, but that only makes her more afraid that her identity will one day be exposed.

And yet that day is bound to come.

A letter exposing Lin Weiqian's identity reaches Yuan Zhi. She is imprisoned, and only then does she learn that Yuan Zhi had wanted to marry only her elder sister from the very beginning.

But the worst part is, she's pregnant...

Bound Hearts: In the end, whose heart has bound whose?

[Reader's Guide]

1. The heroine is gentle and grows over the course of the story.

2. I've written too many groveling arcs, so I want to write something bittersweet and sweet. Aside from the misunderstandings, the hero spoils the heroine without question.

3. Fictional setting. The worldbuilding serves the plot.

4. Includes a pregnancy-on-the-run plotline.

I Was Born With Talent, and It Must Be Put to Use · Contest entry rationale: The heroine is forced into a substitute marriage. From someone unloved and even hated by her family, she gradually learns how to get along with others, winning the people around her over with her unique personality. Even when she falls in love with the hero, she doesn't become entirely dependent on him, always retaining her independence. Along the way, she discovers her own talents, helps others, and realizes her self-worth.

Pre-release: The Empress Only Wants to Lie Flat

A lazy, gossip-loving heroine × a scheming hero who falls for her through his own machinations

Blurb:

Shen Fu had worked nonstop on a film set for a whole year without a break. The day after becoming a best actress, she died suddenly.

When she opens her eyes again, she has become the vicious empress from the original novel of a drama she once acted in, a woman who envies the heroine and persecutes the hero.

The empress is not only infatuated with the emperor, the male supporting character, but also a fanatical careerist who loves going up against the leads. Unfortunately, she was spoiled as a child, has nothing in her head, and uses such crude methods that she gets face-slapped every time she crosses the leads.

In the end, she is poisoned by the emperor and dies a miserable death, cursed by the world.

Shen Fu: So I'm alive again, but not really.

She doesn't want to live the empress's scheming life, and she doesn't want to repeat her own old path of working herself to death. So she decides:

Lie flat!

Fight for power in the harem? No!

Hustle at work? No!

She's already empress. Isn't it much better to spend her days eating, drinking, and having fun, while teasing pretty young eunuchs?

Before long, everyone in the palace notices the empress has changed. The emperor is suspicious and secretly orders people to keep an eye on Shen Fu. Then...

Emperor: "What has the empress been doing these past few days?"

Shadow guard: "Today, Her Majesty played cards with Consort Xian and won a thousand taels."

Emperor: "...And yesterday?"

Shadow guard: "Yesterday, Her Majesty had a cricket fight with Lady Li and won eight hundred taels."

Emperor: "..."

The next day, a new rule is issued in the palace, forbidding consorts from gathering to gamble!

Shen Fu is bored, and the annual imperial hunt is just around the corner. She excitedly brings snacks, storybooks, and a pretty young eunuch along.

She won't be hunting, but she can fish and have a barbecue! Just as she's wondering whether to add chili, the heroine goes missing!

The emperor and the hero immediately suspect Shen Fu and rush over, full of murderous intent. They happen to see the empress enjoying a bite of roast meat fed to her by the young eunuch.

Hero: Is that meat from my wife...

Emperor: Someone, drag that eunuch out...

Theme: Take the time to see people for who they are.