Tempting Spring

The main story is complete. Don’t let it pile up, everyone~

My next story will be "Treasuring the Jade Heir," a story about a silly beauty borrowing a seed to have a child. The blurb is at the end~

Story Blurb:

In the twelfth year of Jingzhao, the emperor died. Chen Fu, the former crown prince who had been deposed, returned from the border and seized the throne in a bloody ascent.

Soon after, Empress Shen, the late emperor’s first empress, died in a fire at Lizheng Palace. At court, everyone kept silent about it.

The great families of the imperial capital had heard rumors about the noblewoman of the Shen clan, whose coiffure was as graceful as drifting clouds and whose beauty was renowned throughout the capital, and about the many stories whispered in the shadows concerning her and the merciless emperor now seated on the throne.

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The inner palace.

As Shen Qingwu looked at the secret letter her father had sent, her dark lashes trembled. In her light, alluring clothes and graceful pose, she looked like a courtesan. Yet she had dressed this way to beg Chen Fu for mercy and protect her family.

From his seat of power, Chen Fu glanced at her, his thick brows lifting slightly, his eyes cold. "The late emperor also adored a woman who carried herself like this, Your Majesty."

His mocking words pierced her chest like a cold blade, and Shen Qingwu’s face turned deathly pale.

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Chen Fu had once been a radiant, noble crown prince, dressed in his princely robes and beyond the reach of ordinary people.

But three years earlier, he had been framed for plotting treason and exiled to the border. The true culprit was the Shen family.

The court and the country knew of the new emperor’s hatred for the Shen clan. Its origins were hard to trace, but he would certainly not let the matter rest.

Shen Qingwu knew the palace was a treacherous place, and that Chen Fu would surely punish her until he was satisfied only by her death.

It was indeed punishment, but she had never expected it to mean this.

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Late at night,

Shen Qingwu’s hair was soaked through. A faint sheen of sweat glistened on her porcelain-white nose and brows as she stared at the gaze of the man ravaging her body.

Humiliation haunted her like a nightmare. She felt as if she were being cut to pieces, as though death would be better than life. In secret, she took a hidden hairpin to end her life.

But Chen Fu easily seized her wrist and flung the hairpin far away. He pressed down on her unhurriedly. "You deserve everything you’re going through."

"You were the one who came after me. Don’t think you can run away."

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins, happy ending. Don’t ask why the heroine is a virgin; it’s explained in the story.

2. Nothing improper happens while the leads are in a relationship. At the start of the story, they are not related, even nominally.

3. Neither lead is perfect; they both have flaws.

4. Dramatic, forced-marriage romance. If this isn’t your thing, please don’t force yourself to read it.

5. The setting is entirely fictional. Please don’t overanalyze it.

Upcoming story: "Treasuring the Jade Heir"

After the late emperor died, all the childless consorts in the harem were to be buried with him. The low-ranking consort Yulu was afraid of dying, so she gritted her teeth and lied, claiming she was pregnant.

But with the new emperor about to take the throne, the lie could not hold forever. Yulu decided to find a capable man as soon as possible and borrow his seed to conceive a child.

As she searched, Yulu turned her attention to a young guard she had met by chance.

His tall figure was impossible to hide beneath his robes. He had long legs, broad shoulders, and a pert rear...

Yulu couldn’t help secretly swallowing.

It took a lot of effort, but she finally managed to seduce the young guard into spending a night with her.

But she never expected him to be all looks and no substance. Despite their nightly efforts, she still hadn’t conceived.

With no other choice, Yulu set her sights on another guard she knew.

Just as she was about to use the same trick to seduce him, the young guard suddenly appeared and pinned her inside a side hall, just one wall away from the place where she had arranged to meet the other man.

The young guard, who had always been cold toward her, lifted her skirt with one large hand and snarled, "Haven’t I given you enough? You still have the nerve to think about another man?"

Yulu: !!!

The months of mourning would end the next day, and the late emperor was about to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.

Outside the plain white mourning hall, the palace attendants bustled about. But inside, on the other side of the wall, the new emperor held Yulu tightly, his palm resting on her rounded belly.

His gaze drifted toward the magnificent coffin before them.

"Father, if your spirit is watching over us, could you tell your son: is the person in there you, or my child?"

Theme: People should treat one another with sincerity