Today Is an Auspicious Day

[A refined, gentle Vice Minister with eight hundred schemes]

[An adorable, sweet noblewoman with a negative number of schemes]

Ruan Xinli always thought she was the happiest child in the world. After all, her family was powerful, wealthy, and harmonious. Her father was handsome, her mother beautiful, and her older brother talented.

That was until her tenth birthday, when she received an exquisite birthday present: a glass cup. She never expected the cup to become magical and start spitting out slips with predictions of good and bad luck at unpredictable times. For example:

The day before her father was due to go out to see a patient, the glass cup spat out a slip: "The seventh day of the second month: great misfortune. Do not go out. Above all, do not practice medicine."

Ruan Xinli: ???

She had heard of drawing lots to determine good or bad fortune, but since when could they give such specific instructions?

Though skeptical, Ruan Xinli gritted her teeth and sat in a cold draft for most of the night. A high fever the next day kept her father from going out. That evening, news arrived that the house where her father was supposed to visit had accidentally caught fire, killing the entire family.

Ruan Xinli, grimacing as she sipped medicine from a spoon, glanced at the glass cup on the table and thought, This really is a treasure!

In the days that followed, the glass cup kept dropping all kinds of slips, warning Ruan Xinli of her daily fortune. Gradually, she also discovered many secrets about her family...

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One day, Gu Mingchi, the newly appointed Vice Minister of Justice, was strolling down the street when he spotted a little pink dumpling sneaking into the capital's most famous jewelry shop with a small bundle in her arms.

He turned to the attendant beside him and asked, "Was that little dumpling who just went into the shop the daughter of the Great General Zhennan?"

The servant went to ask around. When he returned, he reported, "It was Miss Ruan, but..."

Seeing the servant's odd expression, Gu Mingchi tapped his folding fan and asked, "But what? Has something happened to her?"

The servant scratched his head in confusion. "But Miss Ruan is holding the birthday gift you gave her and asking where to find immortals. She says the glass cup is a divine artifact that can tell good fortune from bad!"

Gu Mingchi: ???

How had the rare treasure he casually picked out from the Western Desert Kingdom become a divine artifact?

In the end, Gu Mingchi won the beauty's heart. "After you. After you."

#My Father Is a Spy for an Enemy Kingdom, and My Mother Is a Villain, What Do I Do#

#One Hundred and Eight Ways to Save the Family#

#How to Trick the Neighbor Boy Eight Years Older Than You into Being with You#

In short: My whole family is full of schemers, except me!

Author's notes:

1. The story begins when the heroine is ten. The leads interact throughout, but their relationship remains ordinary until the heroine turns fifteen and comes of age, after which it develops further.

2. The leads have an eight-year age gap. The hero is an older man courting a younger woman. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced.

3. This is not a fantasy novel! There are no gods, demons, or ghosts! The strange behavior of the glass cup is man-made!

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Next historical romance: The Daily Self-Improvement of a Fussy Beauty

Stubborn, fussy, hard-working concubine-born young lady VS scheming powerful minister with a pretty face and a sharp tongue

Blurb:

The Duke Dingguo's household has a delicate fifth young lady named Fang Youqing.

She can solve a riddle in three steps and compose a poem in seven. She can even learn horseback riding and archery at once.

The noble young masters of the capital all praise her: "Delicate and lovable, born with talent!"

But the noble young ladies all secretly sneer: "So affected and pretentious!"

Fang "Fussy, Secretly Studies Hard, But Doesn't Want To Show It" Youqing: "I don't want to study. I can't do it. It's too tiring. I only eat the sweet stuff, never the bitter!"

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Shen Que, Commander of the Mingjing Bureau, has a face like peach blossoms and a fierce, proud air.

Even with great power in his grasp, no one dares approach him to curry favor.

But recently, he discovered something interesting.

That fake, delicate flower from the Duke Dingguo's household seems to have her eye on his innocent, empty-headed younger brother, Shen Zhen.

One rainy day, Fang Youqing had everything planned out. She deliberately lost her umbrella, twisted her ankle, and sat in a dilapidated pavilion, waiting for Shen Zhen to come find her.

But the person who came through the rain with an umbrella wasn't Shen Zhen. It was his older brother Shen Que, who had nothing but a pretty face and a heart and hands as dark as night.

Looking at the disheveled Fang Youqing, Shen Que stood with noble composure and raised an eyebrow, asking casually, "You fell off your horse and twisted your ankle?"

Fang Youqing blinked pitifully. "...Yes."

Shen Que set down his umbrella, crouched beside her, and teased, "You ride horses during the day and read medical books at night. After studying hard for three months, this is all you've learned?"

Fang Youqing, who had been secretly working herself to the bone: "..."

Then, one day, Shen Que lowered himself before Fang Youqing, his eyes filled with her. "I have no father or mother either, and no concubines in my household. A Qing, would you choose me as your husband?"

Stubborn, fussy, hard-working concubine-born young lady VS scheming powerful minister with a pretty face and a sharp tongue

Note:

1. Romance-focused, sweet, both leads are sexually inexperienced.

2. The heroine is a determined, fussy young lady. She won't be so fussy that she becomes annoying. The leads can communicate, though sometimes they lose their words.

3. The dynasty, government offices, and institutions are all made up by this clueless author. Please don't nitpick.

If you're interested, please add it to your library. Thank you!

Theme: Good or bad fortune is uncertain. It all depends on your own efforts!