I Will Not Follow Zhou

[My first book. Thank you all for your support!]

[Coming soon: Spring Days Are Short, the Crown Prince x the emperor's adopted daughter raised within the palace, faux siblings]

******Blurb******

The Xie family of Yuhang is the richest under heaven.

When the emperor made a southern tour, Xie Chen, the richest man in the realm, reluctantly hosted the imperial retinue.

He served them well, seeing to their every need, but the emperor was still dissatisfied. "I hear the Xie family has a daughter whose beauty and talent are unmatched under heaven..."

Xie Chen kowtowed with righteous indignation. "There is absolutely no such thing! My daughter is crude and uncouth, and unworthy of joining the imperial household!"

The emperor was unconvinced. "Oh? In that case, let her enter the palace as a female official."

The young lady of the Xie family sits at home, and disaster falls from the sky.

She's enjoying a romance, and now they want her to enter the palace? Your Majesty, let me thank you for that.

Her sweetheart hears someone's trying to take his wife, and frowns. "I fought to win the empire for that bastard. Does he think he can get away with this?"

Founding heroes rarely meet happy ends, so he might as well fly into a rage for the sake of his beloved.

With the realm teetering on the brink, the emperor asks him coldly at the final moment, "Do you choose power or beauty?"

He replies, "Your Majesty, you're no fun. The Xie family is the richest in the realm. My beauty could support me for ten lifetimes."

- Set in a fictionalized Tang-Song era.

- A healthy man x a broken, aloof beauty. Clever people fall in love. The second and third male leads try to forcefully claim her one after another and fail. The harder they try to seize her, the worse they fall. Some political intrigue, but not too much.

[Coming soon: Historical romance, The Princess Consort and the Stable Hand] Rough man, delicate beauty

[Coming soon: Historical romance, Spring Heart of the Cuckoo] A tyrant uses a secret identity to pursue his wife

***Blurb for the upcoming historical romance Spring Days Are Short***

Crown Prince Jiang Yu has had a problem lately.

His study companion, Chang Yi, the eldest son of the Grand Tutor's family, seems to have fallen for his imperial sister.

She isn't his real sister. But she's been raised by the empress since the age of six, and their relationship... is very close.

She's like an injured fawn. Though she's been pampered in the palace for ten years, the slightest disturbance still frightens her.

How could he bear to let a sister like her leave the palace and suffer?

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Little Princess Chen Tianyi has been feeling rather pleased with herself lately.

With a few little tricks, she's made the capital's most eligible young nobleman fall for her and swear he'll marry no one else.

She can't help it. Her parents are both dead, and she has no one to rely on. She has to plan for her own future.

After weighing the pros and cons, Chang Yi is the best candidate.

After ten years living in the palace, Chen Tianyi has become skilled at acting weak and pitiful. Winning Chang Yi over is a piece of cake.

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Later, just as she expected, Chang Yi asks for her hand, and the emperor arranges the marriage.

Chen Tianyi leaves the palace after many years and returns to the vast Chen family estate to await her wedding.

Everything is going smoothly.

Who could have expected an uninvited guest to appear at the Chen estate one night?

Her once-gentle and impeccably mannered imperial brother grips her waist, his face dark with menace.

At the most passionate moment, he begs her in a hoarse voice, "Could you please not go?"

Though she's having a wonderful time, Chen Tianyi still shakes her head. "No. I'm still going to marry him."

Theme: Love is stronger than anything