The Feast at Huagong Palace

[Romance Synopsis]

The Great Wei Empire is in turmoil. Crown Prince Yuchi Shu is sent back to his mother's homeland, Great Chu, to escape danger, and seeks refuge with his maternal uncle, Emperor Chengde.

At the time, Fu Yunlang, the niece of Empress Yao, has also come to live in the palace after her family suffers a calamity.

Yuchi Shu has always sneered at Fu Yunlang, who is far too mature, composed, and dignified for her young age.

They spend ten years together, growing up side by side, yet never getting in each other's way. There is no childhood-sweetheart affection between them.

Then, on the night of the Qionghua Banquet, he sees her, the very picture of a proper young lady, chasing a newly appointed scholar out of the palace and asking him to marry her.

After he turns her down, she immediately gets involved with the naive young heir of the Yongping Marquis household...

From then on, he gradually discovers the true nature of Miss Fu:

Beautiful and clever, skilled in scheming, yet cold-hearted and ruthless.

Until one day, she schemes her way onto the wedding carriage bound to fetch his bride, with ambitious designs on the position of his future empress.

From then on, he is the one who schemes to win her heart!

[Plot Synopsis]

Chu Huaian (the second male lead) took a shortcut in his previous life. He gave up the woman he truly loved and schemed to marry Fu Yunlang.

He never once looked back in that life, yet he always regretted it, longing for the other path his life might have taken.

Later, he and Fu Yunlang are both reborn...

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After the palace banquet that night, Fu Yunlang blocks his way as he leaves the palace and asks earnestly, "Can you marry me again in this life?"

He says, "No."

So Fu Yunlang steps aside.

Chu Huaian watches her turn away from him and walk back into the palace, surrounded by its glittering walls and towers.

Later, the course of her life changes abruptly. She is betrayed and used, stripped of power and influence, and left fighting for her life.

He remains where he is, while she braves a sea of blades and blood alone. Even at her lowest point, she never looks back at him again.

Clear-eyed fake princess x prickly, arrogant true prince

Also known as The Royal Adopted Daughter's Road to Self-Rescue

The author is terrible at writing blurbs. Chu Huaian is only the second male lead, and he's already out of the running in the blurb.

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Upcoming novel:

A Beauty's Callous Heart

Synopsis:

Six years ago, Jiang Yan went up the mountain to suppress bandits and brought a young woman back from their stronghold.

He was taken by her looks at first sight and entertained the thought of taking advantage of her predicament.

He had always known that Mingshu had given herself to him only because she had nowhere else to turn.

Then one day, he discovered that her personality was an act, her name was false, and her identity was fake, too.

What's more...

Back in the capital, she had a dashing, unwavering fiance who had waited faithfully for her for nine whole years!

The ever-charming young Marquis Jiang was instantly red-eyed...

When Jiang Yan first met Mingshu, she had just killed someone. She was trembling, but her gaze was fierce.

At her first glance at Jiang Yan, Mingshu realized he was looking at her strangely. Her first thought was: what are the odds I can kill him too, while I'm at it?

A moment later...

Jiang Yan: This girl is soft yet strong, and so full of character. I really like her!

Mingshu: Never mind. I can't kill him, so I'll go along with him for now and pretend a dog took a bite out of me...

Calm, scheming, cold beauty x secretly flirtatious, pretentious young marquis (to be published after The Cousin Miss Is Determined to Raise Him)

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A Broken Promise

Synopsis:

When Chu Kuo first met Yun Tan, she was the prospective bride his stepmother had carefully selected from her own family for his second brother.

It was a bitterly cold spring day when she bent down and stepped out of her sedan chair.

A delicate, slender girl of just sixteen.

Graceful and refined, her brows carrying a touch of unyielding pride. She stood tall and poised.

She was just like the magnolia blooming above her head, so beautiful and pure that she stirred wicked thoughts in him, making him want to pluck her down by force.

She bent her knees in greeting, her voice gentle yet distant: "Greetings, Cousin."

Even the tacky gold bracelet revealed on her slender, pale wrist as she raised her hand somehow did not diminish her grace.

Only later, through countless nights of yearning and tossing restlessly, did Chu Kuo finally understand:

He had coveted and wanted to possess her from that very day.

And later still...

The three sons born to his stepmother died one after another, while Yun Tan's prospective husbands changed one by one...

Obsessive, cruel young nobleman x beautiful, proud fallen heiress

Coercive romance + regret and redemption. The heroine will run away. The author hasn't decided whether she'll be pregnant yet. If you like it, feel free to bookmark it for now. Muah.

Theme: Love yourself before loving others.