A few story ideas, setting them aside to write later
1,
Rumor had it that ever since the Mid-Autumn banquet, Prince Ning Li Shou had fallen hopelessly in love with Sun Qianxue, the Minister of Revenue's daughter. Unfortunately, not long after the banquet, there was a death in the Sun family, and Sun Qianxue had no choice but to observe mourning at home for three years.
As the years passed, the palace kept urging him to marry and have children, so Li Shou had to agree to take a secondary consort first.
Jiang Heng, Sun Qianxue's impoverished cousin, became that secondary consort.
Everyone guessed that Li Shou was paving the way to marry Sun Qianxue and make her Princess Consort Ning. Her cousin had only lucked into the role because she looked a little like Sun Qianxue.
A year passed in the blink of an eye, and good news came from Prince Ning's household: Secondary Consort Jiang Heng was pregnant.
Sun Qianxue, tears streaming down her face, rushed up to Li Shou. "Your Highness loves me. Jiang Heng only entered the household as a temporary measure. How could you let that little vixen get pregnant first and put me through such humiliation?"
Li Shou's face turned stern. He asked, bewildered, "Who are you?"
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Ever since Jiang Heng entered Prince Ning's household, she had always remembered her place. Everyone said she was only there as a substitute for her cousin, to soothe the prince's lovesickness. When Jiang Heng discovered she was pregnant, she panicked for the first time. Given her cousin's temper, how could she possibly let this child stay once she married into the household?
Li Shou keenly sensed that the little woman beside him had something on her mind. She couldn't sleep night after night, and by day she stared into her vanity mirror, sighing or furrowing her brow. One night, he took her hand and coaxed her to tell him what was troubling her.
She said, "I'm afraid my cousin won't accept..."
Li Shou frowned. "Your cousin is...?"
Jiang Heng: "Isn't she... the woman you love?"
Li Shou: "..."
From beginning to end, the only person he loved was the woman right in front of him.
The real white moonlight who mistakenly thinks she's a stand-in for the white moonlight x a prince who's domineering outside but an utterly devoted husband at home (Original posting date saved: 2022.8.20)
2, Liang Rong stood drenched in the bitter wind of a dark, freezing winter day, her face turned toward the pale sun.
Her hands, covered in chilblains, had long since gone numb with pain. Working mechanically day after day, she'd thought all she could hope for was enough food and warm clothes.
But in that moment, a voice in her mind asked: Liang Rong, is this how you're going to live the rest of your life?
Liang Rong shivered and wrapped her arms around her thin shoulders.
No. Absolutely not.
She wanted fine clothes and rich food, with servants at her beck and call.
She would step over the corpses of those who had looked down on her and mocked her, and make her way, one step at a time, toward the palace gates at the very summit. (The original idea was first conceived before August 2022; a screenshot of the text's timestamp has been saved.)
3, There's also an idea for a mystery story with a ridiculously powerful heroine. I'll add it later.
Theme: Human will can triumph over fate
