Synopsis
The legitimate daughter of the Huo family, Huo Yuge, was born into a military household. She mastered the art of war from childhood, and her martial skills far surpassed those of her hapless older brother. But because she was a woman, her parents kept her confined to the inner quarters.
She thought she would eventually get the chance to ride into battle, but instead, she received an absurd marriage contract.
“Please, Father, for the Huo family and for the realm, you must marry him!” Her father, nearly fifty, pleaded with heartfelt sincerity, tears streaming down his face.
The handsome Prince of Shu, Chen Yunxi, stepped in front of her. “If you don’t want to marry him, then you won’t.”
Huo Yuge wasn’t one to get caught up in romantic entanglements. She had made a fuss and vented her anger, but if the fate of the realm was at stake, then she would have to marry after all.
It wasn’t long, however, before she discovered that her betrothed had a beloved confidante whom he doted on.
Huo Yuge made up her mind at once. She had to break off the engagement!
But as soon as she had gone to great lengths to successfully call off the wedding, that very “beloved confidante” immediately asked for her hand in marriage...
“Your Highness, Prince of Shu, you’re awfully good at changing your appearance! Any man who saw you would be completely smitten...” Huo Yuge said indignantly, one hand pressed to her forehead.
The dazzlingly beautiful Prince of Shu raised an eyebrow, wiped the rouge from his lips with a fingertip, and smiled. “It’s only because my wife is so captivating that I was desperate to marry you.”
Huo Yuge: “Put on men’s clothes before you call me your wife...”
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After Huo Yuge and Chen Yunxi married, the realm fell into turmoil.
The borders were unstable, and Northern Wei was invading. With the Liang dynasty’s current military strength, it would be hard to stand against them.
The court promptly and spinelessly decided to arrange a political marriage.
But the emperor was still young and had no children, so the only one they could send off was his young aunt.
With his sister about to be sent away to marry for peace, Chen Yunxi couldn’t sit still. He planned to submit more than a dozen memorials condemning his imperial nephew.
Looking at that peerlessly handsome face in the candlelight, Huo Yuge remembered how he had once worn rouge. What a beauty...
“Actually, there’s no need to go to all that trouble. Get yourself ready, and you’re every bit as pretty as the imperial princess.” She gave Chen Yunxi a meaningful look.
Chen Yunxi didn’t understand at first. He only thought her words sounded strange. “What do you mean?”
“I mean you should go marry for peace in your sister’s place, darling.” Huo Yuge smiled sweetly at him and considerately added, “I can even escort you there.”
Chen Yunxi: ?
So much for the husband being the head of the household!
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The palace maids of Northern Wei all said that the Liang princess sent to marry for peace was not to be crossed.
One day, when the prince said he wanted to take her female guard as a concubine, she chased him all around the manor with a long sword!
Such a jealous shrew! That female guard the prince had taken a fancy to was so unlucky. She would surely be tormented to death...
But the maids didn’t know that in the dead of night, this “shrew” was sitting by the female guard’s bed, eyes red.
“Huo Yuge! When did you get involved with him?” Chen Yunxi felt so furious he could barely breathe. He wanted to bundle her up and take her back to Liang at once.
Huo Yuge had been woken in the middle of the night and could barely open her eyes. Dazed, she casually pulled him onto the bed. “Go to sleep. We’ll talk tomorrow.”
The next day, the palace maids were abuzz with another rumor.
“Have you heard? The princess must have taken some strange medicine. She didn’t kill that female guard, and last night she even shared a bed with her!”
[Contest Entry Rationale]
Though the heroine is a woman, she harbors the dream of riding across the battlefield. Even when struck by society’s prejudice and bound by the limitations of her era, she never abandons her convictions. She overcomes every obstacle and fights against the tide, seeking the truth through her own efforts, restoring the realm, and accomplishing deeds without precedent. In the end, she surpasses her father and brothers, shatters society’s prejudices, and writes a legendary life of her own.
Reader’s Guide:
1. A power couple. The heroine is capable and ambitious, and saves her country to prove her worth. She is neither a naive sweetheart nor a romance-obsessed fool.
2. The male lead is a cross-dressing heartthrob. In disguise, he is the noble and aloof type, not coquettish or cloying.
3. Equal parts career and romance. The political schemes are amateurish, and the romance has no angst.
4. The political marriage in the blurb does not happen at the beginning. The first chapter moves a little slowly, so please bear with me.
5. There are original worldbuilding details. This is a fictional setting, so don’t scrutinize it too closely, but basic cultural norms are observed.
6. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are each other’s first. You won’t regret adding it to your collection~~
My new novel, Has the Tyrant Been Cremated Yet?, is currently updating. This humble author is rolling on the floor and begging you to add it to your collection~
Jiang Mingxue’s first job as an assassin was to kill the emperor. Unfortunately, luck wasn’t on her side. Just as she was trying to escape, she ran into Prince Yin, Yan Han, who had come to force his way into the palace and stage a coup. To avoid execution, she had no choice but to claim she was an ordinary songstress, feigning panic as she gazed at him with tear-filled eyes. At the time, Yan Han was looking at his younger brother’s corpse with calm indifference. He only said coldly,
“Your song just now was lovely.”
And so, she was kept in the imperial harem.
After Yan Han ascended the throne, Jiang Mingxue remained a lowly palace songstress, but she stayed by his side.
She continued to secretly stir up the currents of power across the realm. Yet whenever she watched the young emperor sigh beneath the moon, a trace of tender pity would often rise in her heart.
For three years, she soothed his unease, comforted his loneliness, and glimpsed his pain.
Even in a game of careful maneuvering, she had once considered entrusting him with her heart.
Until Yan Han treated her with cold indifference and destroyed with his own hands everything she held dear. Only then did she remember his words: “A caged songbird is not worth cherishing.”
Those three absurd years finally became worthless in Jiang Mingxue’s eyes.
She set a raging inferno and escaped the palace she loathed, only to die beneath a storm of snow.
Heaven took pity on her, and she returned to the year she first met Yan Han.
When the emperor looked at her with reddened eyes and pleaded with her to stay, Jiang Mingxue felt nothing but irritation.
She would never sing for him again.
And she would never again give him even a shred of pity or sympathy.
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Yan Han once thought he had caged a docile little bird.
She was beautiful and gentle, sang sweetly, and loved him. She seemed perfect to keep in the palace. Though they spent every day together, he had never fallen for her...
He merely enjoyed hearing her sing.
Until one day, her palace burst into a raging blaze. He walked toward it without thinking, wanting to save her.
As the flames consumed him, he looked back on his life and realized that he admired her a little...
Perhaps even loved her.
He was willing to offer the gods and Buddhas everything an emperor possessed, if only he could see her once more.
Reader’s Guide:
1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s first, happy ending.
2. The emperor must win back his wife after breaking her heart. Both leads are reborn, setting the stage for a battle of wits.
3. A beautiful strategist and a ruthless emperor. Two clever people, loving and fighting each other.
Theme: Born a precious jade, sharper than a blade.
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The author stuck out his head, hugged the reader and kissed him, then ran away in despair. He accidentally dropped two advance copies, and the next one opened: Preview 1 "The Bird Burns in the Cage" (Double Life Shura Field) Pre-release 2 "I Escaped After Becoming a God" (The heartthrob heroine escaped from death) Splashing and rolling, please collect it! The copy of Article 2 is as follows: There is no justice in the world, demons are rampant, and mortals without spiritual power live pitifully, having no choice but to be slaughtered by them and trapped in dire straits. The ghosts are alive and the gods are dead. The human race had no other choice. Faced with a desperate future, they became enthusiastic about creating gods. However, due to his bad luck and eagerness for success, he always creates some nondescript things. Lu Qinglian is considered the leader among these things. When she was young in the village, Lu Qinglian had no father or mother. She was so hungry that day that she sneaked to the altar and stole something to eat. "To be given food by God, this girl must be the chosen one. She is the hope of our clan!" Lu Qinglian: "?" God didn't give it to me, I stole it. Fuck the Chosen One. Later, she found out that being a goddess would always have food to eat, so she continued to perform with them. It's just that as a solid false god, Lu Qinglian is very self-aware. She pretends to be a god, but never stirs up trouble, and just enjoys this stable life. Until one day, a beautiful young man with many scars ran under the altar, seemingly wanting to eat some of the sacrifices. "Eat." Lu Qinglian sat on the altar, looking at the pitiful man in front of her, as if she saw herself back then: "Don't be afraid." "Take it as a gift from me." The young man raised his head and looked at the girl on the high platform. That day, he saw God. The boy Lu Qinglian picked up was named Chu Huan. Because of the kindness of one meal, the young man always served her, inseparable. As time went by, his spiritual power became more and more powerful. No one within a hundred miles could be his opponent. The two of them walked out of the small village like this. Lu Qinglian became the god of the world. But only she knew that all the monsters and monsters along the way were dealt with by Chu Huan, and she was just a layperson who liked to eat, drink and have fun. Later, Lu Qinglian finally understood... It turns out she is not a god. Chu Huan is a god. Over the years, he had been acting like a fool and usurping his position. So, during the Three Realms War, when the human race was in danger, Lu Qinglian sang loudly, jumped from the altar, jumped into the boundless sea of fire, and shouted: "There is no justice in the world, so I will die as a martyr." So he died. Since then, Lu Qinglian finally returned Chu Huan's things. She changed her appearance and started living again in the place she had arranged, but found that her life was not comfortable and comfortable. Because she has already become the god of the human race. He became his god. He and everyone in the world are looking for her. Chu Huan has been burdened with the fable of saving the human race since he was a child, and has also endured the countless disasters caused by the fable. When he was in exile as a child, he had nowhere to go, so he randomly found a temple to live in. He met a girl with no spiritual power, who gave him the only warmth and protection in his life. Later, Chu Huan learned that Lu Qinglian had taken his place and was deceiving the world. But he told the lie perfectly. She thought she could live this life, but she returned her place on the shrine to him. But Chu Huan no longer wanted to become a god, he just wanted to be her believer. The sky above is poor and the sky is blue, and the sky below is full of underworld. He wants to live even if he wants to die.
The author stuck out his head, hugged the reader and kissed him, then ran away in despair, accidentally dropping a love letter: The new article "Is the Tyrant Going to the Crematorium Today" is being serialized. Please collect it. The copy is as follows~ Jiang Mingxue became a killer for the first time, and she killed the emperor. Unfortunately, bad luck happened. When he was about to escape, he ran into Yin Wang Yanhan who came to force the palace to rebel. In order to avoid the death penalty, she had no choice but to call herself an ordinary singer, pretending to be panicked and looking at him with tears in her eyes. At that time, Yan Han looked at the body of the emperor's brother with an indifferent and calm expression, and only said coldly, "The song just now is good." Later, she was left in the harem. After Yan Han ascended the throne, although Jiang Mingxue was a humble palace singer, she was always by his side. She was still stirring up the world in secret, but when she watched the young emperor sighing at the moon, a soft pity would often appear in her heart. For three years, she soothed his anxiety, comforted his loneliness, and peeked into his pain. Even in the step-by-step chess game, she once thought about giving her sincerity. It wasn't until Yan Han's cold eyes and ruthlessness destroyed everything she cherished that she suddenly remembered his words, "A bird in a cage is nothing to be cherished." After three years of absurdity, he finally became worthless in Jiang Mingxue's eyes. She set a huge fire and escaped from the disgusting palace, but unfortunately she died in the snowstorm. God had mercy on her, and she returned to the year when she first met Yan Han. When the emperor looked at her with red eyes and almost begged her to stay, Jiang Mingxue only felt bored. She would never sing for him again. I will never show him any mercy or sympathy again. Yan Han once thought that he had a docile bird in his captivity. She is beautiful, docile, sings well, has affection for him, and is very suitable to be kept in the palace. They were together day and night, but he never liked her... I just kind of like hearing her sing. Until one day, a huge fire broke out in her palace, and he couldn't help but walked towards it, trying to save her. When the fire burned his body, looking back on his life, he realized that he actually respected her a little... Even love her a little bit. He was willing to offer everything he had as a king to the gods and Buddhas just to see her again. Reading guide: 1.1V1, sc, he 2. Chasing Wife Crematorium, Double Life Shura Ground 3. Beautiful counselor × iron-blooded emperor, two smart people fell in love and killed each other 4. It's empty, it's private, don't pay attention to it
Beautiful jade is both an accessory and a sharp weapon.
The writing style feels so gentle! I hope all girls can be free and brave to pursue what they want
Help, it's so awesome, it's written in my heart. What a genius
Oh, does this emperor actually like the male protagonist?
What a coincidence. As a Twitter account that specializes in digging for posts, a fan just said yesterday that he wanted to read Shuangqiang's article. Today, I found this Shuangqiang article. Hahaha, I like SC + Shuangqiang. I've been helping you tweet a lot these days~
Looking forward to the new article, Shura Field Modo Modo
From beginning to end, it is very well written! It's really a great story.
The author has just finished writing a book. It's very good. He's spreading flowers in circles.