A Palmful of Joy

Coming soon: Feng Chun Her greatest wish is to save enough money to leave and never again be his plaything. While traveling south to find his missing younger sister, Xu Fengzhou, the legitimate son of the Chancellor, is tricked by a breathtakingly beautiful courtesan on the Qinhuai River. The little con artist is lazy, loves money, and is rather slow-witted. She keeps calling him "older brother," "uncle," and "father." Since she's docile, obedient, and easy to handle, he keeps her by his side as a bedchamber maid. Who knew that on the day he gets married, the little con artist who kept saying she loved him would dare run away with someone else? The man, usually arrogant and cold-hearted, goes mad. He even calls on the Crown Prince's personal guards to search for her. Half a year later, he finally finds her at an apothecary in a remote town. The beautiful woman, dressed simply, rests a hand on her swollen belly and sweetly calls the man beside her "husband." In an instant, Xu Fengzhou's eyes turn bloodshot. A little scene: A dim inner room filled with a heady fragrance. Yun Qing curls up on the bed, tear-streaked face turned toward the sinister-looking man before her. He strokes the golden chain around her snow-white ankle. Hatred sharp enough to cut to the bone roils in his eyes. "Tell me, are you going to run off with someone again?" Reading guide: 1. One-on-one, happy ending 2. Both leads are sexually inexperienced 3. The main story is told from the heroine's point of view Feng Chun Synopsis: Yun Ning's stepmother wants to sell her as a concubine to an old man. Her fiance has gone to the capital to take the imperial examinations, and her father is away from home. With nowhere else to turn, Yun Ning sets her sights on Lu You, her childhood sweetheart from the same village. He's the only soldier from the village to return alive, over eight feet tall, and supposedly able to kill a bear with one punch. When they were children, Lu You always said he'd protect her for the rest of her life. Yun Ning makes up her mind, packs her things, and sneaks to his house under cover of darkness. * After his close friend is killed in battle, Xiao Ye honors his promise and brings his ashes back to his hometown. Half a year later, his friend's widowed mother dies of old age, and Xiao Ye plans to return to Chang'an. On the last night before he leaves, Xiao Ye comes into the courtyard late and sees someone sitting on the threshold. She's the most beautiful woman in the village, and the one his friend loved. Beneath the bright moon, the young woman clutches a little yellow dog and gazes at him hopefully. She asks timidly, "Brother Lu You, can I stay here? I can do anything, and I don't eat much..." For some reason, Xiao Ye suddenly doesn't want to leave. * Her fiance fails to return, and Yun Ning has no choice but to enter a fake marriage with her childhood sweetheart. Not long after the wedding, news arrives that her fiance is engaged to someone else. Heartbroken, Yun Ning somehow ends up making her fake marriage real. Afterward, the two tacitly agree to live as a real married couple. Her childhood sweetheart is wonderful in every way, except his appetite in bed is so voracious that she can hardly keep up. One day, Yun Ning returns home to find the courtyard full of guards kneeling and begging their heir to return. The man who has been washing her underclothes comes forward to greet her. "You're back." Yun Ning touches her belly and falls into deep thought. Who exactly is he? Reading guide: 1. A slice-of-life farming story, one-on-one, happy ending 2. The leads have a significant height difference Theme: Love means respecting each other