The Beloved Sickly Beauty Mistakes Someone for Their Dao Companion

[Preorders: After the Young General Dies in Battle, the Entire Capital Regrets It; The Lazy Cannon Fodder Marries the Villain in Place of Someone Else and Becomes the Apple of Everyone's Eye. Please add them to your collection!] Lan Xi is a sickly young man whose life is nearly at its end. He must find the male lead, Ji Yingrong, the chosen one blessed by fate in the book, make him fall in love, and then die by his sword in order to be reborn. The bad news: Ji Yingrong is a peerless talent who made a name for himself at a young age. He is the sole disciple of the venerable Immortal Yinyu of Kunlun Mountain, the most prestigious of the five great sects in the cultivation world. Ji Yingrong seems gentle, but is actually cold and aloof. His heart is set only on the great path and the people of the world. Countless people have pursued him, but he has never returned anyone's feelings. The good news: Immortal Yinyu is Lan Xi's great-grandfather. Lan Xi and Ji Yingrong were betrothed as children, making Ji Yingrong his rightful fiance and cultivation partner. Just then, evil spirits wreak havoc in the mortal world, and Ji Yingrong is sent by his sect to the capital to exterminate them. Lan Xi deliberately lets the evil spirits capture him, setting up a scene where the hero saves the beauty and he meets the male lead for the first time. But although he meets the male lead, the man is somewhat different from the rumors. - They say the male lead established his foundation at seven, formed his golden core at ten, and ascended to the Nascent Soul realm at twenty-three. He trains tirelessly day and night, and his life-bound sword is his one true love. But the man before him spends every day taking him out for fun. Wherever there's something new to see, the two of them are there. He has never even taken out his sword. They say the male lead has spent half his life slaying demons and supporting the righteous path, and that his whole person radiates righteousness. But the man before him disrespects his sect, Kunlun Mountain, and steals treasures from the five great sects to give Lan Xi as toys. The feared Lord of the Demon Realm even bows and scrapes before him, serving as Lan Xi's mount. They say the male lead is strict with himself and keeps his distance from romance and lust. But the man before him picks him up at every opportunity to touch and sniff him, as if savoring some delicious treat. Besides that, whenever Lan Xi falls ill or has a headache, the man patiently massages his head. He uses his magic to ease Lan Xi's pain, then nourishes the frail young man with countless treasures stolen from the three realms, making him stronger and stronger. Lan Xi's cultivation advances far faster than the genius male lead of the rumors. Just as Lan Xi decides things have gone far enough and starts thinking about how to get the male lead to kill him with one strike of his sword... The real Ji Yingrong arrives, his face icy as he raises his sword. "Palace Master of Shuiyue, you've kept my fiance from me for so long. Isn't it time to return him?" The man casually wraps an arm around Lan Xi's waist and pulls him into his embrace, his movements intimate. "I took him, so he's mine. Why should I return him?" - Later, the man takes Lan Xi back to Shuiyue Palace and confines him in a beautiful place where peach blossoms bloom throughout the grounds. He still gives Lan Xi anything he wants, but no longer lets him leave. Only then does Lan Xi realize what kind of dangerous person he has provoked. It turns out the person who has been by his side all this time is none other than Yun Jue, the Palace Master of Shuiyue, a man even more terrifying than the Demon Realm. If Yun Jue so desired, he could destroy all three realms in an instant. Preorder: After the Young General Dies in Battle, the Entire Capital Regrets It Blurb: Xiao Biehe, the eldest son of a general, is both learned and a formidable warrior. His father took him to the battlefield at the age of seven, and he has never lost a battle. In the Great Liang, he is known as the Little God of War. Popular stories portray him as a heavenly being, yet no ordinary citizen has ever dared to speak to him face-to-face. The servants in his household avoid him, afraid they might offend the eldest young master. His father has high hopes for him and firmly believes that strict parenting makes for an outstanding son. At the slightest sign of displeasure, he punishes Xiao Biehe severely. When Xiao Biehe was fifteen, he was made to kneel in the snow for three days and nights while suffering from a high fever, leaving him with a leg ailment. Ever since, he has been unable to walk normally whenever the weather turns cold. His mother is a gentle, refined lady who gets along with everyone, but she has never once smiled at him. His younger brother resents him for stealing the limelight and despises him deeply. Even the perfect husband the emperor has bestowed upon him in the eyes of the world, the gentle and elegant Crown Prince, a childhood friend who grew up alongside Xiao Biehe, wants him dead for fear that one day Xiao Biehe will slip out of his control. Just as heavy snow blankets the city, the Yan Kingdom invades the Great Liang border. Most of the General's household troops have been sent away, and reinforcements are nowhere to be seen. Keeping the city gates closed offers a slim chance of holding out, but opening them to fight means certain death. Xiao Biehe's fiance, the Crown Prince, knows the battle is doomed to fail, yet uses an imperial decree to force him onto the battlefield. He is willing to sacrifice an entire city's population just to have Xiao Biehe killed. The beacon fires burn for three nights. The young general, the God of War of Great Liang, who has never lost a battle, once again turns the tide against all odds and saves the lives of the city's people. But when reinforcements finally arrive three days later, delayed by the emperor and the Crown Prince, the area outside the city is strewn with corpses, and the young general is nowhere to be found. The genius God of War of the Great Liang dynasty, the young general, dies in that battle, just as everyone wanted. - The Crown Prince, who has always been cold-blooded and skilled at hiding his true self, regrets what he has done. He drinks himself into a stupor all night, remembering the hardships he and Xiao Biehe endured together as boys, and searches frantically for Xiao Biehe's body. The emperor kneels without rising before the imperial tombs of his ancestors, repenting for destroying a promising talent with his own hands. The younger brother who once despised him clutches his brother's portrait all night and visits the places his brother once went. He will not allow anyone to say a single bad word about him. The general blames himself for being too harsh on his exceptional eldest son. His wife weeps until her eyes are swollen. The household servants are heartbroken. The eldest young master had been right there before them, so pure and radiant, like a god, yet they had never dared to look up at him. The people of the capital and everyone in the court wait for the young general to return. But no one ever sees Xiao Biehe again. Two years later, Great Liang is defeated by the Yan Kingdom once more. The emperor of Great Liang, the Crown Prince, the old general, and the others are taken prisoner and "invited" to a banquet in the enemy kingdom. There they see the new emperor of Yan, famous for his unpredictable temper and ruthless cruelty. Seated beside him is the empress whom, according to rumor, he married with a bridal procession stretching ten miles and gold leaves scattered throughout the imperial city. She is none other than the young general of Great Liang who died in battle, Xiao Biehe. But Xiao Biehe's expression and manner are utterly indifferent, as if he no longer recognizes them. Lu Guanyan, the new emperor of Yan, looks exhilarated. "I owe you my thanks for being so blind as to let me obtain such a wonderful empress." - When the city gates of a barren city on Great Liang's border were breached, Lu Guanyan, who had not yet murdered his brother and father to seize the throne, happened to pass by and saw a... very beautiful corpse. The corpse had the bloodline of the Wu people, now extinct. A drop of heart's blood could bring someone back from the dead, but the person who used it would be bound to them for life. At the time, the little madman Lu Guanyan, who only took pleasure in killing and did not care about his own life, had an exciting thought. He would bring this beautiful corpse back to life and make him play with him. He would save him, then tear open his wounds and torment him until he went mad. But when the beauty awoke, he remembered nothing, not even his own name. Faced with the bewildered, cool beauty, the little madman suddenly could not bring himself to torment him. He searched the world for rare medicinal ingredients to heal the beauty's wounds and leg ailment, and for the first time, he felt he had something to look forward to in life. Later, all the beauty's wounds healed, and his long, beautiful legs could walk freely even in the cold of winter. The little madman lied and told him they were lovers who had promised themselves to each other. He tricked the great beauty into marrying him and sharing his bed. Life was blissful. One day, Lu Guanyan had a sudden thought: why not destroy that equally corrupt, rotten country and avenge his beautiful elder brother? He never expected that those wretches would set their sights on his beautiful elder brother first. [Reading Guide] 1. Cool, beautiful shou x seemingly innocent but secretly dark, obsessive gong 2. There is a golden finger. The shou really did die and was brought back to life by the gong. He may or may not regain his memories, but he definitely will not return to his original country. Everyone from his original country gets a crematorium ending, and he will not forgive them. 3. The gong has never hurt the shou. The gong spoils the shou. The ex-husband can go die. 4. The shou probably will not suffer too much in the early chapters. He is highly skilled in combat and is not the kind to meekly endure everything. If he is unhappy, he'll fight back. He has no feelings for the ex-husband. He died in battle mainly to protect the people, and also because I wanted to write this plot. 5. His legs are not disabled. They just hurt whenever winter comes. 6. Both are each other's one and only. Preorder: The Lazy Cannon Fodder Marries the Villain in Place of Someone Else and Becomes the Apple of Everyone's Eye Blurb: The villainous heir, Xie Chen, is rich beyond measure and as beautiful as an immortal, but he is a short-lived invalid. He spends half his life either bedridden or in a wheelchair, and eventually his entire family is executed because he opposes the protagonist gong. After an imperial decree is issued, Lian Yi is forced to take the place of the protagonist shou, his half-brother, and marry the sickly heir to bring him good fortune. Faced with a generous dowry of twenty-eight whole chests, a kind and benevolent marquis and his wife, and a husband who is still alive but spends most of his time practically as good as dead, Lian Yi listens to the entire capital sneer at him as tears of joy spill uncontrollably from the corners of his mouth. From then on, when Lian Yi opens his eyes each day, he has only two things to think about: Have I saved enough money to run away today? Has the young lord kicked the bucket today? - To make himself feel better about accepting all that money, Lian Yi tries hard to play the role of a good young lord's wife. He takes the initiative to feed the young lord his medicine and eagerly takes care of his daily needs. The young lord catches a fever after spending all night in the cold wind at the palace. Lian Yi looks frantic on the surface and stays by his side day and night. But inside, he thinks: Get sick! Get even sicker! The young lord has no appetite and cannot eat. With tears in his eyes, Lian Yi says he cannot bear to part with the young lord and begs him to eat a little more. In his heart, he cheers: No appetite? That's a sign he's about to kick the bucket! The young lord sleeps an hour longer than usual. Lian Yi kneels beside the young lord's bed, dressed in mourning clothes, and wails dramatically, "My husband! How can I go on living now that you're gone?" Xie Chen, who wakes up thinking he had died: "..." There's really no need. - The marquis's estate has high walls and many courtyards. Running away may not be easy, but Lian Yi has servants at his beck and call, delicacies from land and sea at every meal, and clothes made of the finest silk. Most importantly, the old marquis and his wife treat him very well, like their own son. The original owner's maternal grandfather's family has been a renowned family of scholars for generations and enjoys a high reputation in the capital. They suffered the loss of their daughter years ago, and now that they have heard their grandson has been brought back, they are eager to spend their entire fortune to make it up to him. His cousin, who came first in this year's imperial examinations, is aloof and distant, and cares about nothing but scholarship. Yet he repeatedly treats Lian Yi as someone special. Even the Third Prince, the protagonist gong who eventually wins the throne by any means necessary; the Crown Prince, a hypocritical smiling tiger with a powerful maternal clan; and the Seventh Prince, who seems insignificant and has no support but is actually scheming and calculating, gradually begin to look at Lian Yi in a very different way. The Third Prince was once engaged to the original owner as a child, but broke off the engagement after the original owner's mother died and he fell out of favor with his family. Now he is pursuing him relentlessly again. The young lord, displeased, gently waves his fan as he comes to take his wife home. With his delicate frame and tender eyes, he brushes past the Third Prince while taking Lian Yi away, but his expression is entirely different as he says, "Trash should know its place. My wife isn't willing to swallow just any piece of garbage." - As the sickly husband lives through one day after another, the country's situation grows more and more difficult. Although the plot has not yet reached the point where the entire marquis's household is executed, the estate still falls into ruin. Lian Yi and the young lord become separated while fleeing, and then he hears that the young lord has died. Though they are only a pretend couple, Lian Yi has grown fond of the marquis's household after all the delicious food and comfortable living. He hurriedly builds a tomb for the young lord using his clothes and belongings, then escapes from the turmoil. Unexpectedly, a year later, Lian Yi hears the man's name again. Not only is he still alive, he has successfully rebelled and become emperor. There are rumors that Xie Chen was not born to the old marquis and his wife, but was the late emperor's younger brother. On top of that, wanted posters bearing Lian Yi's portrait and personally drawn up by the new emperor are plastered across the land. Lian Yi: ? After dodging him again and again, Lian Yi is still captured and brought back. The moment he sees the man, his heart sinks. He never expected Xie Chen to really be this kind of person, wanting to kill him to silence him. He had been wrong about him all along. Lian Yi glares at him furiously. "I'll haunt you even after I'm dead!" The new emperor, ruler of all under heaven, descends from the high dais. The frigid aura around him makes everyone tremble. But when he sees the young man, his icy eyes soften, and he carries him away in front of everyone. "You can haunt me however you like, my wife. How about you don't become a ghost and become my empress instead?" Lazy, scheming shou x seemingly gentle, easygoing sickly gong who is secretly a ruthless, decisive, and fiercely protective schemer Theme: Hold fast to kindness and justice.