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Zhang Lingrou was born into an official family. Beautiful from childhood, she was naturally aloof and doted on by her elders, which made her grow up with a spoiled, imperious temperament.
But life is unpredictable. A few good years were all she got before the family's only pillar died. Her widowed mother had no choice but to take her to live with the Princess Dowager Liang in the capital, where they hoped to find a way to get by.
In the end, Heaven took pity on her.
When Lingrou was eight, her life took a turn. To save her increasingly declining household, Princess Dowager Liang followed the example of Princess Pingyang of the Han Dynasty, selecting beautiful girls from her residence and sending her and several others into the palace. She hoped that one day they would catch the emperor's eye and bring the princess's household along with them to prosperity.
Lingrou was undoubtedly the most promising of them all.
At fifteen, her graceful dancing caught someone's attention...
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The emperor, nearing thirty, sat upon his throne, gazing down at the lovely girl dancing gracefully in the hall. His keen phoenix eyes narrowed, and his long, pale-jade fingers secretly rubbed the side of his cup.
A man who owned all under Heaven fell deeply for such beauty, and Lingrou naturally became one of the women in his harem.
The beauty was not only graceful and enchanting, but also a charming girl with a vivid, lively spirit, rare in the deep palace.
She would get jealous when he favored other consorts, yet her warm, tender charms left him wanting more.
The tactics of alternating favor and severity, which he used to control his ministers, were turned against him by her.
Zhao Zhen found it novel and did nothing to stop her. In fact, he fell ever deeper, until he had given her his heart...
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Since Princess Liang had been drawn to her looks from the very beginning, Lingrou's life in the princess's residence was not difficult. After entering the palace, she was also protected by two aunts, so her spoiled nature never changed.
Lingrou hated sharing with others, and hated sharing her husband even more. But unlike most women, she was clever enough to hide her feelings and had a sufficiently cold heart.
So Lingrou resolved to take revenge on the emperor, the culprit who had forced her to share her husband with others.
The method of revenge was simple: two words, break his heart. And the heart she meant to break was that of the amorous, fickle emperor!
Reading Guide:
1. The story is based on Empress Wencheng and Emperor Renzong of Song, so there is a fourteen-year age gap between the characters as well.
2. The hero has three palaces and six courtyards, and children with other women.
3. The hero will suffer, but the heroine won't. In the end, he becomes loyal to her alone.
4. The ending is happy, though some details will be changed.
5. The romance begins only after the heroine comes of age.
6. This is a novel, not historical fact. It contains many fictional details and takes place in a highly fictionalized setting, so please don't scrutinize it for historical accuracy.
Currently updating: The Cold-Hearted Favorite Consort
A cold, sickly beauty X an obsessive, domineering older man
Blurb: Huifeng was born frail and had practically lived on medicine for as long as she could remember.
Ordinary girls grew up nourished by sunshine and rain, healthy and bright.
She alone was watered with bowl after bowl of thick, bitter medicine.
It was only natural that she grew up with a bitter, cold-blooded heart.
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To secure his position as Crown Prince, Li Chengyan had shed an unknown amount of blood and ruined countless political rivals' families. He was accomplished in both civil and military affairs, but the palace and court were also rife with endless bloodshed and power struggles.
One political contest and bloody purge after another made his blood colder and his heart harder.
At the same time, his position grew more secure.
By the time he had sidelined his father and the throne was within easy reach, he was full of confidence and pride, convinced that the whole world was under his control.
Heaven had a wicked sense of humor. Its way of making a cold-blooded man stumble was to make him fall in love with a woman even more heartless than he was.
By the time Li Chengyan came to his senses, he could only watch as the seemingly delicate yet resilient creeping vine slowly wrapped around him. Though it made him wish he were dead, he willingly surrendered to it...
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Huifeng never loved Li Chengyan, not from beginning to end.
At first, he threatened her with her family to make her go with him. Then he threatened the people she loved to make her meekly bear his child. Finally, he used her maternal instincts, threatening her child's future to make her truly love him, just as he loved her.
Huifeng had done the first two things. But no matter how she deceived and forced herself, she couldn't summon even the slightest affection for Li Chengyan. All she felt was helpless impatience and disgust, not even the stronger emotion of hatred.
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"Just pretend. Pretend for your child..." His trembling hand stroked the pulse in her neck, caressing it again and again. He held the life of the woman he loved in his hand, yet his voice was almost pleading.
But all he got in response was Huifeng's cold, dark gaze. She silently watched him do it all, without a trace of feeling.
The emperor, driven nearly mad by his fear of losing the woman he loved, gave a bitter smile. He struggled to control his strength and covered her eyes.
He couldn't bear to look at his own nearly contorted face, much less the unmistakable mockery in her eyes.
His face darkened again as he returned to his true nature.
Still as obsessive as ever, he said:
"Zhao Huifeng, tell me you love me."
P.S. 1. The heroine is a bit of an empty shell.
2. The hero is not a virgin, but the heroine is.
3. Coercive romance.
4. The hero is nine years older than the heroine.
Theme: Sincerity is, and always will be, the ultimate weapon in love.
In the past, he kept creating an indifferent image of the heroine, and now she behaves like a virgin. The author's image of the heroine is too fragmented.
... I'm hurting you and I'm still crying. I don't know why this setting is. Chapter 65 and I haven't entered the palace yet
When will the author be able to update normally? Do you want to read it every day?
Holy Mother? , Why does it feel so different from the introduction? The heroine in the introduction is someone who can take revenge on the emperor. Is this just for the sake of the intersection between the male and female protagonists?
Doesn't it look like her crying????? The ruthless imperial concubine, she has done all her kindness and righteousness, and she still cries and cries, which really ruins her image. This person is going to harm her. Even if he doesn't succeed, am I really speechless?
The follow-up is completely inconsistent with the details of the novel. Where is the abuse of the male protagonist??? Throughout the story, the heroine is suppressing her temper, finally breaking out and then suppressing it again...
When will the author be able to update stably [changed]
It's been five days and there's still no update...
Is it so careless? I'm really speechless.
I forgot, is she Mrs. Suiguo? Eating from the bowl, looking into the pot, thinking about the ground 🍉 From now on, I will torture the big pig's hooves severely.