[Blurb 2, 2023.06.04] (I didn't write the young prince's changing feelings very well... I'm considering how to revise it, so I'll pause updates for now...)
Shi Qiuchi accidentally transmigrates into a book, becoming the spoiled, vicious villainess who shares her name in a palace intrigue novel.
At first, she repeatedly brings disaster upon herself while fighting the heroine for the emperor's favor. Later, she tries to seduce the young prince, who has a crush on the heroine, only to discover that he's a scheming man who sends her straight to a tragic ending: her arm severed, dying in the cold palace.
Thinking of the original character's miserable fate, Shi Qiuchi, now transmigrated into the book, decides without hesitation to stay away from the palace and pursue the original character's first dream:
Flirt with every handsome man in the capital!
And while she's at it, she adds a new clause: the pretty young ladies are fair game, too!
Who needs the emperor or the young prince? Aren't all the handsome young men and pretty young ladies in the capital much more appealing?
Shi Qiuchi lets loose, living it up among the capital's noble families and swimming through their social circles with ease, all thanks to her belief that "sincerity is the ultimate winning move."
Along the way, she also finds a friendless, aloof, sickly handsome man in the snow and takes devoted care of him, guided by her belief that good looks are justice.
Then she realizes that this sickly handsome man might actually be... the scheming young prince who gave her that tragic ending??!
Shi Qiuchi: (anguished face) Is it too late to dump him back in the snow?
The sickly young prince, Xie Xingye, has pale lips and fever-flushed cheeks. Hearing Shi Qiuchi cautiously ask if he wants to return to his residence, he bites his lip and lowers his lashes.
"I'm in such poor health. Of course you find me a burden, Xiaochi... I'm sorry. I'll go back to my residence tomorrow and stop causing you trouble."
Shi Qiuchi: Suddenly, my nonexistent conscience hurts so much /clutches chest.jpg
Cheerful, bright, handsome-face-loving young lady X sickly, calculating, and coy young prince
[Reading Guide]
1. As per convention, this is a one-on-one romance. The male and female leads are devoted to each other, body and soul.
2. It's written as a everyone-loves-her story, but read it as a group-pampering-her story. The heroine is a warm little sunshine who charms both men and women. Most relationships are just friendship or familial affection, but there will still be a certain degree of romantic tension (? ).
3. The author is terrible at plotting, so this is focused entirely on romance www.
4. Purely fictional setting, with lots of original worldbuilding. Please don't nitpick~
Theme: Sincerity is the ultimate winning move. Only a true heart can win another true heart
