Moon in the Clouds (Reborn)

[New novel now available: Hiring a Killer] Daughter of a disgraced minister vs. scheming prince

Upcoming novel, please add to your collection: Picking Up a Fool to Be My Husband. Husband-taming expert vs. true romantic

After Being Widowed, My First Love Pursued Me Relentlessly. Widow who sells wine vs. devoted childhood friend

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As the eldest princess, Ji Siyue had been raised in the imperial city, pampered and delicate, with a slender waist and graceful bearing.

If she had her way, she would marry Lin Xiu, a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and they would live in harmony and enjoy generations of prosperity.

But who could have guessed that she would soon die by the schemes of the man she loved?

After death, she became a wandering ghost drifting above the imperial city, and unexpectedly overheard the Chancellor and a Grand Secretary plotting together.

They planned to suppress the military, harm the imperial heirs, poison the Crown Prince, and marry off the princess, all to usurp power.

Ji Siyue felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, yet there was nothing she could do.

At last, her spirit dispersed. When she awoke, she had become the daughter of a hunter living outside the capital, full of youthful energy, nimble and alert.

But she had been reborn five years later. The villains had already carried out most of their plot, and she was only a humble hunter's daughter. How could she possibly reshape the realm and change the fate of her country?

Just as she was at a loss, she encountered Jiang Chiyun, the man who had brought her fatal disaster in her previous life.

In her past life, although she and Jiang Chiyun had crossed paths many times in the palace, they had never exchanged so much as a word. Yet they had been framed as secretly involved, supposedly drawn together by mutual gain.

In this life, she disguises herself as a man and joins Jiang Chiyun's forces. Together, they travel to the ends of the earth, point their swords toward the horizon, earn military merit, kill the villains, and cleanse the court of traitors!

Once you enter the army, it is as deep as the sea. Luckily, she has someone who will never leave her, through life and death.

[Reading Guide]

One-on-one romance / Happy Ending + Sweet and Clean / fictional setting, please don't nitpick historical details

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The new novel Hiring a Killer is now available

-Scheming Prince vs. Daughter of a Disgraced Minister-

As the King of Beiting, ruler of a vast frontier, Xu Ling's one and only miscalculation in life was taking in Jiang Zhiwu.

Jiang Zhiwu was the legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's household. But when she was fifteen, her parents died horribly in prison, and she became the daughter of a disgraced minister.

Everyone said the King of Beiting had brought down the entire Jiang family.

With nowhere left to turn, Jiang Zhiwu tried to pay someone to kill her enemy, only to somehow get herself caught up in it instead.

The young man with a wicked smile told her the King of Beiting's life was worth a great deal, and she would have to trade someone else's life for it.

Jiang Zhiwu shook her head. She was a frail young woman. How could she possibly kill anyone?

But the young man on the raised platform gave her a long look. "I'll teach you."

In a chaotic age, even a noblewoman must take up a knife and carve out a path to survival for herself.

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At first, Xu Ling acted on a whim. It was like casually rescuing a hungry kitten and giving this orphan the means to survive in a chaotic world.

He never expected that the mild-mannered kitten would grow sharp claws and fangs, then plunge the knife he'd given her straight back into him.

The cat ran away.

Later, the world changed overnight, and the former King of Beiting became the emperor.

Jiang Zhiwu, meanwhile, was about to marry. The peaceful, happy life she had once dreamed of was right before her eyes.

But on her wedding day, Xu Ling took off his imperial robes, stole the wedding clothes, put them on, and broke into her bridal chamber, begging her to change her mind.

Jiang Zhiwu remained unmoved, a blade hidden in her hand, her eyes always wary. "Xu Ling, I once begged you like this, too."

The usually grave man flushed around the corners of his eyes as he looked at the gentle blade he had raised with his own hands, his gaze cutting into her bit by bit.

The weapon he had given her with his own hands had now become the perfect tool for pushing him away.

Xu Ling thought, he truly regretted it.

Reading Guide:

A fictional Han-Tang setting, sweet and clean, happy ending

The male lead is not the female lead's enemy

The female lead is weak at first, but gradually grows stronger and more independent

Blurb screenshotted on July 17, 2023

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Please add these two upcoming novels to your collection!

Picking Up a Fool to Be My Husband-

-Husband-taming expert, young female doctor vs. true romantic, young general-

Shen Yu was an ordinary young female doctor. Her family was poor, but she was hardworking and clever, and she made the best of their humble life.

Her only worry was that she had no parents to arrange a marriage for her, and at seventeen, she still had no match.

Then she found a fool on the mountain.

The fool was blind and mute, though luckily he could still hear. He was obedient and hardworking, so after thinking it over, Shen Yu decided to keep him.

She was just a village doctor and had no hope of curing the fool. Whenever she had any leftover medicine, she would brew some for him.

Unexpectedly, he gradually began to improve. When he was lucid, he would even protect her.

From then on, whenever she had free time, she taught him to write and read, and to identify herbs and prepare medicine. She thought it would be nice if the two of them could make a life together.

The more she thought about it, the more sensible it seemed. She planned to marry herself off on her eighteenth birthday.

As Shen Yu held the fool's hand and guided him stroke by stroke as he wrote their marriage contract, she had no idea he was a young general.

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Qi Yuan joined the army at sixteen. In less than five years, his reputation as the handsome young general had spread throughout the capital. Countless powerful families wanted him as a son-in-law, but in his heart, there was only his cousin, the princess, who was already promised to another.

On the day the princess married, Qi Yuan volunteered to defend the border and put down a rebellion. But he was ambushed, seriously wounded, and fled into the mountains. There, he lost consciousness. When he awoke, he was lying in a rural thatched cottage.

The red bed curtains were crude, and the candles were poor quality. Only the bedding was reasonably soft.

He abruptly jumped out of bed, only to discover that he was completely naked.

Behind him, a languid, tender voice spoke: "You silly fool, you were at it until midnight last night. Why are you up so early today?"

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News that Qi Yuan, missing for nearly a year, had returned...

[Reading Guide]

Fictional Han-Tang setting, sweet romance, one-on-one, sweet and clean, happy ending

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After Being Widowed, My First Love Pursued Me Relentlessly

-Widow who sells wine vs. devoted childhood friend-

Jiang Mo believed that when people suffered too much, they chose to forget.

It was a way of protecting yourself.

Jiang Mo was very good at protecting herself. She barely remembered anything about what happened ten years ago.

So when she met Ji Cizhou again, she greeted him with a bright smile. "Long time no see, Young Master Ji."

Ji Cizhou stared at her in astonishment and couldn't speak for a long moment.

She brushed back her hair and said easily, "What's wrong, Young Master Ji? Would you like to buy some wine?"

Only then did Ji Cizhou seem to come to his senses. His expression darkened. "Jiang Mo, is this how you take revenge on me?"

Jiang Mo was baffled. "What are you talking about, Young Master Ji?" She blinked. "Don't worry. Since we grew up on the same street, I'll give you a discount on the wine."

Ji Cizhou's colleagues teased him, saying he looked so proper and respectable, yet was privately acquainted with the most beautiful widow in the capital.

They said, "Madam Mo, Cizhou has returned to the capital and taken up the post of Chief Inspector of the Market Office. Your wine stall won't have to worry about business anymore!"

Jiang Mo replied cheerfully, "Really? Then today's wine is on me, Young Master Ji and everyone else. Please look after my business from now on."

She filled a whole jar for each of them. Ji Cizhou's portion was especially generous. The wine sloshed right up to the brim, and when she put the stopper in, it overflowed, wetting her skirt and leaving her smelling of wine.

The men at the neighboring stalls all laughed at how delighted she was. They joked that luckily she was plump, so it didn't look disgraceful, but rather had a certain charm. She smelled better than any perfume or powder.

Jiang Mo laughed heartily, saw the officials off, then sat alone behind her little wine stall. She really was happy that Ji Cizhou had become Chief Inspector of the Market Office.

Though they hadn't seen each other in ten years, at least in all the years from birth until she was sixteen, the two of them had gotten along well.

As for what happened after she turned sixteen, Jiang Mo couldn't remember. She only vaguely felt that something unpleasant had happened, after which Ji Cizhou was sent away to serve as an official.

How bad could it have been for him to hold a grudge for ten years?

Jiang Mo lowered her head and smiled gently, not taking it to heart.

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The next day, a group of market inspectors came to her wine stall.

Jiang Mo greeted them with a smile, thinking Ji Cizhou had sent them to bring her more customers. She was already enthusiastically calling out to them.

But the leader raised his saber and smashed one of her finest jars of wine.

Jiang Mo thought there had to be some kind of misunderstanding.

That evening, after closing her stall, she took a flask of excellent wine and headed down the old street she remembered.

When they were children, she and Ji Cizhou had chased each other around there.

Looking at the familiar stone steps, Jiang Mo suddenly remembered that Ji Cizhou never drank wine.

She smiled wryly. When asking someone for help, you shouldn't flatter them in the wrong way. She'd have to go home, prepare another gift, and come back.

She turned around, her clothes and the ends of her hair fragrant with wine, and looked up to see Ji Cizhou standing behind her.

Jiang Mo immediately smiled brightly, speaking with the familiarity of longtime neighbors. "Off work? I was just passing by to deliver wine to the residents over there."

She instinctively made up a lie, though she didn't know why.

The old street was narrow, so she turned sideways to squeeze past Ji Cizhou.

But Ji Cizhou blocked the way and wouldn't let her leave.

They stood there in a stalemate for a long time, until Jiang Mo grew tired of smiling and the last light of the sun had faded.

In the pitch darkness, Ji Cizhou asked quietly, "Jiang Mo, why don't you hate me?"

Reading Guide:

Fictional Han-Tang setting

One-on-one romance, happy ending, younger male lead

Theme: The road ahead is long, but it is bright too.