Pillow Warbler

My next upcoming novel is A Glimpse of Beauty: a brazen, overbearing commandery princess x a sinister, ruthless attack dog. Two lunatics.

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Blurb:

Qiao Ying is the illegitimate daughter of the Qiao family. She suffered hardship from childhood and harbors endless resentment.

To take revenge on the Qiao family, she gives advice to the Fifth Prince, only to be abandoned once her usefulness is over. She is left trapped in a deadly situation, unable to extricate herself, and her entire family is eventually exiled.

That night,

A black-clad youth wearing a bamboo hat cuts his way to her with nothing but a blade, mistaking her for the Qiao family's legitimate daughter.

Qiao Ying plays along and takes her elder sister's place, joining him on the run.

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The top-ranked swordsman in the Lingdao Pavilion, Xie Zhenzhou, has recently taken on a major job: escorting Qiao Fu, the legitimate daughter of the Qiao family, to the Chu family in the state of Houliang.

After rescuing "Qiao Fu" from the exile convoy, he spends a few days with her before belatedly realizing he'd saved the wrong person.

But this woman before him is quite interesting. Unlike other noble ladies, she's unusually clever and cunning.

She deliberately flatters and deceives him, but even after seeing through her little tricks, Xie Zhenzhou can't help going soft on her.

He knows she's acting, yet he still lets down his guard and offers her his whole heart.

In the end, the hard-hearted woman draws her sword and stabs him.

Xie Zhenzhou laughs in fury.

"Qiao Ying, is that all the courage you've got?"

He straightens up and takes two steps forward. The blade sinks into his flesh, and blood sprays everywhere. "You'd better make sure that strike kills me. Otherwise, when I open my eyes again, I'll make you wish you were dead."

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There have recently been two unusual happenings in the state of Houliang.

First, the long-missing Second Prince has been found.

Second, this prince is outrageously vicious. He's abducted the Chu family's young master's betrothed right off the street.

Just as the Chu family is thrown into chaos,

In the prince's residence, the culprit, Xie Zhenzhou, calmly draws the long blade from his waist and strides toward Qiao Ying in the corner.

"You've deceived me twice. The first time, you said you were Qiao Fu."

"The second time, you said you truly loved me."

His eyes turn vicious. He bends toward her trembling body and runs the scabbard over her bare skin, moving downward.

"What is the point of being first on the martial arts rankings? Taming you is the most interesting thing in the world."

Blurb for the next upcoming novel, A Glimpse of Beauty:

[Arrogant, brazen commandery princess x sinister, ruthless attack dog]

Song Youqing is the only daughter of a late princess. Her status is exceptionally high, and she throws her weight around in the capital, causing trouble and making waves, yet no one dares to cross her.

But recently, her father brought home an unknown "elder brother" from the countryside, making her the laughingstock of the capital's noble families.

On his first day home, she hurled a teacup at his head and spat through clenched teeth, "Stray dog."

Blood ran down the youth's gloomy, icy face from his temple. He grinned, then wiped his hand on his blood and shoved it into Song Youqing's mouth.

From then on, the two were enemies.

Song Youqing had people break his hand, led the bullying herself, and opposed him at every turn.

In the end, she discovered she wasn't her father's biological daughter.

It turned out Xiao Ding had known this all along.

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Xiao Ding grew up with his mother in the mountains, the two of them relying on each other.

He knew he had a father who held high office in the capital, and he also knew that he and his mother had been abandoned.

After his mother died of illness, Xiao Ding returned to the Xiao family, his heart full of hatred.

He didn't meet the vicious and vile princess his mother had told him about. Instead, he met Song Youqing, who was just as domineering.

She was haughty and above it all, calling him "stray dog" at every turn.

Rain fell endlessly over the mountains, and lamplight filled the palace hall.

Xiao Ding gripped her chin in his large hand, forcing her to look him in the eye.

"Then, Your Highness, take a good look at what this stray dog is about to do to you."

Theme: Women growing strong!