In a time of chaos, the frail Su Ying was separated from her family and captured by rebel soldiers, her life hanging by a thread.
Fortunately, Pei Zhao, heir to the Marquis of Wu'an and a celebrated military commander, led his troops in a surprise attack and rescued her from certain death.
His stern profile, lit by the flames of war, was reflected in Su Ying's tear-blurred eyes. He was the only person she could cling to, the strongest and most dependable support she had.
To hold on to that support, Su Ying told a rather big lie.
Two years later, Pei Zhao returned home victorious. A beautiful stranger knelt softly before him and pleaded timidly, "My life was saved by my cousin. I have no way to repay him, so I am willing to serve at his side as a maid. Please grant my wish, Cousin."
The beauty before him had skin like ice and bones like jade. Only her eyes seemed familiar, faintly reminding Pei Zhao of the frail, pitiful girl he'd saved back then.
His distant cousin was fairly diligent, but not very proper.
Every time he furrowed his brow, before he could even scold her, her eyes would redden first. "Cousin, please don't send me away. I'll learn to behave."
One day, Pei Zhao, who had never once looked at her properly, suddenly lifted Su Ying's chin and stared into her alluring eyes. His voice was cold and cutting. "You're young, but already behaving so poorly. Perhaps you should go to Second Brother's courtyard and become his concubine."
Later, she used the very same tactics she'd used on Pei Zhao to pursue other sons of powerful families. Did she look even slightly heartbroken?
Pei Zhao stared coldly at the tender, affectionate gaze she directed at another man, his expression dark and unreadable.
On the eve of her engagement to her betrothed, Pei Zhao blocked Su Ying's path. In her panic, she even lost a shoe, but still couldn't escape his grasp.
The next day, at the engagement ceremony, Pei Zhao appeared in the flower hall, an unprecedented move. He coldly watched Su Ying in her high-collared blouse, waiting for her to find a way to reject the match herself.
Unexpectedly, right in front of him, she gracefully bowed and agreed to marry someone else.
1. Entirely fictional setting, one-on-one romance.
2. Age gap and size difference.
My next book will be Jade Palace in Spring, please add it to your wish list!
Cheng Fangnong is the Empress Dowager's only niece. With her celestial beauty and graceful, alluring figure, she is named empress by imperial decree and married to the ailing emperor.
They say the emperor won't live three months. The Empress Dowager orders her to conceive an imperial heir as soon as possible, so that the Great Jin will belong to her and her child.
Cheng Fangnong doesn't want to be a puppet, but she is drugged and left with no choice.
Behind the drooping bed curtains, the lingering fragrance of medicine mingles with the bewitching scent of Fangnong's body. In a daze, she wraps her arms around Emperor Xiao Sheng, but he pushes her away with what little strength he has left.
Xiao Sheng summons his personal guard to administer an antidote to her, mercilessly crushing the dreams of the Empress Dowager and the Cheng family. He also threatens her, leaving her unable to speak out.
By day, Xiao Sheng dotes on her, even teaching her how to review memorials to the throne, but it's all a performance for the Empress Dowager and the Cheng family.
At night, he mercilessly sends her to the burly guard to vent his anger.
On the day the Cheng family falls, Cheng Fangnong learns that the emperor's illness was all an act. He had gone to great lengths to bring down the powerful clans.
Knowing she cannot escape death, Cheng Fangnong acts out of character when he sends the guard to humiliate her once more. She softly coaxes the guard into assassinating the emperor.
She thinks her plan is flawless, with no chance of failure.
But when she wakes at dawn, the guard, who should have successfully carried out the assassination, is still there, wearing Xiao Sheng's handsome, dashing face.
Fictional setting, one-on-one romance, single-relationship focus
Theme: One must take one's fate into one's own hands
After a Fake Divorce, I Became the Emperor's Favorite Concubine
Stealing Her Heart
She Builds Infrastructure in the Cold Palace
Falling in Love a Second Time
Stealing a Wife
Folding Beauty
Marrying into the Eastern Palace
A Beauty Chooses Her Branch
Renting a Future Prime Minister as My Live-In Son-in-Law
My Dandy Ex-Husband Became the Most Powerful Man in the Court
The Substitute Bride
The Cold-Hearted Marquis Gets a Face-Slapping
Already care without knowing it
The identity is revealed, and the father next door is about to appear hahaha
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It's great if you set up a trap, not a direct confrontation.
Wow, is there such a big difference?
Oops, it turns out there is a difference of 8 years.
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Hee hee hee, I really like it
"Teacher is cooking, who is going to watch?" With doting smiles on their faces, seven handsome elites from all walks of life put down their hands and worked. Big brother: "The negotiation is cancelled. I'll go and see it." Second brother: "The meeting is cancelled. I'll go and see it." Third brother: "The flight is cancelled, I'll go see it." Fourth brother: "The operation is suspended. I'll go and see it." Fifth Brother: "The experiment is suspended. I'll go and see it." Sixth Brother: "The expedition is cancelled. I'll go and see it." Brother Qi: "The flight is cancelled, I'll go see it."