Inviting the Red Dust

I'm touched that some friends still remember the original title, so I've decided to change it back. I'm grateful to everyone who's supported me along the way. You're all wonderful people, and I hope you make a fortune! Advance notices for After Six Years of Marriage to the Regent and After the Divorce, I Slept with My Ex-Husband's Older Brother are at the bottom. Love rival competition / pregnancy and childbirth / regretful pursuit of a wife - In the cultivation world, I have many titles. I am the spouse of the Alliance Leader of the Immortal Cauldron League. The spouse of the Sword Pavilion's master. The spouse of the most powerful person in the Nine Provinces. The spouse of the thousand-year genius who became the first to cultivate with a demon's bones. The spouse of the greatest contributor to the slaying of the Ghost King. The spouse of the Son of Heaven's Will. Of course, they're all the same person: my spouse, He Xuequan. We fell in love at first sight at Chengfeng Academy and swore to live and die together by the banks of Xiamiao Marsh. Now a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye, and our relationship has become as dull as a stagnant pool. Perhaps all of this is just my imagination. I know this is a story world where the original male lead switches to a new male partner. He's a transmigrated, overpowered protagonist, and I'm just a tool for him to follow the plot. I'm grateful to him. He took on my father's dying request, avenged me, and rebuilt my sect for me. I was a witness to his keeping his promises, and he has always treated me well, giving me the stars if I so much as asked, and never settling for the moon. But I also know that Volume One is about to reach its finale. Next, he'll join forces with his childhood friend, lost to him for many years, to conquer the Nine Provinces and meet again at the summit. A new partner every volume. Better to leave on my own than wait to be replaced. I've decided to fake my death and disappear with my child. Yes, we have a child together. He doesn't know. This isn't part of the plot. It's also my biggest secret. - My take on cultivation. The main text is in third person, with the story centered on the bottom. The protagonist has a new love interest and they do everything couples do, so don't read if that bothers you. The main story has an open ending. Extreme CP fans, please click away. See the opening author's note for content warnings. No need to tell me if you drop the story. (fist bump) [Advance Notice] [Advance Notice One] After Six Years of Marriage to the Regent In my first year at the Prince Regent's residence, I never saw Li Xuanshang. But I heard plenty of criticism. They said the prince had no interest in women, so they had sent him some neither-man-nor-woman thing instead. Their voices were full of contempt. Later, when the prince still didn't visit the side courtyard, the gossip continued, but the tone turned mocking. In my second year at the residence, Li Xuanshang took me in his study. At the time, he had been ambushed, and no one knew why he had summoned me. After that, life got a little easier. People still gossiped behind my back, but at least they were polite and friendly to my face. In my sixth year at the residence, Li Xuanshang asked to marry the Empress Dowager's niece and make her his principal wife. For years, people in the capital had spread rumors that I was a shameless seducer, saying that a cold and haughty man like the Prince Regent had become so obsessed with sensual pleasures because of me that the lights burned all night in the side courtyard. The truth is, only I know what it was really like. Li Xuanshang did whatever he pleased and was accustomed to the battlefield, so he never held back. He often called me his mare, saying I was as docile as a Western Regions Wanju steed. He really did enjoy himself. After six years together, I received two words from Li Xuanshang: "entertaining." I sat alone in my room all night. That night, the side courtyard went up in flames. In the shadows, I saw Li Xuanshang, his hair loose and his robe thrown on, the firelight reflected in his eyes. He looked like a trapped beast. But what did that have to do with me? I took the silver I'd secretly saved and left for good. I took the child in my belly with me, too. Yes, I'm pregnant. Li Xuanshang doesn't know. After all, over the past few years, I haven't exactly behaved honorably either. No, I can't say I behaved dishonorably. In six years, I wasn't even his concubine. Li Xuanshang and I were, at most, illicit lovers. So why should I hang myself from one crooked tree? There are at least two others... I gently stroke my belly. It's my biggest secret. - [Advance Notice Two] After the Divorce, I Slept with My Ex-Husband's Older Brother. Love rival competition / changing partners. Chi Rong remembers that night when Qin Xiting was called away by his rumored lover in the middle of the night. He wasn't surprised. There had been too many nights when Qin Xiting came home wearing a clean shirt that smelled of laundry detergent, and too many gifts with no apparent reason behind them. Was it love, or guilt? Or had the feelings between them, after two years of dating and three years of marriage, been completely used up over those five years? He thought: I need to get some money together as soon as possible. And I need to figure out a way to convince Qin Xiting to divorce me. * The night he signed the divorce papers, Qin Yan took him on the bay window. Chi Rong. The name he'd signed with his fountain pen blurred into a blot. Outside the door, Qin Xiting kept watch from night until morning. Theme: Those who are truly kind will reach their goals.