A Young Lady's Survival Record

Coming soon: This Young Lady Is Just a Little Blind~~

--Novel Blurb--

A calculating, aloof and untouchable male lead x a coolheaded, quick-witted cousin with a strong will to survive

Gu Qingyi's father was the Governor of Anzhou, with command over its troops. But he left to suppress a threat and never returned, his fate unknown. Then her mother fell gravely ill, and Gu Qingyi lost her only parent overnight.

Following her nanny's advice, Gu Qingyi took all the family fortune to the capital to seek refuge with her maternal aunt, now a princess consort. She only wanted to wait until the mourning period ended, then honor her betrothal to the second son of the General Who Guards the State.

The princess consort had never been close to Gu Qingyi, the daughter of her half-sister. When Gu Qingyi's engagement was broken off, the princess consort, remembering their old ties, planned to marry her to one of the sons born to a concubine in her household.

Who could have guessed that, in a moment of carelessness, Gu Qingyi would manage to get close to her high-ranking, immortal-like legitimate son, Pei Jihui!

The princess consort, of course, had no idea that in public Pei Jihui was a cold and ruthless man who always had the final say, while in private he drove the illegitimate niece she had always looked down on into hiding!

Nor did the princess consort know what Pei Jihui looked like in Gu Qingyi's eyes: cold as ice, merciless, and best kept at a distance.

A little scene: One night.

Gu Qingyi secretly went out without telling anyone and was nearly caught by the hostile heir. At the critical moment, Pei Jihui came to her rescue.

The man stood beyond the candlelight, his stern face fading into shadow. He watched the girl, dressed in men's robes, wipe her hands with a cotton handkerchief. Her pale, slender fingers, each clearly defined, dried of their drops of water. The sight was as pleasing as watching someone play a zither, and she seemed serenely unaware of her own limits.

He looked away and let his expression turn cold as he tested her. "You don't trust me?"

After a long, silent standoff, Pei Jihui gave a derisive laugh. "Of course. You've always trusted Gu Ling'an. You risked going to see him in secret, so I suppose there's no need for me to get involved in the investigation anymore."

His words held an indescribable hint of jealousy.

Reading guide:

1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are each other's one and only.

2. Set in an imaginary historical world.

3. No coercive romance between the leads. Their relationship develops gradually.

Coming soon: This Young Lady Is Just a Little Blind

On the waitlist: Long Clouds Entwined, This Young Lady Is Just a Little Blind, My Husband Is Like the Bright Moon. If you're interested, please add them to your reading list

Blurb for Long Clouds Entwined:

A young guard who bears humiliation in silence x a free-spirited, radiant princess

Qi Yunhuan was the legitimate daughter of the King of Changyun. Gracefully curvaceous, with bright eyes and pearly teeth, she was the most honored princess in the Shengjing Kingdom. She basked in boundless glory, adored by everyone.

Who would have thought she would suffer a mishap one day, running into a band of heedless outlaws from another province? At the last possible moment, a filthy young man came to her rescue.

Qi Yunhuan loved beautiful things, so she kept the most handsome of them by her side as her guard, to protect her day and night.

The guard was handsome, highly skilled in martial arts, and very obedient.

He came to her aid when she was ambushed; carried her twenty li along a mountain road after she was attacked; and when a young nobleman kept pestering her, the guard... boldly put an arm around her waist!

Just as Qi Yunhuan was prepared to overlook the difference in their status and discuss marriage with the guard, he ran off with her father's personal seal!

A few months later came news that the eldest legitimate grandson, Baili Dai, had ascended the throne. The young emperor purged treacherous officials and put down rebellions.

As it turned out, in the forty-eighth year of Jinghe, eunuchs seized power and vassal kings rebelled. Baili Dai, the eldest legitimate grandson, had just come of age when he vanished without a trace.

Three months later, a guard appeared by the side of the princess of Changyun. He spoke slowly, yet was highly skilled in martial arts.

Everyone assumed that Princess Qi Yunhuan had taken the emperor in and would soon be summoned to the capital. But they waited and waited, and Baili Dai never sent anyone to Changyun with a message.

The noblewomen who couldn't stand Qi Yunhuan first envied her, then turned her into a joke...

Qi Yunhuan heard them and gave a cold laugh. That very night, she packed her bags and left.

But she wasn't going to the capital to look for anyone. She was going sightseeing.

What a joke. She was the princess of Changyun, living a life of freedom and splendor. What could she want that she didn't already have? Why should she dwell on the past?!

Blurb for This Young Lady Is Just a Little Blind:

Yan Shu, the beloved eldest daughter raised at Lanyu Manor, is... not quite what her name suggests.

Everyone in the martial world knows that the eldest daughter of the foremost manor, Yan Shu, has apricot-blossom cheeks and a graceful figure.

But her behavior is utterly at odds with her appearance. She loves dancing with spears and wielding swords, and hates poetry, books, and needlework. Everyone at the manor is at their wits' end over her marriage prospects.

When the imperial court established a new bureau, Yan Shu packed her things, skipped school, and slipped out of the manor without a word.

After making it through round after round of selection, the young lady became someone else's... guard.

From then on, Yan Shu had even more things to hate:

First, she hated reading and memorizing poetry most of all.

Second, she hated frail scholars who opened their mouths to quote the sages and their books.

Third, she hated people forcing her to do things she didn't like.

Fourth...

As luck would have it, Tu Yue, the person she was ordered to protect, was guilty of all of it! Yan Shu could only swallow her frustration and obey.

One day.

Tu Yue found the young lady's handwritten list, its pages densely covered with items.

Tu Yue: I can accept everything else, but where did this "frail, sickly bookworm" come from?

A thoughtful and quick-witted (in disguise), sickly, studious, fatherly male lead x a straightforward young lady with full martial prowess and a chivalrous spirit

Blurb for My Husband Is Like the Bright Moon:

Shuangxi runs cold; Yuexi shines bright.

Li Chuxi, the legitimate daughter of the Vice Minister of the Secretariat, lost her mother when she was young. Her kind grandmother tried to arrange a marriage for her, but each match ended in a broken engagement. In the capital, people criticized her for her bewitching looks and voluptuous figure.

Her father regarded her as a disgrace to the family. Just as he was about to send Li Chuxi to a country estate, his superior, the renowned Secretariat Chancellor Lu Qingyun, arrived with a matchmaker. He stated outright that he wished to marry the family's legitimate daughter. The news shocked the entire capital, while Li Chuxi could only lower her head in embarrassment.

Lu Qingyun was a rare breath of fresh air in the capital. Born into a declining family, he had come first in all three imperial examinations in his youth, displaying exceptional talent. Now, at twenty-seven, he held the third-rank post of Secretariat Chancellor.

More importantly, he was handsome and refined, bright as the full moon, and a gentleman who made everyone feel as if they were basking in a spring breeze. Unfortunately, when families had sought husbands among the examination graduates years ago, he had shown no interest in any young lady. After matchmakers had called at his home for years, they had gradually given up.

Yet now this official had approached a matchmaker himself, seeking Li family's daughter, the young woman whose engagement had been broken off several times. He observed every propriety and left nothing wanting...

Finally, I hope you enjoy reading, dear readers~~

Theme: Treat others kindly

Blurb for Qin Shi Huang Became a God After Sneaking a Peek at My Novel

Transmigrating as Qin Shi Huang's ninth daughter isn't scary!

What's scary is that her golden finger, a novel app, tells her:

[Read novels to obtain the abilities, items, and food found inside them.]

Then her inner thoughts and the novels' contents are exposed, and Ying Zheng and his ministers hear everything.

[Do you believe me because I truly am who I say I am, or do you believe I'm Qin Shi Huang?]

[You want to replace your dad? That's fine, as long as you have the ambition! Just start quietly building yourself up with every novel you read. When your father dies seventeen years from now, you can take his place and become Qin Er Shi!]

The ministers: Is this mysterious voice encouraging the princess to rebel?! Wait! Did they overlook something? Qin Shi Huang? Who is called the First Emperor? It can only be...

Before they could think it through, a new voice appeared!

[Congratulations, Host! You've drawn Transmigrating as Fusu and Binding the Take-Advice System~]

Ying Zheng and the ministers: Fusu?

Fusu: Me? Take advice? Is it advising me to accept encouragement?

After that, Ying Zheng and all the ministers could hear all sorts of things every day:

[Today's Host has drawn The Great Qin of Supernatural Revival~]

[Congratulations, Host! You have obtained one copy of Five Years of Gaokao Exams~]

[...]

In the end, everyone started quietly building themselves up:

[Congratulations to Fusu for obtaining one copy of Five Years of Gaokao Exams.]

[Congratulations to Ying Zheng for obtaining one garbage planet.]

[Congratulations to Li Si for obtaining one mystery fruit box.]

[Congratulations to Ying Zheng for obtaining one infrastructure-building System.]

[...]

So when Ying Shuman looked at the app notifications she received, she nearly fainted.

What was going on?! Had someone stolen her golden finger right out from under her?!

Whose golden finger was it, anyway? Could it be her father's and the ministers of Great Qin's golden finger?!

The novels she hears include, but are not limited to:

I Raise My Father, the First Emperor, by Picking Up Trash

When Qin Shi Huang Binds a Tycoon System

The Great Qin of Supernatural Revival

My Mystery Box Shop Connects to Every Dynasty

I Sell Jars in Great Qin

Transmigrating as Fusu and Binding the Take-Advice System

The novels are original works. Their corresponding contents are as follows:

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I Raise My Father, the First Emperor, by Picking Up Trash

She keeps her biological father alive by picking up trash and builds up Great Qin.

Story: Yinman x Han Xin

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When Qin Shi Huang Binds a Tycoon System

Spending money raises the people's well-being and infrastructure scores, which can be exchanged for items in the System, creating a virtuous cycle.

Story: No CP, the First Emperor

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The Great Qin of Supernatural Revival

The supernatural returns to Great Qin, and most people can cultivate. Some cultivate musical skills, some martial skills, and others different abilities. They use these techniques to fight ghosts and monsters.

Story: Qin Zhaoyue x Fusu

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Transmigrating to Great Qin with a Mystery Box System

Selling mystery boxes in Great Qin.

Other details to be determined.

A friendly reminder:

*1. The goal is for the First Emperor to enjoy every day of his life.

*2. This story draws on a great deal of research about the Qin dynasty, including its laws, institutions, economy, and material culture, as well as a small amount of early Western Han material.

*3. Different people have different perspectives, which may be mostly good, mostly bad, or somewhere in between. This is especially important for historical figures, whose positions shift according to their interests.

*4. This is a partially fictionalized parallel world. You can treat it as a completely fictional setting. It features a golden finger, novel reading, farming, and infrastructure development, but the historical record will not be drastically altered.

*5. The novels the protagonist reads are original works by the author.

*6. Feel free to raise questions so we can discuss them together, but please don't argue. Sources for specific historical details will be posted in the author's notes.

*7. The story will cover what it needs to. Please don't rush the author excessively or ask things like, "Why hasn't such-and-such happened yet?" The CP will appear later in the story.

*8. Please do not mention other novels or film and television works in the comments.

That's all. I hope you enjoy reading.

*Cover art materials: rice wine, Kuaige Pavilion - A Cai Who Loves Gossip, Silawan Yue

--Long-form novel coming soon: Please add From the Start of the Great Qin Rules Horror to your reading list--

In 20xx, the age of spiritual decline ended, spiritual qi revived, and rules-based horror descended.

Those selected were one in ten thousand. Ye Siyun was assigned by the horror System to the history department.

Clearing a scenario would earn resources, and each person had only three chances to survive. This was how Ye Siyun entered the world of historical horror scenarios.

[Great Qin Horror Rules]

1. Always remember your identity and the identity and appearance of the land's owner. He is a normal human with facial features, not some other creature.

2. Believe in King Zheng of Qin. Always believe in King Zheng of Qin. You may doubt anyone, but you must believe in King Zheng of Qin.

3. Harming the First Emperor will draw Its attention. A second attack will result in immediate death.

3. For the sake of your physical and mental health, do not look directly at the moon at night.

4. You may reveal a little information about the future at the right moment to earn his favor. On the other hand, withholding information may arouse his suspicion.

5. If anyone claims to be him and comes looking for you, be sure to tell him about it.

6. They can disguise themselves as anyone. If you spot them, stay calm and keep your distance.

7. Remember, do not tell anyone they exist.

8. Always believe in the First Emperor, Ying Zheng. He will not hurt you.

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Theme: Strive to improve and change the future.