I Became the Empress Dowager's Niece

Upcoming story: "The Princess's Ambition" Synopsis: By the usual conventions, a niece of the Empress Dowager who enters the palace as a consort usually meets a bad end. Especially when the Empress Dowager and the emperor aren't even related by blood. Before long, Jiang Qingli discovers she's transmigrated into a book as the niece of an Empress Dowager who has no blood relation to the emperor, and she's about to enter the palace... Jiang Qingli: ... * Xiao Yi has known since childhood that his future wife would be Jiang Qingli, his cousin from the third branch of the Jiang family. Jiang Qingli was frail from a young age and was a bona fide invalid. The two had rarely seen each other over the past decade or so. With her investiture ceremony approaching, Xiao Yi specially arranged to meet her, only to find that her "illness" seemed to have gotten worse. She seemed to think he was going to kill her. And her entire family, too. Xiao Yi: ... Reading guide: A slice-of-life romance, one-on-one, both leads are virgins. Some original worldbuilding, a fictional setting, very fictional. Upcoming story: "The Princess's Ambition" Synopsis: The Great Liang dynasty has no shortage of princesses, especially ones like Li Xiruo, whose royal blood is so questionable that even her own status is in doubt. When she was ten, her father, the emperor, abandoned her at Qinglian Temple, eighty li from the capital, under the pretext of praying for Great Ye's prosperity. Life at Qinglian Temple was not as comfortable as the palace, but it was wonderfully free. At sixteen, Li Xiruo took the name Li Xuan and set out to travel. By chance, the third son of the prominent Lu family of Jiangnan, Lu Yunlan, rescued her. While suffering from amnesia, she had a brief romance with him, and they nearly married. On the eve of their wedding, Li Xiruo suddenly regained her memories and remembered that she still had a score to settle in the capital. * Lu Yunlan traveled a thousand li to the capital in search of Li Xuan, his "wife," who had been missing for three years. But after searching the entire city, he couldn't find a single woman named Li Xuan. Instead, he came across Princess Hui'an, Li Xiruo, who looked exactly like his "wife," Li Xuan. Even the scar near her eyes was almost identical. Later, he discovered she didn't merely look like her. She was her. But at that moment, his "wife" was chatting and laughing with Xie Qiongan, the most powerful minister in Great Ye. On the day they reunited, Li Xiruo had just used Xie Qiongan to accomplish something important and was in an excellent mood. Looking at his bright, moonlit face, she suddenly felt like teasing him. Of course, if she hadn't caught sight of a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye, it would have been a delightful afternoon. The current lover she deliberately seduced for her career vs. the ex she coldly abandoned for her career #I was flirting with my current lover when my ex-husband caught me red-handed# Reading guide: The characters are flawed, so don't read if that's not for you. A fictional setting with mixed elements, novice-level political intrigue, a little exciting and melodramatic. The heroine is not a virgin, the hero is. Age gap: ten years. Important!!! The heroine does not have two relationships at once. Each relationship is one-on-one, and they take place at different times. Other upcoming stories: "After Becoming the Marquis's Cousin," "I Came Here to Find My Family," and "My Mom Is the Real Heiress" are all listed on my author page. Theme: Unity is strength.