Emperor Chang'an

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In her previous life, Cheng Yuanyuan schemed and struggled her way to the throne. Even though no one at court truly obeyed her, she still worked hard to become a good emperor.

In a time of turmoil, the Western Regions raised an army, yet no one in the vast imperial court was willing to lead the troops into battle.

Cheng Yuanyuan put on her armor and led the army to war.

On the battlefield, an arrow came flying toward her. Unable to hold on, she sank to one knee in the sand. As the setting sun fell across her face, a tear slipped down. She thought that, in the end, she had failed to protect the realm.

Given another chance at life, Cheng Yuanyuan was reborn as a young girl. She swore to protect the realm and give all the people under heaven a peaceful life.

Looking at the meager leftovers before her, Cheng Yuanyuan decided to bide her time and build up her strength.

A rumor had recently started circulating through the palace.

They said that the emperor had ordered the least favored of the Third Princesses, who was said to carry an ill omen, to go to Quan'an Temple for secluded cultivation.

A palace maid exclaimed, "Isn't Quan'an Temple the farthest temple from the capital?"

"Looks like the Third Princess really isn't favored!"

Unlike everyone else, Cheng Yuanyuan could barely contain her smile when she heard the news. Only by escaping the imperial palace could she find more room to put her plans into action.

To grow, she would first need money!

So Cheng Yuanyuan decided to open a shop, and accidentally rescued a poor young man along the way.

Now she had a shop, an owner, and a shop assistant.

Full of enthusiasm, Cheng Yuanyuan built up her own power and even became the richest person in the country before she knew it.

When she returned to court, she sat on the throne while the ministers below trembled in fear.

Cheng Yuanyuan smiled with satisfaction.

Zhou Shu had lived in a slave arena for as long as he could remember. It was a place of unending darkness and endless combat.

At last, he found a chance to escape.

But the people who ran the slave arena were no pushovers. After narrowly escaping death several times, Zhou Shu faked his death by falling off a cliff.

After losing too much blood for too long, he passed out.

When he opened his eyes again, he had forgotten everything.

He became the young lady's subordinate and received a new name: A Shi. For the first time, he experienced warmth.

The day his memories returned, he was in no hurry to reclaim his identity.

If he could, he wanted to remain the young lady's A Shi forever, and follow her for the rest of his life.

On the day Cheng Yuanyuan became emperor, the ministers discussed sending her handsome men to protect themselves.

When A Shi saw a man and a woman together in the garden, jealousy rose in his heart, and he could barely contain it.

That night, A Shi leaned close to Cheng Yuanyuan's ear. "A Shi never knew you were so fickle, my lady."

Cheng Yuanyuan thought A Shi was the most loyal person in the world. She had never imagined he could get jealous.

Oh, well. If it meant having only him, so be it. I grant it!

Reading guide:

The male and female leads have no prior romantic partners; the historical setting is very loosely based on history; both leads are reborn; the female lead focuses on building her career in the early part of the story.

------- Coming soon: The Princess Wants a Divorce

Yu Zhen was breathtakingly beautiful, a peerless beauty and the only princess of Nanzhou.

Nanzhou was weak, and to secure its survival, it could only send its princess to the Kingdom of Ling to marry for political reasons.

The emperor of Ling was a decrepit old man nearing fifty.

When Yu Zhen saw the interest in the emperor's eyes, her heart trembled.

She did not want to marry the emperor.

Yu Zhen was timid by nature. Faced with the emperor's hungry gaze, she went to Shen Changxuan, the crown prince of Ling.

Shen Changxuan was handsome and dashing, skilled in both the literary and martial arts, and outwardly gentle and kind.

Yu Zhen had always thought the crown prince was gentle and easy to talk to.

Only when she handed him the divorce agreement they had arranged in advance did she realize she had been wrong all along.

Deep in the night, candlelight flickered.

Someone lifted Yu Zhen's chin with a finger. The candlelight fell across her face, and tears trembled in her eyes as a soft moan escaped her lips.

"Your Highness."

The man's smile did not reach his eyes. "Now that the princess is my wife, where do you think you can run?"

Yu Zhen could not stop trembling. She had become prey by willingly stepping into the trap he had carefully laid.

Yu Zhen had always thought she was the one who had sought out the crown prince for help.

She never knew that the moment Shen Changxuan first saw her at the banquet, he had already wanted to possess her.

So delicate and beautiful, she belonged in his hands, living in a golden cage he had built himself.

A princess sent to marry for peace x the crown prince of an enemy kingdom

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