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Upcoming novel: A Dream of the Former Dynasty (Dual Rebirth)

An optimistic, open-minded former dynasty princess x a gloomy, obsessive fallen nobleman

Blurb:

[Cold on the outside, warm on the inside saintess x a prince who plays the pig to eat the tiger]

Word spreads that a saintess who has been living in seclusion deep in the mountains has arrived in the capital. They say she can communicate with heaven and earth and foresee all things.

The people of the capital are in an uproar, all eager to catch a glimpse of her beauty.

Passerby A: I want to see the saintess's powers with my own eyes.

Minister B: The saintess is a divine being descended into the mortal world. Surely she can protect our kingdom.

The saintess, who can hear people's thoughts: No, no, I don't want trouble. Please leave me alone.

But things don't go as she wishes. After that, the First Prince, the Second Prince, and others come calling one after another.

Li Yue keeps up a graceful smile beneath her veil, while screaming inside: Back off! Back off! Back off!

Until the disgraced prince, who has no interest in studying, shows up at her door, his peach blossom eyes shining with a bright smile.

"Saintess, how about we team up?"

Two good-for-nothings who have both given up on life, traveling through the mountains and rivers together. What could be better?

But many days later, Li Yue finds herself back in the tiger's den.

She turns to look at a certain prince, whose eyes are clear and innocent.

"Saintess, I don't know anything about this."

Li Yue: "..."

Li Yue has a secret no one knows: she can read minds at certain times.

But she can't make sense of the Seventh Prince, Xiao Ran.

She helps him claim the throne as promised, and at last, the once-disgraced prince successfully ascends the throne. The whole nation celebrates.

Meanwhile, she packs her things and decisively runs away.

The sky's the limit...

**

After Xiao Ran's mother consort dies, he is beset by open and covert attacks, so he disguises himself and sets his sights on the throne.

When the saintess arrives in the capital, the people crowd the streets to gawk.

Sitting in a teahouse, he catches sight of her aloof profile in the sedan chair. The corners of his mouth lift as he slowly opens his fan.

Years later, at the Mingyue Pavilion, an eunuch rushes in with a report.

"Your Majesty, the saintess has disappeared again."

Xiao Ran smiles faintly. "I'll go find her myself."

In this life, he will not let her go.

*

That year, his mother consort killed herself before the palace hall, while his father watched with cold eyes. The once-favored prince fell into the abyss overnight.

He suddenly felt that he was all alone in the world.

The past flickered through his mind, but only the figure of a little girl remained vivid.

He still remembered asking her name when they were children.

The girl smiled and told him, "There are so many pear trees in my family's courtyard. At night, they all say I'm the crescent moon hanging among the branches."

Upcoming novel: A Dream of the Former Dynasty (Dual Rebirth)

[Optimistic, open-minded former dynasty princess x gloomy, obsessive fallen nobleman]

In her previous life, not long after the change of dynasties, several former court officials found Xu Qingguan at her blacksmith shop and told her she was a princess of the former dynasty, abandoned and left to live among the people.

So, with their guidance and pressure, she donned armor and set out on the road to restore the dynasty.

She rose early and stayed up late, exhausting herself with worry. Her family died one by one, but she successfully helped the supposed heir of the former dynasty ascend the throne.

As it turned out, the heir was a tyrant who sentenced her to death with a cup of poisoned wine.

Before she died, she thought: This life was such a waste!

When she opened her eyes again, she wanted nothing to do with being a princess. She was done!

Whoever wanted the job could have it.

She threw herself into a busy life and brought home a fair, clean-cut young man to work as her assistant.

If she raised him right, maybe he could become her husband.

But as time went by, the young man seemed more and more off.

How did he end up turning the tables on her?!

**

In his previous life, Xie Yongzhao was used by others. In this one, he has returned carrying a blood feud.

But a woman keeps disrupting his plans. She's a blacksmith who swings a hammer, yet at night she sews him padded clothes.

She carries him up the mountain to seek medicine, going three days and three nights without sleep or rest.

Whenever she drinks, she talks nonsense. One moment she's laughing with abandon, the next she's crying her eyes out, wiping her tears and snot all over his sleeve.

Countless times, he has thought of dragging her into the abyss with him, to sink into hell together.

But this girl has stood in the light from beginning to end, constantly tugging and pulling him along.

She tells him, "Come up."

When the neighbors heard Xu Qingguan had taken on an assistant, they all came to have a look. After a while, they all said, "Qingguan, your assistant is handsome, but why is he always so gloomy? Are you not paying him enough?"

Xu Qingguan rolls up her sleeves and brings down her hammer. Sparks fly everywhere. "He's a block of cold iron. Sooner or later, I'll heat him red-hot, melt him down, and mold him however I want."

The neighbors: Tsk, how domineering.

Xie Yongzhao: What an ungrateful woman.

Later...

A certain ungrateful man wraps his arms tightly around Xu Qingguan's waist and won't let her leave. "A-Guan, you said I'm a block of cold iron that needs you to heat it up. So you have to take responsibility for me."

Xu Qingguan: This isn't what she wanted...

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