After I Dumped the Crown Prince of a Neighboring Kingdom

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Blurb:

Delicate, dazzling princess VS. A seemingly gentle but secretly dark, unhinged crown prince from a neighboring kingdom

The heroine's story

Li Siyun was born to a noble station, a precious daughter of the imperial family. She was Jiang Kingdom's eldest legitimate princess and the crown prince's full sister.

Yet while on a diplomatic mission to a neighboring kingdom, she was betrayed by someone close to her. The dignified princess was imprisoned in a brothel in a foreign land.

To protect herself, Li Siyun had no choice but to endure humiliation and give herself to a strange man.

The proud princess became his secret mistress, hidden from the world.

When he had to return home on business, she struggled through every hardship to escape and make her way back.

Li Siyun regarded those days of ingratiating herself and obeying his every word as the greatest shame of her life. She swore that the man who had once humiliated her in every way would pay in blood.

A year later, the crown prince of Jiang Kingdom ascended the throne, and envoys from every kingdom came to offer congratulations.

The princess led officials from the Court of State Ceremonial to welcome the foreign envoys. But when Li Siyun, dressed to the nines, saw the crown prince of the neighboring kingdom, her face went deathly pale and cold sweat drenched her.

This revenge... might be impossible after all...

The hero's story

Shen Zhao was born in the depths of the imperial palace. A sea of blood forged him into a gentleman who strictly upheld propriety and self-discipline. No one knew what outrageous, uninhibited thoughts lay hidden within him.

On a trip south, he rescued a woman in the pouring rain.

She pretended to be gentle and considerate, staying by his side and obediently fulfilling his every demand.

Yet Shen Zhao saw the hatred and rebelliousness hidden in her eyes.

He didn't care.

But she ran away.

Just as he returned to the capital to prepare to marry her, she vanished without a trace.

When they met again, she was the noble princess of Jiang Kingdom. She saw him as an enemy and guarded against him at every turn.

He observed the rules of propriety and patiently sought her hand, only to find her among the plum blossoms, pledging herself to the chancellor's son. The pair planned to keep their marriage discreet, going through the traditional three letters and six rites without the foreign envoys finding out.

Shen Zhao sneered and abandoned a gentleman's restraint.

If he couldn't marry her, then he'd drag her back.

[Blurb first published on 2023.05.17]

Also known as "The Crown Prince I Used and Dumped Came Knocking"

and "What Do I Do Now That the Down-and-Out Man I Wronged Has Become the Crown Prince of a Neighboring Kingdom?"

Reader's Guide:

1. Neither the hero nor the heroine is perfect. They both have plenty of flaws. [Important]

2. They both have secret identities that are exposed. This is a possessive, take-her-by-force pursuit with all the classic melodramatic tropes, a push-and-pull romance between two crazed characters, and a healing dynamic with the roles reversed.

3. One-on-one romance, single-couple, happy ending.

4. The heroine starts out as a love scammer. Once she gets what she wants, she runs. The hero falls first. The heroine has no romantic feelings for the second male lead.

5. The setting is fictional, so please don't overanalyze the historical details.

6. At its heart, this is a sweet romance!

Coming soon: "The Consort's in Trouble"

Spy Beauty VS. A restrained, patient hero who eventually goes mad

As a pawn sent into the imperial palace, Yanqi knew her job was to seduce the new emperor and become a wicked temptress. She had to make Shen Jin, a brilliant young ruler who had never made a mistake, fall from his pedestal and become an object of public scorn.

Her parents and relatives were in other people's hands. Though she didn't want to, she had no choice if she wanted to live.

When they first met, he gave her a cold glance and nothing more.

When she took the initiative, he lifted her chin. Disgust was plain in his eyes as his gaze swept over her, but his voice remained flat. "You think you can do it?"

...A carefully engineered accident was the beginning.

On countless nights, lost in sensual pleasures and captivated by her deliberate tenderness, he truly changed his attitude toward her, indulging and spoiling her in every way.

All the while, she continued to obey her former master, hurting him while pretending to love him deeply.

When the first memorial requesting that the emperor execute the consort was submitted, Yanqi knew she had succeeded. But Shen Jin firmly protected her. Only when they were alone would he rest his head on her shoulder, showing for a moment how weary he was.

Yanqi thought, enough. She didn't want to drag him down anymore, and she wanted to set herself free, too. So she faked her death, left the capital, and escaped the entanglements of the world.

Life alone in the mountains was hard, but Yanqi felt at peace.

Her time in the palace seemed like a dream. She had planned to live alone, but the scholar next door smiled with eyes that looked just like his.

She was truly despicable. The day she heard that the emperor was about to remarry, she accepted the scholar's proposal.

Yanqi thought she should say goodbye to the past, too.

On her wedding day, as she was being led through the wedding rites, Shen Jin, who should have been in the palace welcoming his new empress, appeared in the most remote mountain village.

He advanced step by step. Yanqi retreated in panic, tripped on her hem, and fell awkwardly to the ground. No one dared help her.

Shen Jin bent down and drew near, gently stroking her cheek. His gaze lingered on the glaring red of her wedding clothes. He smiled tenderly, but his words were cruel. "Consort, if you were going to keep pretending, why didn't you keep it up forever?"

As Yanqi trembled uncontrollably, Shen Jin stood up and coldly walked away, ordering the guards below, "If the consort doesn't follow me willingly, kill everyone here."

He had known all along.

Coming soon: "Can't Help Teasing the Sweetheart," a little sweet romance

Two major events have recently taken place in the capital.

First, Ruan Tao, the chancellor's only daughter, married Lu Yanzhi, the censor's eldest son.

They sounded like a perfect match, but everyone knew this marriage was doomed.

One was madly in love with a young prince and swore she'd marry no one else, causing gossip to spread through the city. The other had no interest in romance and had nearly become a monk.

These two had nothing in common. They had even fought in public before the wedding, and everyone expected them to become a resentful couple after marriage.

And that's exactly what happened. On their wedding night, the newlyweds fought so fiercely they nearly tore apart the bridal chamber, and afterward they lived separately.

Second, on the day they returned to visit the bride's family, they were attacked. Ruan Tao fell into the water and nearly died. Only after a crowd of imperial physicians gathered was her life saved.

When she opened her eyes, Ruan Tao had a splitting headache and couldn't remember anything. She looked at the man standing by the window and thought his blue robe seemed familiar. Holding her head, she asked, "...Who are you?"

Lu Yanzhi turned around and raised an eyebrow with a smile. "Your beloved husband."

At first, when Lu Yanzhi learned that Ruan Tao had lost her memory, he lied to her purely to get revenge.

He wanted to avenge the night she had kicked him out of bed, and how she'd continued to brazenly proclaim her love for someone else after they married, making him the laughingstock of everyone.

He only planned to tease her for a few days before telling her the truth.

The first time Lu Yanzhi tried to confess, Ruan Tao had just woken up and was still drowsy. She reached out to him and said in a soft, sweet voice, "Husband, hold me."

...This didn't seem like the right time.

Some time later, they both had something they wanted to tell the other.

Lu Yanzhi had just begun to speak when Ruan Tao took his hand and placed it over her heart. Her cheeks flushed, and she lowered her long, curled, raven-black lashes as she said shyly, "Husband, you were right. I really do love you."

"Whenever I see you, my heart beats so fast. Listen."

Lu Yanzhi: "..."

He could never say it now.

At first, he only meant to deceive her for a few days and enjoy her anger when she learned the truth.

But he had tasted what it was like to be cherished by her. It haunted his thoughts and tempted him to surrender, and he selfishly hoped she would never remember.

Theme: Love and being loved are both forms of salvation