[A short story of 100,000 characters, posting starts once the draft is complete]
(I) Le Yun was the only daughter of the Prince of Xunyang, deeply cherished by her parents.
Even the imperial family adored her sweet, charming looks and often bestowed precious gifts on her.
The only thing that bothered her was that people kept mocking her mother, saying that a lowly dancer from the Western Regions had somehow risen to become the prince's principal consort.
But the young princess of Xunyang was born with superhuman strength, able to knock out a kid with every punch.
She always taught the mockers a lesson until they were afraid to say another word.
Until one day, someone threw a sack over Le Yun's head and kidnapped her.
When she opened her eyes again, she had become a little princess in a Western Regions royal court, destined to marry into the Central Plains.
Three hundred years had passed since the days when the Prince of Xunyang was her father.
(II) After marrying into the Central Plains, Le Yun was claimed by the Regent.
As the first woman in the Regent's household, she was often summoned to the imperial harem.
The official excuse was: "Let's see which beauty has made the Regent fall in love."
The people around her meant no good, but Le Yun wasn't someone they could push around.
The harem consorts mocked her for coming from the poor and barren Western Regions and having little worldly knowledge.
Le Yun pulled a few pigeon-egg-sized gems from her pocket and played with them like marbles.
When she overheard the servants whispering that she was crude, she put on a display of crushing a boulder with her bare hands, leaving everyone aghast.
During the autumn hunt, a horse went wild. Countless people watched the dazed little princess from the Western Regions, unable to bear the thought of such a beauty being trampled to death.
The next moment, Le Yun grabbed the frenzied horse with one hand and swept the Regent, who had rushed over to save her, into her arms with the other.
Feeling that she'd just saved someone's life, Le Yun said, "Don't be afraid!"
The Regent: "...Thank you?"
The onlookers: "Wow, we may have just discovered something incredible!"
(III) At the Regent's residence, Le Yun lay weakly in bed.
Hearing a sound at the door, she hurriedly tossed the vase she'd accidentally crushed under the bed.
When the Regent came in, she made her eyes glisten with tears, pressed a hand to her forehead, and pretended to be as frail as a willow.
The Regent glanced at the shards of the vase sticking out from under the bed, then at Le Yun's bright, darting eyes, and decided not to call for an imperial physician.
Theme: Be kind to yourself