Caught Between a Wish-Fulfillment Novel and a Tragic Romance with a Discarded Empress

#The author wrote herself into a hole, then turned her own wish-fulfillment story into angst#

Jiang Lai, a little-known amateur writer of romance-focused yuri, discovers that she has lost her feelings. The woman who taught her how to find her footing in the workplace and called her "my little one" doesn't want her anymore.

She refuses to admit that she is useless, much less that she can't live without someone who doesn't love her. So she forces herself out of her comfort zone and boldly starts writing a career-focused wish-fulfillment story.

And then... she abandons it.

After that, she "falls" into the very story she abandoned.

Not only has she become the person she least wanted to be, she's also met the person she most wanted to forget.

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To change her fate of being tortured to death in the palace by a deranged princess, Feng Yusang transmigrates into a book as a hostage princess and decides to win over the short-lived empress who raised her for six years and is about to die.

In a villa, Feng Yusang coughs up black blood and rests her head on Lu Qingrong's lap. "I beg Your Majesty to take pity on me and let my soul return to my homeland."

"Are you that eager to leave?"

Feng Yusang struggles to bow her head. "I beg Your Majesty to grant my wish."

A flicker of loneliness crosses Lu Qingrong's face, usually as cold as frost. "I grant it."

Feng Yusang leaves decisively, unaware that Lu Qingrong will kneel for her day and night in the wind and snow.

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The city falls, and Lu Qingrong, stripped of her title as empress, is sent to the enemy nation to sue for peace.

Feng Yusang knows this is Lu Qingrong's tribulation, but she can't eat or sleep in peace. In the end, before Lu Qingrong can take her own life, Feng Yusang risks her own to save her. "Your life is mine, Your Majesty, and so are you."

But after repaying her with her body, Lu Qingrong leaves her. "Yusang, our goals are different. Forget me and go love someone else."

[Bonus Scene]

The road to seizing power is hard. Feng Yusang coughs up black blood once again. "As expected, this ill-fated relationship was never going to end well. Still, at least it's finally over."

"Yusang, I love you. No matter how much pain or suffering I have to bear, I'll take it. Please, don't punish me by leaving." Lu Qingrong, stripped of her clothes and all dignity, begs her to stay.

"I'm the one who chose to die. You don't have to pity me."

Yet as spring breezes blow into the palace and spring rain falls away, only one person remains on the bed.

Six months later.

The regent princess takes her prospective consort to court. Before the court session has even ended, everyone sees the immensely noble deposed empress from the cold palace hurrying in. She clutches the consort's robe, trembling, and says, "You're back."

[Key Points]

A gentle yet strong-willed, intellectually gifted elven princess x a physically frail, outwardly strong human empress

Eleven-year age gap, one-on-one relationship, both inexperienced, happy ending

Yusang and Her Majesty are the canon couple, though the princess has plenty of scenes

So there will be a "love triangle" conflict

The empress and the emperor have a kind of "contractual relationship," with no love or sex

Her romance with Yusang only begins after she is deposed

Later, Yusang disguises herself as a man and becomes the prospective consort to hide her identity and pursue her ambitions

The plot is weak!

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[Next Story]

A preview of a crossover between two historical yuri stories: "Longing for My Nemesis"

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Theme: The best way to stop fighting is to seek peace.