Springtime in the Brocade Palace

"His Hidden Guard" is currently being serialized: an invincible-in-lightness-skills, money-loving female hidden guard vs. a scheming, domineering prince Blurb: Xi Jin was the daughter of a merchant family in Rucheng. She was as clear and radiant as jade, delicate and lovely. Since she was her parents' only child, they took A Chou as a live-in son-in-law. Xi Jin had her heart set on the second son of the Huo family, a scholar she admired. Now that she had taken A Chou as a live-in son-in-law, she still felt resentful, even though this young man was handsome and elegant, like an immortal. During their years as husband and wife, she put on airs and made things difficult for him in all sorts of ways. She even had A Chou wash her feet and massage her legs. In response, A Chou lowered his long lashes and silently did everything she asked. Who could have imagined that one day, a large number of soldiers would flood the Ning family courtyard? They said A Chou was the Imperial Grandson who had been lost to the outside world. Now he had to return and ascend the throne. Everyone around them looked at Xi Jin with sympathy. They all knew how spoiled she was and how she had mistreated this live-in son-in-law. Now that his status was so exalted, what would happen if he decided to settle accounts over everything she'd done? Xi Jin was shocked too. Once she recovered, she tossed the divorce letter she'd written aside and melted into A Chou's arms. "My lord, I want to be the principal wife. I want to be empress!" As everyone drew in a sharp breath, they saw the Imperial Grandson silently embrace Xi Jin, just as he always had. Later, amid the envy and astonishment of all who knew her, Xi Jin rose to the top, became empress, and enjoyed the emperor's exclusive favor. Someone couldn't stand it any longer. They stole the divorce letter and presented it to A Chou, now the Son of Heaven. "She once wanted to divorce you! She had another love! She's just stringing you along!" A Chou glanced at the other person coolly. "What business is that of yours?" Overall, this is a cozy after-marriage story set in an alternate Song dynasty. A spoiled young lady who makes a fuss about everything vs. a devoted emperor who sees the heroine through rose-colored glasses and thinks she's wonderful My completed works include "Remarrying the Neighboring Lao Wang in the 1980s" and "Remarrying My Ex-Husband's Childhood Friend in the 1970s." Take a look at my author page? The upcoming story "His Hidden Guard" is on my author page. Blurb: She was a hidden guard, Number Thirty-Seven, later given the name Qing Ge by Prince Ning. One day, she nearly lost her life and was sent to a country estate to recuperate. On the way, someone approached her, saying she looked just like their young lady. Their lady was unwell and needed Qing Ge to marry in her place, deceive her husband, and take her place for five months. The person offered her a generous sum of silver notes. Qing Ge loved money, so she agreed. But she never imagined that the young lady's husband would be her own master, His Highness Prince Ning... Fortunately, only the hidden guards, Heaven, and she herself knew what her face looked like. She was lucky enough to fool Prince Ning and carefully played the part of his princess consort. Prince Ning was dazzlingly beautiful, but his temperament was violent. One day, while investigating a traitor, Prince Ning interrogated the household's death warriors and hidden guards. One guard was punished over a trivial matter, lashed a hundred times until blood covered the ground. Prince Ning paid no attention. The Emperor bestowed a marriage on Prince Ning, and he married the legitimate daughter of the Xu family of Hedong. The princess consort was beautiful and innocent. Prince Ning went from indifference and suspicion to falling in love. After carrying a child for ten months and giving birth to an heir, the princess consort returned to her parents' home for a visit. When she came back, Prince Ning gripped her by the throat and demanded, "Where is my princess consort?" Though their faces were alike, this was not her. Only then did he learn that the princess consort who had accompanied him for a year was a counterfeit found by the Xu family! Prince Ning flew into a rage, and rivers of blood flowed. Afterward, he searched every inch of the land for that woman, but the world was vast, and he searched in vain. Over seven years, Prince Ning went from fury and hatred, to pining, and finally to quiet, solitary coldness. At last, one day beneath the fading moonlight, he lowered his eyes and watched a withered parasol-tree leaf fall at his feet, covering the elongated shadow of the hidden guard behind him. He murmured, "It was you, wasn't it?" #She must have hated him so much that she stayed by his side for seven years, silently watching him search desperately for her. Theme: Work hard and build a life.