The Emperor, My Childhood Friend, Has a Secret Crush on Me

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Overpowered Crown Prince x Filthy-Rich Young Lady, the young emperor and empress get a second chance to change their fate.

The male lead is a devoted lover who only loves the female lead, in both lifetimes.

After being reborn, Mu Lingyue remembers little of her past life, but one thing stands out vividly. Every three months, the new emperor Shen Xubai would go to the Dragon Pool, the royal clan's sacred ground, and bleed himself as a sacrifice to the dragon, begging the Dragon God to gather the fragments of her soul...

Her Seventh Brother had finally brought her back.

On the eve of the spring tea gathering in the twenty-fifth year of Taikai, Shen Xubai had slipped out of the palace to have fun again.

On Baole Street, he unexpectedly ran into the woman he loved, Fourth Miss Mu, Mu Lingyue.

The young lady looked at him with a bright smile in her eyes, radiant and noble.

"Seventh Brother, could you help A-Ling with something?"

Shen Xubai put on his usual playful grin, though his heart was racing. "Whatever A-Ling wants is my business. Tell me. No matter how difficult it is, your Seventh Brother will take care of it."

Mu Lingyue's lips moved slightly. "A-Ling wants to be the Seventh Prince's Consort."

Shen Xubai: !!

What kind of wonderful luck is this?

The new emperor ascended the throne, and peace settled across the land.

At the spring tea gathering the following year, the emperor and empress sneaked out of the palace to have fun. They subdued foreign lands and quelled rebellions, returning still as young as ever. As they walked, rare flowers and plants were scattered from the upper floors of a nearby tower, an old tradition of the Flower Festival.

The onlookers were about to scramble for the flowers when the emperor suddenly leapt into the air, his dazzling elegance brightening the spring day. He was only trying to find the "White Snow Fragrance" his empress liked.

Whatever other young ladies have, my A-Ling must have too.

It's a rare thing to be a young married couple.

Reader's Note

This novel has no fantasy elements whatsoever. The Dragon God does not exist.

There are good people and bad people in the story. Feel free to curse the villains, since they deserve it. But please don't curse the author, okay? Thank you, my dears.

Blurb first posted on 8/3/2025.

Check out my completed historical romance, Locking Daylight, Hiding Spring.

Rebellious warlord x Brilliant and almost otherworldly noble lady

The emperor and empress marry first and fall in love later. The female lead is ethereal, beautiful, and adored by everyone. No suffering for the female lead.

1) In the thirty-sixth year of Zhaoshun, the old emperor was foolish and incompetent. Four princes fought for the throne within the palace, while warlords rose across the land. Ji Yujing of Lingdong was among them. At only twenty-three, he commanded a hundred thousand troops and ruled his own territory despite his humble origins.

That same year, his family ordered him to honor a marriage contract.

His bride was Lin Qingdai, the young lady of a powerful family. It was said the contract had originally been arranged with the Lin family's eldest legitimate daughter, but she had been replaced for some reason.

Ji Yujing didn't care about any of that.

It made no difference to him whom he married.

2) Lin Qingdai was breathtakingly beautiful and excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She married into the desolate lands of Lingdong in her sister's place. The whole capital pitied her, and her sister felt deeply guilty.

Lin Qingdai comforted her sister instead. "Don't worry, Sister. I'm willing to do this."

There were things she didn't say. She had met Ji Yujing many years ago, and she had never forgotten him since.

3) Almost no one approved of the marriage, including Ji Yujing himself. He could never have imagined that one day he would personally bend bamboo to make an intricately crafted phoenix kite, all to win a smile from his wife.

At first, Ji Yujing cared only for power and dominion.

Later, his gaze was always searching for Lin Qingdai.

Theme: Staying by each other's side and remaining devoted until they become a family.