A career-focused, dark-moonlight beauty x a love-struck, tight-lipped, proud, rough-edged man. A story of redemption, with the man redeeming the woman.
Ning Zheng once had a lover in the Northern Dynasty.
But she never told him that although she'd whispered sweet nothings to him for years, she never intended to become his secondary consort. She was only doing it to send the Southern Dynasty's hostage prince back home.
Once the hostage prince returned, Ning Zheng could become empress of the Southern Dynasty.
The empress's throne was far more precious than the position of a crown prince's secondary consort.
Ning Zheng understood that perfectly. So when she left the Northern Dynasty, she sent Gu Chengjun a breakup letter that severed their ties without mercy.
In the letter, she told Gu Chengjun, "Let us never meet again in this life."
Until the Northern Dynasty's armies burned the Southern Dynasty to the ground.
Her former lover crossed mountains and rivers to find her, looking down from above at Ning Zheng, now a prisoner.
At that moment, Ning Zheng remembered how she had deceived him and played with his heart. She thought she was utterly finished.
*
Gu Chengjun had been cold-hearted for twenty-five years, but in the end, a beautiful young woman from Jiangnan tricked him into falling in love.
When word arrived that she had been installed as empress in the Southern Dynasty, Gu Chengjun spat out a mouthful of blood.
He swore that one day, when his iron hooves crushed the Southern Dynasty, he would make Ning Zheng wish she were dead.
But as he rode past the people prostrating themselves on the ground, he caught a glimpse of those shimmering eyes and couldn't help but soften toward her.
If she'd kiss him once, he might be willing to forgive her.
Reading Tips:
- The heroine is not a virgin, while the hero is. The hero will be shown getting jealous of the heroine's former husband. Please don't read if that bothers you.
My next novel, I'm Innocent!, is now open for follows. Here's the blurb:
Xie Guiyan was born into the once-prominent Xie clan, now in decline.
To secure their future, the Xie clan wagered everything on the crown prince in the Eastern Palace. Then a favored consort emerged and nearly threatened the prince's position.
To preserve her clan's future and their lives, she disguised herself as a man and entered the palace. She painstakingly schemed for the throne, then worked hard to reform the tyrant who had grown up crooked.
Just when she thought she could retire after accomplishing her mission, events began to gallop out of control.
The ministers clung to her legs and wept hysterically: "The Emperor Li is violent by nature and loves nothing more than wiping out entire clans. In the whole court, only Chancellor Xie can persuade him to spare those beneath his blade. If you leave, all the officials will resign, and the nation will fall apart!"
The Empress Dowager nervously sought her out and asked whether she would be willing to become the first male empress consort in the dynasty. She lamented, "If Chancellor Xie weren't so elegant and handsome, with such refined bearing, the emperor wouldn't have taken a liking to men and grown to despise women. Since that's the case, Chancellor Xie, you must take responsibility for His Majesty."
Xie Guiyan: ??
She stormed off to demand an explanation from Emperor Li.
The emperor was heartbroken, but still managed to turn the accusation back on her: "You're always flirting with Gu Yuzhao. Why can he have you, but I can't?"
Xie Guiyan: ...He's my lawfully betrothed fiancé. What gives you the right to compare yourself to him? Get lost!
Theme: Say it when you love someone.
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The Crown Princess Still Hasn't Divorced Today
Lover from the Past
No More Updates
After Becoming the Powerful Minister's Widowed Sister-in-Law
Can I Be Your Dog? [GB]
After Becoming the Widow of a Powerful Official's Younger Brother
A Concubine's Love
Old Flame, New Love
The Second Year After She Died
Why Is the Tyrant Like That?
Enticing Branches
You are the author I hate the most since I read Jinjiang. You are obviously good at writing, but your writing is extremely poor. I often write articles that are recommended, so I will be picked up and updated. After chasing it for a while, I clicked on it to read the author's column: Okay! Why is it you again! How many of your author columns contain tens of thousands of words and are simply deleted? How many articles have written tens of thousands of words and then gone unnoticed? They even promised in the comment section that they would continue writing, but never started writing at all? How many articles have ended in an anticlimactic manner, with around 200,000 words written but they couldn't be finished and ended in a hurry, with the comments section lamenting that they were unfinished? Most people know you as Wife Grabber and Thrifty, because you wrote these two articles about 400,000 words in length, or maybe because the characters in these two articles were in your comfort zone, and you were able to keep writing, so you finished them. I have written so many articles, but only two or three have reached a length of about 400,000 words. It's really amazing! Can I trouble you to decide on the outline first and have a certain amount of manuscripts saved, and then start writing? Is 100,000 words a bug or a curse of yours? Why do so many articles fail at around 100,000 words? Can you ensure that your ideas reach 100,000 words before you start writing the article??? Can you solve v if you can't continue writing??? The so-called articles you promised to continue writing can even be traced back to a few years ago... Not only are the articles bad, but the people are also bad. So many articles are cut off at any time. Unlike some authors, they at least write to the readers why they can't continue writing. Instead, they just throw them away quietly, turn around and start a new article, and then continue to cheat. If you just like to practice writing, then don't enter v. Or if you can't write anymore, why don't you understand v??? Just letting the article rot here shows no respect for the readers. See what you said about writing being just a hobby, not making much money, being the mother of the article, and why you would feel uncomfortable if you tricked the readers into understanding what you wrote... If you don't care about readers and just like to write by yourself, why do you have to send it to Jinjiang to charge? Can't you read it yourself if you write it? Now that everyone is here to send paid documents, can they have some basic qualities? I haven't paid attention to it for a long time. Today I occasionally look back and look at it. This book still hasn't updated a word. The new article you started is about 200,000 words long, and it makes readers feel that it is unfinished. I laughed when I read it today. Why is it this pattern again? It's not surprising.
It's quite strange that the heroine killed her uncle for the country, and the heroine's father abandoned his daughter for the family. In fact, these two things are somewhat similar in that they both sacrifice small profits for the sake of big profits. However, the heroine's perspective seems to be more in line with public order and good customs. But why does the heroine want both national interests and family affection? A bit childish
This kind of male protagonist is really rare. He can understand the psychology of the female protagonist so well. It's quite good.
How should I put it? There is a feeling that she is so unfeeling and this article is not like an author. She is so unfeeling and is a very good novel. However, wife grabbing, concubine love and this article have too many reasoning parts. Some of the hidden things can be expressed through stories. These articles are expressed very dryly, like essays. From a storytelling perspective, her ruthless writing is more mature, but her level of writing a few articles is quite average.
Holy shit, it's so pretty. It's been a long time since I've seen a novel that's so beautiful, and the emotional scenes are rich and smooth, which I like.
First time meeting this male protagonist
Hmm... If not, you can put a leave request note.
The author is quite thoughtful. It seems that after saying so much, will the female protagonist take power and display her ambitions, or will she end up in the male protagonist's harem? If it's the latter, it's better to tell me earlier so that I can avoid lightning.
In an intimate relationship, the heroine is afraid that others will give her hope, and she does not dare to hope for herself. Losing and not having possessions are normal to her. On the contrary, she has a stable sense of security. If she gets something, she will fall into a state of worrying about gains and losses.
Hey, what a good dog... Explain it to Azheng now.