[Important Notice: This first novel was written while I was still finding my style. The prose is rough and immature, with plenty of clumsy parts. If that's not for you, please stop reading and click the X in the upper right. I'm sorry I let you down.]
[Cold, clear-eyed, decisive heroine] [Second male lead takes the lead] [Revenge against scumbags]
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The nine movements of Shao music resound, and the phoenix arrives.
When Yun Xiaoshao entered the palace to celebrate the empress dowager's birthday at age fifteen, the empress dowager took her hand and said, "What a lovely name. You are destined to become the mother of the realm."
Those words decided the course of Yun Xiaoshao's life.
On the day she married into the Eastern Palace, snow fell everywhere. It was only the tenth month, and the snow seemed like a warning from Heaven.
She became a phoenix kept by Crown Prince Li Huaiyong, beautiful and utterly loyal.
Li Huaiyong fell out of favor with the emperor and was deposed several times. She never abandoned him, and used the strength of her entire clan to secure his accession to the throne.
But when the crown prince ascended the throne, Crown Princess Yun Xiaoshao was still left in the Eastern Palace.
Because there was a Rong'er in the palace, Li Huaiyong's Rong'er.
Li Huaiyong told Yun Xiaoshao, "Please be patient with Rong'er."
Yun Xiaoshao couldn't understand. She couldn't understand why the world's coldness was colder than winter snow.
It was the tenth year of her marriage to Li Huaiyong. On this day, snow fell as heavily as when she first married him, and she closed her eyes in the Eastern Palace.
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When she opened her eyes, she was still in the Eastern Palace.
Not only was she there, but the young Li Huaiyong was there too. He said, "Xiaoniang, I love you."
Yun Xiaoshao looked at him slowly and said nothing.
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Li Huaiyong was ruthless and decisive all his life, but he was consumed by guilt toward his phoenix.
Reborn, he would do everything he could to make amends.
But all his attempts to please her earned him only a cold face.
He swore that she alone would ever matter to him, only to discover that she was secretly exchanging gifts and letters with another man.
Prince Li Huaishang of Tai has a little secret he wouldn't share with outsiders.
It's not that he has any unusual tastes. It's just that, at a palace banquet that year, she happened to come to his rescue.
And she happened to be wearing a wine-red dress.
And she happened to become his sister-in-law.
The woman's green lashes and cloudlike hair shone like emeralds, while her lips and dress bloomed in matching red.
"Uncle," the woman called out with an amused smile.
A blush the same crimson as the hem of her dress crept across Li Huaishang's face.
"S-Sister-in-law," he stammered in reply.
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A note before the story:
[Some explanation about forms of address: In the Song and Ming dynasties, maids and servants used many different ways to address their masters. In this story, they address people according to the young master or mistress of the household. So Huawan calls the heroine "Mother," calls the heroine's late child "Older Brother," and calls the heroine's younger sister "Second Aunt." She calls Qin Yufu "Aunt Qin." If you don't accept this, please click the X in the upper right. I'm sorry you spent time clicking in.]
Yun Xiaoshao x Li Huaishang, happy ending. The heroine is not a virgin; the hero is. A fierce contest between two men over one woman. The male lead faces a long road to win her back, while the second male lead's secret love comes true. The heroine punishes scumbags and never turns back.
The heroine's marriage and romance both develop after she turns eighteen. After her divorce, she marries the second male lead in a proper wedding. Before marriage, their feelings remain within propriety. All events abide by public morals and customs; the extra scenes feature the heroine joking without a filter.
The broader setting draws on the Song and Ming dynasties, but the world is entirely fictional.
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My Substitute Bride Concubine: Marquis, Please Sign Here
[Scheming beauty x lovestruck young marquis]
Liu Lutao's status as the young madam of the marquis's household is a lie.
Three years ago, she was drugged, stuffed into a bridal sedan chair, and sent to marry the young marquis Fang, a notorious killer.
Now, the person who drugged her has changed their mind.
Liu Lutao watches as her secret is exposed in public. The person responsible brazenly takes over the marquis's residence, while she, powerless and without influence, falls from her high position, going from mistress of the household to a disgraced mistress everyone despises.
What should she do?
She smashes the Guanyin statue the young marquis gave her to frame someone else, then sheds tears before him. "I was born to suffer humiliation. My heart aches only for the thought you put into it."
She watches coldly as someone is framed, then cries once the injustice is cleared. "It doesn't matter if others wrong me. I only hope you know the truth in your heart, my lord."
She plucks the strings of longing and murmurs tenderly, "I learned the pipa when I was young, but didn't understand its music. Now you've taught me what it means."
She carves a birthday gift by hand, then smashes it herself. "This servant's feelings are worth nothing after all."
Her eyes are always filled with the rain of apricot blossoms. "My lord, you must stand up for me."
Whether sincere or false, the young marquis Fang believes it all.
The original owner once asked Liu Lutao, "I'm the legitimate daughter of the Earl of Loyalty and Valor. How exactly am I inferior to you, a songstress?"
Liu Lutao only smiled.
"Neither of us had all that much affection for him to begin with. But I can make him feel twelve parts of it for a while, then nothing at all the next moment. What do you think?"
"Who do you think he'll remember?"
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A pipa-playing songstress who seems as pure as white jasmine but is actually a black-hearted schemer x a young marquis who is quick to flare up and easy to soothe, a wolf in public and a puppy in private. One-on-one romance, happy ending.
Theme: Save your gratitude for those who deserve it.
I really like the heroine's character. She has a strong balance in her heart. She won't look back just because the man admits his mistake. I've really seen enough of the kind of hzc where the man admits his mistake and then forgets about the blood feud. What kind of hzc is that? Pure love and big injustice.
Don't you know that the specific reasons for complaining to others will be seen?
Wishful thinking!! Not only is this dog not worthy of the heroine, he is not even worthy of the supporting actress! If it weren't for Ronger, you would be too humble! What are you doing!!! Is such a piece of shit worth it? I fully understand how disgusting Li Huaiyong is, Dog Man! Gon!!
Hahaha, I guess my wife would have torn it apart with her hands.
Two stinky dogs rotten and smelly together
It's so well written, it's like an ancient romance novel. Today's ancient dramas are all like those performed by modern people wearing Hanfu. Except that the background is changed, it is still the same. The soup is changed but the medicine is not changed. The author is really great. I have to be careful when reading, and even more serious when writing.
He knew it, but he indulged in other women, and he was the heroine's mortal enemy. I was really speechless.
The scumbag is scheming against the heroine while still being deeply in love with himself
Pfft, I feel like this scumbag is purely self-motivated. He goes crazy, talking about how he loves the heroine, but he actually doesn't do anything to plot against the heroine, and he doesn't do anything good to the heroine. Where does this guy get the confidence to think that the heroine will come back to him?
The ultimate performative personality. . .