Springtime

[Check out my upcoming novel, My Traitorous Husband's Redemption, blurb at the bottom. Please add it to your favorites!] Blurb: Amnesia angst | Forced possession | The groveling begins Yuan Mu has raven-black hair, snowy skin, and exquisite beauty, but her father and brothers do not care for her. Though born to a noble family, she is treated as a bringer of bad luck and kept at an estate year-round. Only after she saves a young man at fifteen does she begin to hope for the future for the first time. He Lan Zhen is handsome and gentle, a man of exceptional grace unlike anyone Yuan Mu has ever met. Though his birth is humble, his sincere and steadfast love for her nearly leaves her drowning in it. On the night before her father intends to force her into marriage with someone else, she weeps and says, "You have to come marry me..." The curtains sway. He Lan Zhen's voice is low and husky. "I will." - After waiting anxiously for days, Yuan Mu finally sees He Lan Zhen return before her wedding. Imperial robes, a crown with twelve hanging strands. Only then does she learn that he is not He Lan Zhen, a soldier's son, but Li Congliu, the deposed crown prince, the rightful ruler of the realm and the most exalted man in the world. Yuan Mu should have been overjoyed, but after Li Congliu ascends the throne, he marries her older sister. Her sister is too frail to bear children, so he orders Yuan Mu into the palace to bear a child in her place. Li Congliu has forgotten Yuan Mu and the love they once shared. The emperor is cold and ruthless. He sees only that Yuan Mu is damaged goods and resents her for not being a virgin. Yuan Mu is imprisoned in the inner palace for three years, enduring abuse and struggling to survive. After her newborn son is taken away, she finally falls into despair and sets fire to the lonely, frigid palace halls. - The fire that night was so fierce that Li Congliu never forgot it, even until his death. When he sees the charred corpse, the usually composed and cold emperor loses control. He falls to his knees and clutches her hand in a frenzy. Yuan Mu dislikes hairpins and dangling ornaments. The only thing she always wears is a crude jade bangle on her wrist. It is an old keepsake He Lan Zhen gave her long ago. Li Congliu had hated it and even tried to force her to take it off, but Yuan Mu refused. At last, Li Congliu remembers that the He Lan Zhen Yuan Mu had longed for was himself, and that he was the one who had carefully fastened the jade bangle around her wrist. The girl he had destroyed with his own hands was the one he had once cherished above all, afraid she might break. Li Congliu is shaken to his core, his eyes bloodshot. At last, he understands what it means to have one's heart and guts torn apart. Reading Guide: 1. Paranoid, cold emperor x aloof, world-weary beauty; one-on-one romance, both leads are virgins. 2. Daily updates, usually around midnight (*/ω\*) 3. The male lead is truly unhinged. The female lead has a growth arc. Seven-year age gap, angsty misunderstandings, amnesia, faked death, forced possession, and a groveling redemption arc. The male lead is pure in body and heart, and has only ever had feelings for and an intimate relationship with the female lead. [IMPORTANT: This novel has undergone major revisions multiple times. Pirated versions are incomplete. The complete, unabridged story is available only on Jinjiang.] ◎ Weibo: @Jinjiang Chang Sheng. Come find me and play~ Upcoming novel, My Traitorous Husband's Redemption [Angsty dual rebirth + groveling redemption] Princess Yuan Le is exquisitely beautiful, with a graceful, icy bearing. She has been married off to a regional warlord for seven years, living in perfect harmony with Wei Chuxian, military governor of the three circuits. In outsiders' eyes, Wei Chuxian respects and loves her. He gallops a thousand li back to Hebei when Yuan Le falls gravely ill, and conquers twenty-three cities as a gift because of one casual remark from her. Wei Chuxian is even willing to give up his separatist rule and submit to the imperial court for her. The world praises their loving marriage, but only Yuan Le knows she has spent half her life walking on thin ice. - On their wedding night, Yuan Le learns that Wei Chuxian loves someone else and married her only to use her as a shield. When he says he will take away their eldest son, she is furious. When he says he will have their second son adopted by someone else, she is powerless. When Wei Chuxian says he will marry his old flame as his secondary wife, Yuan Le is left only with despair. She lowers her eyes and says yes. But the last time, when Wei Chuxian grows too powerful for the emperor to control and means to change who rules the realm, Yuan Le falls silent. On the night the rebel army is about to storm the capital, Yuan Le stands atop the city wall, spreads her arms, and leaps down. The princess's red robes blaze like fire. She is every bit as proud and carefree as she was in her childhood. As she dies, Yuan Le thinks that if she has another life, she will not live this way again. Yet when she opens her eyes once more, she really has returned to the past. - Wei Chuxian, military governor of the three circuits, is handsome and noble, cold-hearted and ruthless. By imperial decree, he takes the noble Princess Yuan Le as his wife. They have spent half their lives living in perfect harmony. But when he breaks through the city gates, he learns that Yuan Le has developed ambitions of her own and betrayed him, her husband. She even dares to run away with her old love right under his nose. Wei Chuxian hates Yuan Le to the core. He hates her for being unfaithful and wanton, for giving herself to anyone. But at the palace banquet after his rebirth, he sees Yuan Le smiling and exchanging glances with her old love. The proud and noble Wei Chuxian takes the initiative to kneel before the emperor and ask to marry Princess Yuan Le. Reading Guide: 1. Paranoid, ruthless military governor x clear-eyed, steadfast princess; one-on-one romance, both leads are virgins. 2. Daily updates (*/ω\*) 3. The male lead is truly unhinged and truly devoted, with impeccable fidelity but no morals. A warlord and a noblewoman, dual rebirth and a groveling redemption arc, size and status differences, a rebel's loyalty and a ruler's submission, set against a backdrop of separatist warlords. Theme: Embrace the world without losing yourself