A miserly wife lord possessed by the God of Poverty x a wealthy, catlike little husband who is the God of Wealth (marriage first, love later + mutual devotion) [This novel will enter VIP on September 10. There will be a surprise in the comments!]
1.
Everyone knew that Shen Qingqiu of the Inspection Office was as lovely as her name.
Her face was like the autumn moon, her complexion like flowers at the break of spring.
And yet Shen Qingqiu, with all her advantages as "the capital's number-one beauty," "a member of the imperial family," and "a favored minister of His Majesty," was shunned by every wealthy household, every matchmaker, and even every brothel and pleasure house.
It was all because people had nicknamed her "Shen the Pixiu"!
At banquets and parties, she would pocket every fragrant handkerchief and jade dew offered by the young male companions serving wine, without leaving a single one behind.
On matchmaking visits, she was even quicker, grabbing the baskets along with all the tea, fruit, and pastries the servants brought out.
If she had only been stingy, people might grudgingly have praised her as thrifty and good at managing a household. Unfortunately, though Shen the Pixiu never let money out, the God of Poverty had possessed her, and she couldn't hold on to a single bit of wealth.
Any shop Shen Qingqiu invested in either went bankrupt or was bought out by a rival for some reason.
In just eight short years, all eighteen wealthy merchants who had worked with Shen Qingqiu ended up selling off their businesses and returning to their hometowns in misery.
Before long, business owners everywhere were terrified of accepting investments from Shen Qingqiu.
In the end, His Majesty took pity on her, alone and without support, and granted Shen Qingqiu funds from the salt monopoly. The very next day, though, she received the disastrous news that the salt wells had dried up.
2.
From the day he was born, Su Yu sat on the lap of his mother, an imperial merchant.
He slept to the sound of abacus beads and learned to read from business letters.
On his coming-of-age day, however, he received word that his mother had died far from home.
From then on, Su Yu put away his boy's clothes and began dressing as a girl.
In just eight years, Su Yu became the richest person in the entire Sang Kingdom.
In public, people respectfully called him the Su family patriarch.
Behind his back, however, they called him all kinds of cruel names: "the ruthless little poisoner," "the old man no one will marry," and "a puppet managing the family business."
After Su Yu took out his seventh aunt, eighth aunt, and third grand-aunt one after another, and drove out the second, third, fifth, and sixth branches of the family,
the remaining relatives used the fact that the main branch had no heirs as an excuse to force Su Yu to hand over his businesses.
3.
To silence the gossip, have fewer headaches, and make more time to keep earning money,
Su Yu picked through a crowd of unsuitable candidates and dug up Shen Qingqiu, the one who had slipped through the net.
For a mere 1,000 taels a month, Su Yu easily achieved his ideal life:
no parents-in-law, uncles, or aunts above him; no young male companions or concubines below him; and no wife lord at his side.
But as time went by,
the graceful young woman from back then rose to become the powerful and inscrutable chief minister in the eyes of the world.
Meanwhile, he found himself growing more and more unable to look away from every smile and frown of Shen Qingqiu.
4.
Everyone said that
Chief Minister Shen, decisive and strategic, loved her husband to an absurd degree, with a heart that had room only for Su Yu.
She had no young male companions to keep her company, and never visited brothels or pleasure houses.
When disaster struck the Su family, Shen Qingqiu personally braved a mountain of blades and pleaded before the emperor to win Su Yu a chance to survive.
When floods and treacherous currents struck during an assignment in Jiangnan, she would rather die than let go of her husband's hand.
For a time, theirs was a tale of devotion known throughout the Sang Kingdom.
But in the room behind closed doors, Su Yu, nestled in Shen Qingqiu's arms along with her money pouch, only wanted to know:
"Shen Qingqiu! If you and your silver coins fell into the water at the same time, who would you save first?"
[Content warnings]
1. The setting is a fictional dynasty. It draws on specific historical references but is not limited to any particular dynasty.
2. If characters from ethnic minorities appear, I will do my best to use their local dialects.
3. The "God of Poverty" simply means the heroine has terrible financial luck (you'll find out why, hahaha). This novel contains no fantasy elements, and no gods, immortals, or monsters appear.
[New novel: Summer Sweet Orange] Four sample chapters are available. I'd love it if you added it to your favorites and gave me a kiss!
Young amateur artist x famous playgirl big sister (the chase-back-after-rejection trope / entertainment industry)
(Xia Cheng)
Every night that summer,
the cool, distant goddess on the screen would wrap her arms around Xia Cheng's waist,
leaving warm, moist breath in the crook of her neck as she spoke with a breath like orchids.
Neither of them ever said they were starting a relationship. Xia Cheng thought they would keep walking forward together, hand in hand.
(The older sister)
Shi Shuyun had always loved summer.
Through the countless summer holidays she could barely remember, there had been peach-berry drinks, taro balls with grapes, and passionfruit-mango treats...
At the tail end of one summer,
she left an orange-scented girl there, at the end of that summer.
[One year later]
The orange girl, now appearing as an ordinary person, stood before Shi Shuyun.
At first, Shuyun worried that the girl might keep pestering her.
But later, only one thought remained in Shuyun's mind.
This was her own personal summer sweet orange, and Xia Cheng could call no one but her Big Sister.
Theme: Uphold the law and build a harmonious society.
The acne is gone, and I'm ready to eat milk cake again. I saw a new cheese thumb rice cake nearby and I really want to eat it! Bliss~
There will be another update at 6pm
Why are so many articles not updated? . . What kind of luck do I have?
I feel like my brain is fuzzy looking at the chaos.
The phrase "More Tao, the more prosperous the road is," was taught online by a gay friend from Fujian who caught my little hand. It means "Big Head Boy, you have to watch the road when you walk!"
[New article "Summer Sweet Orange"] There are 4 trial chapters available ~ I hope you guys will bookmark it MUA! Amateur little artist of the year (Summer Orange) Every night that summer. The aloof fairy sister on the screen would hug her waist, The hot and humid breath was left in the crook of Xia Cheng's neck. No one said anything about the beginning between them. Xia Cheng thought that if they held hands together, they would go on forever. (Sister) Shi Shuyun has always liked summer. During the summer holidays that she couldn't remember, she had peaches and berries, taro balls, passion fruit and mangos... In the tail end of summer. There was an orange-flavored girl left behind at the tail end of that summer. One year later Chengzi, who appeared as an amateur, stood in front of Shi Shuyun. At first, Shuyun was still worried whether Chengzi would get entangled. But later, Shuyun only had one thought left in his mind. This is my own summer sweet orange, and Xia Cheng can only call her sister.
I rubbed the acne for more than 100 times overnight, and it was finally gone. Ahhhhhh! I want to say that I will resist eating taboos, but I really can't help it!
The meanings of these two sentences are respectively
Haha, the heroine can't gather wealth, so she needs some gold!
There will be another update this afternoon, tentatively scheduled for 6pm~