Lotus Blossoms in the Daytime Bedroom

Next up: the historical romance The Lovebird's Bridal Tent

The second male lead wins her heart. There is no second male lead in the blurb.

In her previous life, Cui Youlan was married to Xu Shuhan for seven years. She diligently managed the household, ran his family affairs, and raised their children,

but Xu Shuhan never once looked at Cui Youlan with affection.

Their meeting began with a carefully planned scheme.

At the time, Empress Cui had been unable to bear a child for years, so the Cui family wanted Cui Youlan to enter the palace as a consort and support her elder sister, Empress Cui.

Who could have known that at a palace banquet, Cui Youlan would lose consciousness after drinking just one extra cup of wine? When she woke, she found an unfamiliar man lying beside her. He was handsome, with an elegant and dazzling air.

Before Cui Youlan could react, many people had already burst into the room. Her reputation was utterly ruined.

Only later did Cui Youlan learn that the man beside her that day was Xu Shuhan, a powerful new favorite at court. He came from a prestigious family, was noble and refined, and was known for impeccable manners.

She could no longer enter the palace as a consort, so she had no choice but to marry Xu Shuhan in haste, despite the gossip.

Cui Youlan thought she had done more than enough, but Xu Shuhan continued to hold a grudge.

It was only when Xu Shuhan brought the woman he had once been engaged to into their home that Cui Youlan realized her husband was a block of ice that would never warm.

Before Cui Youlan could even get angry, someone pushed her into a pond. When she opened her eyes again, she found that the man lying beside her was still Xu Shuhan, just as he had been seven years ago.

Seven years had passed like a dream. This time, Cui Youlan fled, leaving Xu Shuhan to think, when he awoke, that he had experienced a beautiful, dreamlike encounter.

Three months later, however, Xu Shuhan came looking for Cui Youlan and even proposed to her.

Xu Shuhan cornered Cui Youlan against a wall, his long, phoenix-shaped eyes dark with gloom. "It's been three months. What are you going to do about the child in your belly?"

Cui Youlan spread her hands and smiled. "How could I trouble you, Master Xu, with something that would invite so much gossip? I've already picked out a few suitable candidates. I'm sure we can make everyone happy."

Historical romance pre-release: The Lovebird's Bridal Tent

Everyone says that Hanlin Academician Shen Ting dotes on his wife, Madam Bai, but because she is so beautiful, he keeps her hidden away in the inner chambers, where she is rarely seen.

Then, at a palace banquet, Madam Bai got lost in the palace and encountered Emperor Huo Xuanju.

He forcibly kept her by his side.

It turned out that Madam Bai had a face almost identical to that of the deposed empress, Su Zhia.

Rumor had it the deposed empress was breathtakingly beautiful, like a figure in a painting. At sixteen, she married Huo Xuanju, who was still a prince at the time.

But now everyone in the palace knew that not long after Huo Xuanju used the deposed empress and her family to ascend the throne, she set herself on fire in the cold palace after her family was convicted. No one had spoken of her since.

Yet after Madam Bai entered the palace, she used that face to run rampant through the court, and Huo Xuanju let her do as she pleased, indulging her until she became the demon consort at his side. Even when Madam Bai, his substitute, went too far, he merely smiled and let it pass.

Then came the day the rebels besieged the palace. Flames lit up half the palace city, and the imperial guards were driven back step by step. At last, Huo Xuanju was surrounded in his bedchamber, with blades flashing outside the hall.

But the demon consort joined forces with the rebels and held a knife to Huo Xuanju's throat.

At that moment, Huo Xuanju's eyes finally reddened.

"Zhia, how long are you going to keep playing?"

The demon consort, Madam Bai, smiled brilliantly. "Your Majesty, the deposed empress died long ago. Why have you mistaken me for her again?"

* The female lead is not reborn, and the story includes revenge.

Theme: Breaking free from constraints and finding oneself again.