Spring in the Peach Blossom Courtyard

[Native Takes Revenge] [Scheming Beauty] [Married Life]

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Liu Lutao was carried unconscious through the gates of the Changshan Marquis's residence. It was only to be expected that she would be carried out the same way.

Fortunately, the young marquis was a man of feeling and loyalty. There was still a way for her to stay alive.

Cater to him? Go along with everything? Liu Lutao glanced at the narrow courtyard and quietly made other plans.

She smashed the Guanyin statue the young marquis had given her, framed someone else, then wept before him: "I was born with a lowly fate, destined to be humiliated by others. What pains me is your kindness."

She watched coldly as someone was falsely accused, then cried when the injustice was cleared: "It doesn't matter if others are wronged. I only hope you understand me."

She plucked the strings of a pipa and murmured tenderly: "I learned the pipa when I was young, but never understood the meaning of its music. Now you've taught me."

She carved a birthday present by hand, then smashed it to pieces herself: "This servant's feelings were never worth anything."

Her eyes were always filled with the rain of apricot blossoms: "My lord, please stand up for me."

True feelings or false, Young Marquis Fang accepted it all.

Someone once asked Liu Lutao, "I was born noble. How exactly am I inferior to you, a songstress?"

Liu Lutao smiled without answering.

Love has never made any sense. So what if you are versed in poetry and skilled at making salt and gunpowder?

Neither of us truly cared that much at first. But I can make him feel twelve parts devotion one moment, then none at all the next. Tell me...

Who do you think he'll remember?

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[Looks like a pure white jasmine, but is really a black-hearted lotus: the pipa-playing courtesan x A young marquis who is easy to rile up and easily soothed, woof woof woof] One-on-one romance, happy ending

A few notes:

The heroine is scheming but has genuine feelings, a master at crying on cue, gentle on the outside and fiery within.

An unconventional concubine rises to prominence. The hero has secretly loved her for a long time; she overcomes her emotional barriers, and they marry first, then fall in love. They are each other's only partners, emotionally and physically.

The setting is loosely inspired by the Northern Song, but is entirely fictional.

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"Alas, My Name Is Fu Tanxi"

[The Heroine Chases Her Husband to the Crematorium] [Scheming Beauty]

Xiao Zhenlan became emperor. The various factions sent him more than a dozen beauties. He asked them, "After I die, I wish to be buried with you. What do you think?"

Buried with him! Everyone was horrified! Only Fu Erniang, daughter of the military governor of the Xuanwu Army, lowered her face and spoke with heartfelt sincerity:

"This concubine is but a frail willow. How could I deserve to be made empress and buried with Your Majesty?"

"I would rather be the lamp bearer in the passage leading to Your Majesty's tomb."

A lamp bearer was a human figure cast from secret-recipe wax, holding a lamp in its hands to guide the emperor on the road to the afterlife. To keep it from decaying, it had to be made from a living person.

This Fu woman, Xiao Zhenlan thought with a mocking smile, was quick-witted and silver-tongued. Then she raised her face, and Xiao Zhenlan's smile froze.

In his youth, he had a beloved confidante who had treated him wonderfully. Later, she had even given up her life to save him. After that, he spent ten years fighting beneath the banner of rebellion, unable to see anyone else.

"Jingyan..." This woman clearly had Fu Jingyan's face!

The woman below the steps bowed deeply. "Your Majesty, Jingyan was my late elder sister's maiden name. This humble concubine is called Fu Tanxi."

Xiao Zhenlan stared at her for a long time.

Then he issued an order: "From today onward, your name is Fu Jingyan."

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At some point, Xiao Zhenlan began to look at her with genuine interest. He loved her gentle beauty and her peach-blossom eyes, but most of all he loved the feeling in her gaze. When she looked at him, it was deep and focused, as if there were no one else in the world.

She truly loved him beyond measure.

Sometimes Xiao Zhenlan thought that a rare beauty was hard to find and the past impossible to recover. When he eventually made her empress, perhaps he would restore her real name.

But Xiao Zhenlan never lived to see that day.

Three years of intimate closeness ended with a dagger pressed to his throat at a palace banquet. The rebels stormed in. Xiao Zhenlan fought desperately, but was ultimately defeated. Forced to kneel on the ground, he looked up at the woman seated high above him.

"Why did you betray me?!"

Before he knew it, his accusation had become a plea. Xiao Zhenlan murmured, "I truly cared for you..."

He called out, "Jingyan..."

The woman smiled brightly down at him. "Your Majesty's devotion is indeed profound. What a pity."

"Alas, my name is Fu Tanxi."

Author's note:

The heroine's sister and the hero never had any romantic involvement. The sister was simply a good person, and the hero was a lovesick fool who misunderstood her. From the heroine's perspective, the hero is nothing but a menace who got her sister killed.

Later, the heroine's family takes the throne. She is raised as a princess and keeps male lovers for a time, in a one-on-one relationship. The hero grovels and worships her from beginning to end, and stays faithful. You could say he finally wins her over. Happy ending.

Theme: Whether fortune or misfortune, love or hate, never forget your original resolve.