Palace Master, Please Don't Kiss Me

Naturally scheming empress-type heroine × gentle, obedient homemaker-type hero

Jiang Yan was born with a Heavenly Demon physique. Everyone feared, loathed, and hated her, afraid that her bad luck might rub off on them.

In the first half of her life, she listened to her family and refrained from killing, hoping to lessen Heaven's wrath.

In the second half, she met him. He praised her kindness and put her on a pedestal, and to win his favor, she truly lived like an ordinary person.

But one day, when the demonic energy inside her erupted, the person she cherished most plunged a sword into her dantian and abandoned her for someone else. Her own family watched coldly as she leaped into the Sea of No Return and was reduced to pieces.

When she opened her eyes again, Ji Wuyan had become an ordinary person, with a disfigured little slave by her side whom she had saved on a whim.

At first, Ji Wuyan thought he had ulterior motives. She coldly told him not to indulge in wishful thinking or presume above his station.

The little slave agreed expressionlessly.

Later, Ji Wuyan became a demon feared by all, slaying any god who stood in her way and standing proud above the world as she fought her way into the Nine Realms of Xuantian.

The little slave remained steadfastly by her side, always holding a place at Ji Wuyan's side.

Later still, Ji Wuyan became the strongest person in the Nine Realms, and the little slave became her right-hand man.

But when Ji Wuyan finally developed feelings for the little slave who served her so devotedly, he remained expressionless and calmly slipped out of her arms.

He said with utmost sincerity, "Rest assured, Your Excellency. I would never presume above my station."

Alas, the little slave had become a guardian and was determined to honor her as his master, so Ji Wuyan had to try a different approach.

When her hands were cold, she tucked them into the little slave's arms to warm up. When she had a task, she sent him to handle it, then went to meet him herself. When she was injured, she hid him in her bedroom. When she was angry, she bundled him up to warm her bed...

When her followers started gossiping that the two of them were having an affair, Ji Wuyan laughed merrily and paid the rumors no mind.

But for the first time, the little slave got angry. He grabbed his sword and went to find the person who started the rumors. "Presuming above one's station is punishable by death!"

That might have been the end of it, but when Ji Wuyan came home with a birthday gift, she found the little slave kneeling before her with a bright red wedding invitation in hand. "Palace Master, I'm getting married."

"I allowed you to follow me, so you must know your place."

Six years ago, his own older brother left him at the entrance to a brothel.

When the woman passed by and saved him, she warned him of this.

Luo Hanqiu had always remembered her words and served diligently, never daring to overstep.

So he had never expected to have any sort of relationship with Ji Wuyan. In his eyes, a master was a master, and a slave was a slave. That was the lesson Ji Wuyan had taught him.

She had saved his life. The only thing he could do was obey her.

But one day, the Ji Wuyan who had always told him not to presume above his station suddenly told him to be willful just this once, to disobey her just this once.

Luo Hanqiu thought it over and decided she had a point. So he agreed to the Right Guardian's bonding ceremony and, following mortal custom, invited the elder he had in mind, Ji Wuyan, to witness it.

And that one act of willfulness cost him both guardians:

One became a bodyguard, and the other became the Palace Master's husband...

What left him even more at a loss was that his wise and mighty Palace Master had apparently lost her mind. She threw all dignity to the wind and kissed him every day in front of everyone else in the palace.

[Reading Guide] 1. Female-dominant society, in both spirit and body.

2. The heroine is normal. She doesn't grow any strange appendages.

3. The author is a loving parent. I don't write angst, and I won't whitewash villains.

4. I love equally matched couples where the heroine is stronger, and their love goes both ways. They have eyes only for each other, and their feelings are unmistakable. Even if someone else has a crush on one of them, the leads will put a stop to it immediately. I'm not good at writing tragic romances, and I don't like them either. Thank you, and let's keep going!

5. The hero isn't very strong, but he's special and has a natural cauldron physique.

6. Women never kill each other over a man.

Theme: Autumn comes suddenly in the evening. We never saw our hair turn white together.