Bodhisattva Barbarian

Support the official version! The full book costs one cup of Mixue. My next book will be A Toast Together. Please add it to your collection! A ruthless, unhinged, vicious-dog prince vs. a black-lotus princess sent abroad for a political marriage Zhu Hengzhi is lovely and graceful, with a fragrant mouth and a slender waist, radiant as a lotus in bloom. Having lost the person she could depend on at a young age, she has spent years pretending to be cautious and meek, but still can't escape the jealousy of others. At the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, she is falsely accused of plotting against her younger sister and a court official. She is forced to fall out with her legitimate younger sister. If she stays in Chu, she will die. But she wants to live. So she volunteers to marry abroad. She sits in her sedan chair, waiting from noon until dusk before she finally sees a dim light. The bone-chilling northern wind fills her sleeves and whips at her temples. Nearly frozen into unconsciousness, she instinctively lifts the curtain and grabs someone's robe. It is the Crown Prince of Yan, famed for his military victories and ruthless nature. Just as the rumors say, he mercilessly grips her chin. "Don't look at me like that. You're marrying my father." Tears brim in her eyes, but she cannot speak, and his grip hurts. "Stop making that face. I've never fallen for that sort of thing." * But this so-called political marriage is only a change from one cage to another. She still has no control over her own fate. At the first palace banquet after she arrives in Yan, Qin Que is caught in a scheme. She has not yet been formally titled, so the man she is to marry is changed to Qin Que, the Crown Prince. But Qin Que had originally planned to marry the Chief Councillor's granddaughter to secure his support. As a result, Qin Que feels neither respect nor love for her. In the fifteenth year of Yongyi, Qin Que ascends the throne. She seizes her chance to escape. But Qin Que stops her outside the city. She steps back again and again as Qin Que closes in. "Where are you going with my child?" * But no one could have imagined, Qin Que himself included, that he would be consumed by grief after the clever young woman he had liked at first sight "died." That a supposedly heartless ruler would hold her hand against his chest and say in a trembling voice, "Hengzhi, won't you take pity on me...?" [Reading Guide] 1. 1v1, both leads' firsts, happy ending, happy ending, happy ending! 2. The male lead's character in the blurb only shows one side of him. No whitewashing. 3. The heroine only seems weak at first. At heart, she's still a black lotus! 4. A pure, unhinged romance. The setting is very loosely based on history, so please don't overanalyze it. The plot serves the romance, and some plot points may not be entirely logical. If that bothers you, proceed with caution. Coming in June: The Empress Dowager Only Wants to Rule the Realm A faux ambitious Grand Tutor vs. a truly ruthless Empress Dowager [Two powerful leads] [Political scheming] Li Huiyi plots and calculates with painstaking care for ten years, her hands covered in blood as she climbs step by step from the Crown Prince's concubine to a consort, and then to Empress. But to prevent her from ruling from behind the curtain, the emperor leaves an edict ordering her to be buried with him. She has only two choices: Kill the emperor, seize the throne, and live, or obey the edict, be buried with him, and die. Of course she can't die. So she approaches Shen Zhu, one of the emperor's closest officials. "A wise man doesn't stand beneath a crumbling wall. If he doesn't die, I will." And so, they begin to work together in secret. * She rules the court as Empress Dowager, but everything is only just beginning. Land seizures in Guanzhong, military provisions in the northern frontier, the sale of official posts, treason and collusion with the enemy... When the old scandals come to light, she realizes the Great Wei has long been a tattered ruin. The war drums of Yuyang shake the earth. She takes up her spear once more and dons her helmet again. Snow falls at Guazhou, warhorses scatter at Sanguan. She returns to the capital and rules with a light hand. * For years, amid upheaval across the rivers and passes, Shen Zhu remains at her side as a loyal counselor, never revealing his true intentions and never backing down. Someone asks him, "Can't you tell the Empress Dowager is scheming against you and using you?" Of course he knows. He sees it all clearly, yet he does it willingly, even gladly. Because the person who put him in chains is Li Huiyi. And it can only ever be Li Huiyi. [Reading Guide] 1. 1v1, happy ending! Happy ending! Happy ending! The heroine is not a virgin; the hero is. 2. Set in an imaginary dynasty, with no real-life model or stand-in! The plot may be somewhat heavier, with a large ensemble cast. 3. There are no good people in political scheming. Don't hold the main characters to too high a moral standard. Theme: Live even when facing death.