A Palace Maid's Rise to the Top

My next novel, Reborn as the Moonlight in His Heart, is open for follows. Synopsis below.

Synopsis

Sun Yun'er was neither as beautiful as her older sister nor as clever as her younger one. At the selection of palace maidens, however, an old eunuch chose her from among a whole crowd of lovely young women.

After arriving in the capital, Sun Yun'er fought her way through one challenge after another and was made a Beauty.

Compared with the other women in the palace, Sun Yun'er was still the least remarkable in looks, bearing, and even education.

What's more, ever since she was born, she'd been raised as a carefree, wealthy idler. How could life in the palace possibly be easy?

She had planned to live out her days alone, but the emperor was a paragon among men, impossible for Sun Yun'er not to admire and look up to.

So she adjusted her mindset and cultivated herself.

From Beauty to Lady, then Concubine and Consort, she rose one rank at a time until she finally stood by his side.

The empress's throne was within reach, yet she never seemed fortunate enough to claim it.

Sun Yun'er decided to retire at Ci'en Temple.

Who knew her good fortune was still to come?

New Story Idea

Reborn as the Moonlight in His Heart:

In her previous life, Xie Yao married down to the top scholar, Cui Zhao. Despite his cold and taciturn nature, she willingly became the capable woman behind him, taking care of everything for him.

When she suddenly fell ill, she was still thinking about helping him plan his future once she recovered. Who could have guessed she'd overhear him wishing her dead?

After Xie Yao died, she saw her close friend Fang Luo take his hand. "I'll take care of you in Yao Yao's place."

Cui Zhao's expression flickered. "Are you truly willing to be the wife of a Grand Secretary, alone at the top?"

When Fang Luo answered yes, Cui Zhao nodded. "All right. I accept."

When Xie Yao opened her eyes again, she had returned to the days before her marriage.

Marry beneath her station and meekly become someone's shadow? No way!

She, Xie Yao, was going to live for herself!

Cui Zhao had been clever and quick-witted since childhood, and his career advanced smoothly at every turn.

In the Golden Throne Hall, he dared to speak at length and debate confidently with the emperor. At the Qionglin Banquet, he could also comport himself with ease and perfect manners before the empress and princesses.

Yet when faced with the pretty Princess Yu Rong, Cui Zhao lost every bit of his usual cleverness.

She was like a sharp arrow, striking straight through his heart. More importantly, she was the very person who had appeared in his dreams for the past ten years.

After they married, Cui Zhao could never make sense of the princess's way of drawing close and then pulling away, so he asked her about it. The princess taught him that only when you love yourself can others love you.

Cui Zhao: ...Actually, I just want you to see how I feel about you.

The princess knows how to tame her husband

Theme: Be content and happy, yet never stop striving