A Mistake in a Dream [Transmigrate into a Book]

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Qin Jianlan transmigrates into the heroine of a tragic romance novel. Her original ending is to marry a hostage prince from an enemy nation, then be implicated by him when war breaks out between their countries and sentenced to death by the emperor.

Qin Jianlan doesn't want to die. She is determined to dump her useless, good-for-nothing husband and stay away from the hostage prince's residence.

For her first attempt, she pins her hopes on the Fourth Prince, the original heroine's childhood sweetheart.

At a palace banquet, Qin Jianlan throws caution to the wind. Trembling, she sidles up to Li Xuanyan and takes his hand, her eyes brimming with tears as she tries to stir his sympathy. "Although He Zijing caught my embroidered ball that year, you promised to take me away from the capital... Does that promise still stand?"

Amid the bitter wind, Li Xuanyan grips her wrist in return.

Regretful red fills his phoenix eyes. Unable to contain his emotions, he says in a trembling voice, "I was the one who caught your embroidered ball that year."

Qin Jianlan: o.0 Did I just uncover a secret between the original owner and the Fourth Prince?

For her second attempt, she has no choice but to pin her hopes on her good-for-nothing husband, who has learned that war between the two nations is imminent and is too terrified to step outside the residence.

With the gates locked tight, Qin Jianlan turns around and clenches her fist with determination, trying to encourage He Zijing, who is cowering in a corner, trembling and ashen-faced. "Get me out of here. We'll fight our way back to your country and save both our lives!"

Her real plan is to leave He Zijing as soon as they get outside the city gates.

That way, she won't end up like the original owner, spending the first half of her life wandering from place to place with He Zijing only to be sentenced to death in the end.

He Zijing knows that once war breaks out between the two nations, he will surely die if he stays in the residence as a hostage prince.

Yet all he does is drown his sorrows in drink, getting so drunk every day that he can barely speak.

He even timidly tugs at her sleeve, looking aggrieved as he stammers, "The person I married was clearly a refined young lady from a general's household... When did your temper become so... violent?"

Qin Jianlan's vision goes black. Both attempts are hopeless. How is she supposed to survive against all odds?

-

Then war breaks out at the border, and smoke signals rise everywhere.

Qin Jianlan is focused on dumping her good-for-nothing husband when, in a moment of carelessness, she falls into a trap.

In her panic, she looks up and sees a figure dressed in black.

His tall, slender form stands outside the door, like a god descending from the heavens.

He Zijing grips a dagger, his breathing low and labored. "Jianlan, I've come to save you."

Qin Jianlan stares at him in shock. Wasn't he supposed to be good-for-nothing? How did he become their strongest fighter?

No one ever told her that a dissolute hostage prince could wield a saber, draw a bow, and ride a horse with ease.

Nor was she prepared to climb onto He Zijing's horse and become a fugitive from the imperial court!

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When He Zijing was seven, Suzhou City fell.

His father, the great ruler of the grasslands, took his little hand and personally handed him over to the great general of the Shan region, trading his freedom for a truce between the two nations.

For thirteen years in the Shan capital, He Zijing knew nothing of poetry or song, but had perfected his own way of playing drinking games and enjoying wine with courtesans.

He Zijing was rarely home to begin with, so he never expected Qin Jianlan to do much for him.

He only wanted her to behave herself and calmly play the part of a pretty ornament in the hostage prince's residence.

But she doesn't cry or make a fuss. With impeccable grace and modesty, she lowers her lashes in shy embarrassment, then turns around and asks:

"Can you divorce me?"

She is determined to leave him and refuses to give in, no matter what he says.

But where else in this world could he find anyone like her? Her face is as lovely as spring blossoms, her red dress bright and vivid; her eyes sparkle, and she rides a little red horse straight into his heart.

He Zijing can no longer stand it. He braces one hand beneath her chin and leans against the brick wall, leaving her nowhere to retreat.

In the watery moonlight, a hint of ruthlessness glimmers in his peach-blossom eyes. His teeth clench as he speaks coldly beside her ear. "Qin Jianlan, you've got some nerve. You run so well, and you're still determined to stay far away from me?"

[Dissolute, Ambitious Wolf vs. Headstrong Fake Heiress]

On the day Suzhou's elite troops march south to attack the city, Qin Jianlan carries a shocking secret about the thirty years of turmoil in her dynasty. She urges her fiery red horse across the spring grass, determined to break free of the tragic romance novel's predetermined fate.

Thousands of miles away, He Zijing holds out his hands as cold iron shackles are locked around his wrists. The cart transporting death-row prisoners rolls slowly over the frozen river. His black-clad figure sways with it, and his peach-blossom eyes turn toward the vast snowy wilderness beyond the silk curtains, where snowflakes drift through the air. Facing the phantom image of the woman deep in his memories, he offers one final farewell.

At that moment, Li Xuanyan stands before an army, wielding a heavy iron longbow and wearing shining silver armor. His arrow points at the instigator who bound their fates tightly together.

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Both leads are sexually inexperienced, and this is a one-on-one romance. No need to guess who the male lead is: [Highlight] The male lead is He Zijing.

The heroine is initially a fence-sitter, leaning toward whoever seems more reliable. She grows into an independent, powerful woman later on, with a character-growth arc.

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For Lu Fengxing, the day Zhong Yi pawned her precious camera and gave up on traveling to the Arctic Ocean to watch the whales migrate was nothing more than another long, stifling summer afternoon of his youth. They were eighteen then. There was always someone in the classroom who thought finishing that exam would let them start a brand-new life, but Lu Fengxing knew his own life was actually very short, because every tomorrow was only a repeat of yesterday.

Until a tall girl stood before him and lifted her swanlike, fair and delicate neck. Her face was as lovely as spring blossoms, her eyes sparkling. "My name is Zhong Yi. It's nice to meet you."

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The novel after next, Swordheart, is now available for preorder. Reborn, she takes a System up the mountain to win over the amnesiac leader of the enemy demonic cult!

Theme: Refuse to depend on others. Be independent and self-reliant.