The Struggle for the Throne

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A revenge-driven orphan who loves fiercely and hates fiercely x a beautiful, unhinged rising star of a noble family

To avenge her father, Wei Xin changed her name to Zhang Yi and became a ninth-rank clerk in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. After solving the Golden Case, she shot to fame and earned Empress Dowager Dou's favor, receiving an exceptional promotion to seventh-rank secretary.

Grand Censor Yuwen Tai has already begun to suspect her true identity.

Yuwen Tai is beautiful, charming, ruthless, and cold-blooded. He is always hounding her, and she simply cannot get away from him.

"Let's be honest with each other."

"Are you planning to report me?"

Playing with fire and taking what they each needed, Wei Xin only waited for her father's name to be cleared and her mission to be complete.

She would return openly to Jiangzhou, forget the people and events of Jincheng, and become wind, become cloud.

With the sky above and clouds stretching far, she would roam the world.

But Yuwen Tai refused to let her go. Even after she had been demoted, he still clung to her like a ghost...

In Kangcheng, he came after her like a specter.

Just like back then, he sneered. "We each got what we wanted, and then went our separate ways. Don't even think about it!"

"It's been nearly a year. Have you missed me?"

"A little. Not that much."

"But I've missed you terribly."

Reading guide:

1. Both leads are each other's only ones. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

2. Set in an alternate world inspired by the Tang Dynasty.

3. The male lead becomes emperor.

Next novel: Cold Fu

A strategic, clear-headed heroine x a scheming, depraved nobleman

In the third year of the Qingtai era, a great flood struck Hanyang. Song Zhi, a peasant girl, went to the county office to ask for grain. By a twist of fate, she became embroiled in a murder case and nearly faced execution by hanging.

While fleeing, she knocked out a coachman and, as an afterthought, took Gu Huan, an imperial envoy sent to provide disaster relief, hostage.

One is a scheming son of a noble family; the other, a lowly peasant girl burdened by a blood feud. He promises her a brilliant future; she promises him her undivided loyalty.

She avenges her father's death and brings down the noble clans. She turns a simple brawl into a case of corruption and favoritism, toppling the deputy grand censor; then she turns a simple embezzlement case into a deadly treason plot, taking down the chief eunuch of the Secret Archives, followed by Ronghua of the Hexiang House.

History judges her both harshly and kindly. Some say she is ruthless and heartless; others say she is loyal and compassionate.

She gazed deeply at Gu Huan and repeated her familiar words: "I want to save more people."

From peasant girl to powerful minister who held sway over the court, she was devoted to her cause, yet astonishingly clear-eyed.

After bringing down so many people, Gu Huan eventually fell into her hands too.

She had only one thought: Gu Huan should hurry up and die.

Killing her husband to prove her devotion to the Way would be enough to show the new emperor how loyal and capable she was.

1. Both leads are each other's only ones. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

2. The perspectives differ, but both the hero and heroine are active players. Rest assured.

3. Alternate Western Jin setting. Don't take the historical details too seriously.

4. The leads have varying moral standards. Their opinions and actions are not the author's. The protagonists' values do not represent the author's, so please don't apply them to real life.

Blurb dated August 17, 2026, 1:20 p.m.

Theme: Punish evil, promote good, and spread positive energy