Looking back on her life, Zhao Yushu could never understand how a princess who only knew how to indulge herself had gotten caught up in the royal power struggle.
All her peaceful days vanished the moment her consort led troops into the imperial city.
Everyone called her husband, Xiao Yu, a traitorous rebel, but Zhao Yushu didn't believe them.
Reborn into another life, she still married him. Zhao Yushu was troubled. How could the little couple, who had schemed against each other and lived together in name only in their previous life, enjoy a life of splendor this time around?
Later, Zhao Yushu figured it out. A princess was better off having a little power. If she took part of her own accord, she wouldn't accidentally become someone else's cannon fodder.
Oh well, she'd take things as they came~
"That was much later. They called me a princess who had thrown the court into chaos, and Xiao Zixian an ambitious relative by marriage. The two of us huddled together for warmth at the very top of the power ladder."
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"I know Zhao Yushu isn't a good woman. She drove me out of our bridal chamber, kept male lovers in her household, thought herself above everyone, and ordered people around. She never once took me seriously. But I... still fell hopelessly in love with her, twice." That was what Xiao Yu said.
At first, Xiao Yu had looked down on Zhao Yushu. A princess that arrogant was trouble for anyone who got close to her.
Later, Xiao Yu: I take it all back.
○ Happy ending; both leads are reborn
○ A fictional setting inspired by the Tang and Song dynasties. Please don't nitpick the history.
○ There is a supporting male character who looks very similar to the male lead.
○ The male lead is a hopeless romantic to the tenth degree and can't live without the female lead.
○ The female lead is clear-headed and power-hungry. She'll get to enjoy being an empress in the end.
○ At first, the female lead has no memories of her previous life. She remembers later.
[Coming next: Mr. Gu and Miss Fang [Republican Era]] Please add it to your list~
Before their wedding, Gu Tingzhang recommended himself to Fang Wanyin like this: "I'm handsome, rich, and powerful, and I don't like coming home. In every way, I'm just as good as your former fiance. Think about letting me be your husband, and I guarantee I'll slap the faces of everyone who looked down on you."
Fang Wanyin asked, puzzled, "Why me in particular?"
Gu Tingzhang said, "Because I need a wife who won't keep tabs on me."
After they married, she lived in the magnificent Gu family mansion, rode in an elegant white Pontiac, and drank white wine that only French ladies could afford to taste. He spoiled her until she became Shanghai's most high-class socialite. No one would look down on her again.
A handsome, wealthy husband who never comes home? To Fang Wanyin, the Gu household was paradise.
But later, Fang Wanyin held her aching waist and counted on her fingers:
How many days in a row had Gu Tingzhang come home?
What happened to the playboy he'd promised to be?
Had the playboy really turned over a new leaf?
They were both convincing liars.
He said he was a playboy, and she said she only loved money.
Also known as: Young Marshal's Wife, You Can't Hide Your Secret Identity; The Daily Life of Writing Novels in the Republican Era
[spoiled, pleasure-loving, bookish Miss Fang x easygoing playboy Mr. Gu]
○ One-on-one romance; both leads are inexperienced; happy ending
○ A fictional Republican-era setting. Please don't nitpick the history.
○ Romantic rival's downfall; the second male lead gets his comeuppance.
○ The ending really is happy, but the story won't romanticize that era.
○ The female lead has her own career and secret identities, which the male lead knows nothing about.
○ Six-year age gap; long-planned pursuit; marriage first, love later; the male lead pretends to be a playboy but truly changes his ways.
○ The female lead's "vanity" is just her protective shell. She empathizes with the suffering of ordinary people in that era, and the story has sound values.
Theme: Cherish the person in front of you
Woohoo I finally finished reading it. I feel comfortable when I see the heroine ascending the throne. I wish I could write more after she ascends the throne.