After the Foolish Beauty Ran Away from Her Wedding

*A straightforward little dummy & a scheming marquis / a sweet little romance

*Next up: Peace for the Noble Consort

Story blurb:

A Qiao had lived a smooth and happy life for sixteen years. Then one day, she overheard her parents saying they wanted to arrange a betrothal for her.

Her prospective groom was none other than Xu Sunian, the ruthless, bloodthirsty Marquis of Duanyang.

Terrified, A Qiao had nightmares all night and decided to run away from the wedding.

She secretly hired a carriage from a coach company and arranged to meet the driver on South Street at Mao hour the next day.

The next day, she slung a little bundle over her shoulder and went to West Street. Sure enough, there was a carriage.

A Qiao immediately climbed aboard, only to find someone inside.

Why was the driver still sleeping at this hour? A Qiao went over and shoved him awake, threatening, "Stop sleeping! Xu Sunian is here!"

Xu Sunian, who had been about to take a short nap: ?

After traveling together for a while, A Qiao found the driver more and more appealing. He was tall and handsome, and had a good temper, though he was a little poor.

But that was fine. A Qiao gave her little bundle a pat. She had money.

Before long, her father and elder brother came in person with people to catch her.

A Qiao took the man's hand and mustered the courage to confess to her father, "I want to marry him."

Her father's vision went black as he looked at the man beside his daughter. "You are..."

The man calmly blocked the young woman's escape route and replied respectfully, "I am Xu Sunian."

A sweet romance.

One-on-one, happy ending, both leads have never been with anyone else.

Blurb for Peace for the Noble Consort

Because of her beauty and the emperor's favor, Wen Yu had always been seen by the court officials as a bewitching calamity who seduced the ruler.

Some ministers who considered themselves upright even refused to attend banquets she was at.

The most notable among them was the emperor's younger brother, Prince Duan, Huo Yuan Ting.

Not long after Wen Yu first entered the palace, they ran into each other in the imperial garden. As Huo Yuan Ting leaned forward to bow, she accidentally touched his finger. He actually turned and walked away in front of everyone.

Later, whenever she accompanied the emperor, she could always feel Huo Yuan Ting watching her with a cold, snake-like gaze.

Wen Yu had always thought it meant he despised and looked down on her.

Until the emperor died suddenly, before Wen Yu could flee the palace as planned, and someone locked her in a secret chamber.

It was none other than Huo Yuan Ting, the man everyone regarded as the most dignified and self-possessed, so cool and aloof that he had no interest in women.

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At a palace banquet a year earlier.

The guests watched the emperor's beautiful new favorite, Wen, some envious, some regretful.

Only Huo Yuan Ting kept his gaze straight ahead, utterly unconcerned.

But no one knew what filthy thoughts lurked beneath his dignified, noble exterior.

Since she had become the emperor's woman, he would simply take the throne from him.

The heroine has prior experience; the hero does not / happy ending.