I Make My Home in the Spring Mountains

[The complete story is finished, so read with confidence~]

[The next book is Reborn and Married to My Nemesis. The preview is at the very bottom.]

Shen Chunwu was the most beautiful woman in the capital. When her family suddenly fell from power and every last one of them was executed, she was ordered to marry the heir of the Gu family.

As if that weren't enough, an accident before the wedding left her blind.

At the wedding banquet, her fiancé suddenly went missing. Her parents-in-law splashed scalding tea on her and shouted, "Who would marry a jinx like you?!"

Baseless accusations came crashing down on her like a tidal wave. She stumbled backward, and someone deliberately snatched away her cane, leaving her helpless and humiliated.

As she fell, a cool, firm hand caught her.

"I will marry her."

The man's voice was clear and rich, like gold sinking and jade falling, uniquely beautiful.

At the same time, she heard everyone drop to their knees. They addressed him as Prince Xiangping.

He was the most feared man in all of Great Chu, with power over the entire court. Military officers called him a living demon on the battlefield; civil officials called him a ruthless legalist in the bureaucracy. Even the emperor feared him.

-

That very night, the whole capital was abuzz: Prince Xiangping, that madman, had returned to the capital and, on his very first day, brazenly defied the imperial wedding decree and forced the daughter of a convicted official to marry him.

Her former fiancé, along with all those who envied Chunwu and wanted to see her reduced to a laughingstock, waited for her to regret it, to come crawling back and beg him to save her from misery. But they waited and waited, only to see her rise from princess consort to empress, second to none and above all others.

[The heroine's story]

Shen Chunwu knew she and Prince Xiangping were worlds apart. He had married her out of a mere scrap of pity.

She understood perfectly that to get what she wanted, she first had to give something in return.

As his princess consort, she kept to her place, gentle and obedient, becoming his confidante and his tender refuge, playing the part of a loving couple with him to perfection.

Her disguise was flawless. She even fooled herself, to the point that everyone in Fengjing knew the princess consort loved the prince with all her heart.

That is, until the day her family was exonerated. With her revenge complete, she left behind a divorce agreement and went far away.

She had no idea that the whole affair would cause an uproar, and that Prince Xiangping, who had always seemed to have everything under control, would scour the city for her with bloodshot eyes, searching every last inch like a man possessed.

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Rain pattered softly. In a mountain hut, a man stood with his hands behind his back. The spring light perfectly sculpted his features, austere and elegant as mountains and valleys. The bamboo door creaked open, and he glanced over without a care.

Shen Chunwu caught the scent of dragon's-blood incense in the misty rain and froze. Once, he had been a prince feared by all. Now, he was the supreme ruler of the realm.

She turned to flee, but Sheng Shi seized her slender waist and pulled her forcefully against him. Helpless and fragile, she was trapped in his arms.

The new emperor lowered his cool, restrained gaze, yet his eyes burned like torches, as though he meant to consume her. Chunwu's knees went weak.

His gaze lowered, and with it came his warm, almost whispered words:

"Awu, you have only two choices."

"Either come back and be my empress, and share this realm with me."

"Or I'll accompany you straight to the Avici Hell."

[The hero's story]

Sheng Shi was a monster who lacked emotion and could feel neither joy nor sorrow.

The seventh son of the emperor, he was neglected because he was born to a concubine and sent to the frontier for twenty years. The battles numbed him until he became indifferent to life and death.

During a surprise attack by the enemy, he was nearly bled dry when a young girl rescued him and carried him back.

She had a pair of extraordinarily beautiful eyes, their depths filled with a brilliant galaxy.

Even after all these years, he still remembered what she had said:

"I read your fortune. You're a star of martial prowess sent down by Heaven, destined to travel far and protect the lands of Great Chu."

"I just went to the underworld to give them a heads-up. The King of Hell wouldn't dare take you."

"You have to live, or all I've done for you will have been for nothing. Understand?"

The wandering boy waited for the girl who had come to ferry him to safety.

He survived.

From an obscure nobody to a crowned king, his first half of life was spent in bloody battles, with his life always on the line, all for the sake of those final words:

"Awu, I'm back to marry you."

[She planted flowers in a madman's heart. From then on, his life held less desolation and more moonlight.]

-A real forced marriage, a fake power grab-

Characters: [An obsessive, possessive, devoted and loyal hero vs. a radiant, delicate, patient heroine like a sunflower]

[Reader's guide]

1. The heroine doesn't recognize the hero at first, and regains her sight later.

2. This is a one-on-one romance, with a happy ending and both leads' first relationship.

3. This is a story about two poor souls healing each other. I hope you enjoy it!

Coming soon: Reborn and Married to My Nemesis

After the old emperor died, Shen Yingge, a noble consort, was blamed for bringing ruin to the realm and sentenced to drink poison.

The man who personally escorted her to her death was Xie Zan, a treacherous official who wielded power over the entire court.

He was notorious for his harshness and brutality, ruthless and heartless.

Before Shen Yingge entered the palace, she had tried to win Xie Zan's favor. She schemed her way into his bed and did everything she could to seduce him, but he remained unmoved and threw her out of the Xie residence.

He was born noble, making her seem so lowly by comparison.

Clinging to the last scraps of her dignity, Shen Yingge gritted her teeth and fought for survival in the palace, climbing higher step by step.

At last, she became the emperor's favorite. Seizing her chance to take revenge, she crippled Xie Zan's leg, condemning him to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

She never expected him to hold on to his grudge all this time and insist on putting her to death.

But then, she had never been a good woman. She had lived selfishly and coldly, doing every wicked thing imaginable.

Shen Yingge carelessly poured the poisoned wine onto the ground.

"Dying from poison is too ugly. Even if I have to die, I want to look beautiful."

She drew Xie Zan's sword and smiled sweetly.

"If there's another life, I'd rather never see you again and live quietly as a good person. Do you believe me?"

Xie Zan said nothing, but the cold sneer at the corner of his lips answered for him.

He didn't believe her at all.

She smiled, raised the sword, and cut her own throat in front of him.

-

The good news: she was reborn.

The bad news: she hadn't gone back to the past. Instead, she'd become Xie Zan's newly wedded wife.

His first wife was frail and sickly, and was said to be Xie Zan's unattainable first love. Shen Yingge was utterly heartbroken, so she simply accepted her fate, treated the first wife kindly, and settled into a comfortable life as a rich man's wife.

Until one day, she unexpectedly found a portrait of herself in Xie Zan's study.

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Xie Zan was cold and merciless. After the late emperor died, he usurped the young emperor's power, leaving the entire court trembling in silence. People of the day denounced him as a "corrupt minister."

He had once thought he and she could keep loving and hating each other for the rest of their lives.

But when he looked back, she was no longer there, beyond the lamplight.

Before she entered the palace, he was upright and principled.

After she entered the palace, he became the premier for a consort.

"Yingge, Yingge" sounded like a noisy name. At first, he found it annoying. Later, he realized that when she wasn't making noise, everything felt too quiet.

The poisoned wine he had once sentenced her to drink had been switched for a cup of sweet water.

She thought he wanted her dead.

In truth, he wanted her to live.

Only Shen Yingge could bring the liveliness he longed for.

Theme: Stay true to your original aspirations, and you will reach your destination.