The Grand Princess and the Pushover

[My first book. Very rough, not recommended.]

Timid, cowardly, downtrodden uke x powerful, aloof, high-ranking princess seme

Wei Yan, from Qingzhou, is an unfavored concubine-born daughter of the Wei family. Her legal mother sent her to Qingzhou at birth, and she wasn't brought to the capital until she was fifteen. Everyone in the household despises her as the third daughter, Wei San.

Li Shiwei of the capital was once the least favored princess. Now she is the regent princess, wielding power over the court. With a wave of her hand, she could grind a nobody like Wei Yan into the dirt.

Two people of such vastly different backgrounds should never have crossed paths. Ultimately, it all goes back to Wei Yan's father.

Everyone knows Grand Tutor Wei has three daughters:

His legitimate daughter, Wei Mingzhu, his precious darling whom he loves so much he fears she might melt in his mouth.

His eldest daughter, Wei Mingyu, his precious darling whom he holds in his palm for fear she'll fall.

His third daughter, Wei Yan. Which concubine's daughter was she again? Never mind. Send her to the palace to secure a bright future for the Wei family.

Because of this imaginary bright future, Wei Yan is left in danger at the city gates, only to be rescued by Li Shiwei. And so, in this mortal world, another couple falls in love.

*

The noble young ladies of the capital all know Wei Yan, Grand Tutor Wei's concubine-born daughter, an insignificant pawn destined to pave the way for the Wei family.

To her face, they warmly call her sister. Behind her back, they call her a country bumpkin.

Separated by a bamboo curtain, Wei Yan hears every word clearly, but she can't say a thing.

She's sitting in the princess's arms, blushing furiously as the princess kisses her waist. She can barely catch her breath, let alone speak.

*

The current emperor is still young, and the regent princess, Li Shiwei, holds the reins of government.

People of the time sighed, "If only she had been born a man, there'd be no need for a young emperor."

The princess is cold-hearted by nature. On a snowy night, when she purges the court of the emperor's enemies and holds her sword to her uncle's throat, Li Shiwei doesn't so much as change expression as hot blood splashes across her face.

She once thought herself incapable of loving anyone.

She never imagined that the Wei family's third daughter, the timid girl who always kept her eyes lowered, would remain in her heart for the rest of her life.

From then on, for her sake, the princess does everything she has never done before.

*

Princess Li Shiwei: "A Yan, I've taken ninety-nine steps toward you. Could you take just one step toward me?"

Wei Yan looks up and silently takes one step forward.

1. A fluffy, uke-focused story. The uke suffers early on, and the side characters are dumbed down.

2. The uke is insecure and sensitive, never stands up for herself, and cries. A bit of a universal favorite, except among the Wei family.

3. Complete. I don't recommend people who read pirated copies and have a subscription rate below 10% deliberately coming to the latest chapter's comments to leave their mark, but I can't stop you if that's really what you want.

4. I recommend my ongoing infinity-flow story, about Xuan Yi and Yun Lang.

5. That's all for now.

Theme: Don't let waiting become a regret