The Princess Royal's Sword

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This book: Max-power dog-training empress × love-struck hero who plays the fool while hiding his true abilities

Xie Tan died in the year she was at the height of her power. That year, as a princess, she rose to the very pinnacle of courtly influence. She could have anything she wanted, and command the wind and rain alike.

There was only one person she could never have: Pei Wangting, an upright gentleman, aloof and proud, the moonlight in her heart.

But great trees attract the wind. The suspicious emperor ended her life with a single sword.

As she died, the face that appeared before her eyes belonged to Ji Shuhe, the second son of the Duke of An's household, a notorious wastrel.

How strange. Wasn't Pei Wangting the one she loved?

When she opened her eyes again, time had returned to seven years earlier, before the wheels of fate had begun to turn.

Before she could make a move, both men came looking for her.

Ji Shuhe, second son of the Duke of An, was handsome as a painting, bright as the sun and moon. People called him the Jade Ewer Gentleman.

You would think a man like that had no worries, but he had one great heartache: he was hopelessly in love with the reigning princess, who would not have him.

But at the princess's side stood one man after another: on her left, a brilliant scholar who had topped all three imperial examinations, the moonlight of her heart; on her right, a gentle and considerate young attendant.

Then he looked at himself in the bronze mirror: mediocre talent, frail health, and only a face that might inspire a little pity.

One day, when his legitimate elder brother fell into trouble, he went to her residence to beg for help.

At first she had no intention of helping me. But after looking at my face, she spoke of my dazzling beauty and offered herself to me.

Offered herself to me?!

Then this was his chance!

1. One true pairing. The romance and plot are balanced equally. The heroine will ascend the throne alone in the end; she will not share it with the hero.

2. The heroine has a harem, but it is only background. The romantic storyline is one-on-one.

3. The dynasty is fictional, and the setting is full of original inventions. Please don't overanalyze the historical details.

[Scheming, high-born villainess with a flair for acting × Chief Secretary who thinks he's the substitute for her moonlight]

[Punishment as a way to beg for love] [Younger brother takes his elder brother's wife]

Everyone knows that Xie Lingyi, eldest daughter of the Xie clan of Chen Commandery, is cultured, refined, gentle, and compliant. No one knows that she has kept a man locked up in her rear courtyard for three years.

The eighth day of the fourth month, an auspicious day for travel.

Xie Lingyi bought a male courtesan at Zu Hua Yin. He looked exactly like the husband she had lost in her previous life to consumption. Even his name shared a character with that consumptive ghost.

Aloof and stiff, he made her sick the moment she laid eyes on him.

So she bought him and locked him away in the rear courtyard. What she loved most was tormenting him and crushing every last bit of his pride.