[Next book: My Cousin Avoids Me Like the Plague]
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Blurb:
In the sixth year of Fengyuan, Zhu Luo entered the palace in place of her young mistress.
With snow-white skin and breathtaking beauty, delicate hands, and a gift for writing, she could help her mistress win the emperor’s favor in unexpected ways.
But afraid her identity would be exposed, she could only support low-ranking palace women. That way, even if the truth came out someday, she might still be able to protect her mistress.
Unfortunately, after the palace woman won the emperor’s favor with Zhu Luo’s help, she died in childbirth, taking her baby with her.
After that, Zhu Luo was sent to the Palace of Gathered Elegance.
The lady of the palace, wary of her beauty, kept her firmly under her thumb and used every means at her disposal to wear down her spirit.
Zhu Luo endured it day after day. For a while, she would tremble all over just at the sound of the lady’s name.
The lady still didn’t trust her and forbade her from going anywhere near the emperor.
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Until one day, she happened to stand in the sunlight. Her face, fair as a white pear blossom, shimmered in the light, as radiant as peach and plum blossoms.
One glimpse was all it took to catch the emperor’s eye.
For once, the emperor asked her name.
She lowered her head, revealing the smooth, pale nape of her neck, and replied:
“Your servant’s name is Zhu Luo.”
She thought, If no one else will let me fight for this splendid future, then I’ll fight for it myself!
The next book is My Cousin Avoids Me Like the Plague. Blurb:
Jiang Wanqing’s birth mother died when she was young. After her father passed away, she moved to the capital with her stepmother and stayed with her maternal uncle’s family.
Beautiful and fair-skinned, with a willowy figure and a voice like a songbird’s, she caught the eye of her useless eldest male cousin as soon as she arrived.
While fending off her eldest cousin’s relentless advances, she also had to deal with her wicked stepmother, who wanted to sell her daughter for her own gain.
Caught between a rock and a hard place, she turned her attention to the dignified and noble second male cousin, Rong Ji.
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The first time Rong Ji happened to hear Jiang Wanqing speak, he was outside the rock garden.
Inside, she was fending off his older brother with soft, gentle words. He watched his brother get wrapped around her little finger.
The servant beside him gaped. “I can’t believe Miss Cousin is so shameless!”
He shot him a sideways glance. “Don’t speak ill of people behind their backs.”
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The second time was also outside the rock garden.
This time she was with the maid who served her.
She seemed to have suffered some injustice and was crying beautifully.
The maid urged her to seek another way out as soon as possible. She nodded and agreed, claiming she would find a new backer.
The servant beside him stammered, “Miss Cousin keeps changing her mind. Who’s going to be the next sucker?”
He said nothing.
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Later, a lovely figure appeared in Rong Ji’s courtyard, pouring tea and serving him with proper decorum, much to the gossip of everyone around them.
She seemed not to notice. One day, she offered him a sachet from her sleeve, blushing as she said, “Second Cousin, I made this myself. Please accept it.”
He stared at the mandarin ducks on the sachet, lost in thought.
So he was the sucker after all?
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Once Jiang Wanqing set her sights on Rong Ji, she visited him every day to curry favor and make sure he noticed her.
But no matter how flirtatiously she looked at him, how much she twisted and turned, or how many times she pricked her fingers with the embroidery needle, he remained unmoved.
When he coldly rejected the sachet she had carefully embroidered, her heart finally went cold and she gave up on him.
She took back the sachet and turned to leave without looking back.
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After that day, Rong Ji’s courtyard grew much quieter.
The next time he saw Jiang Wanqing, she was laughing and chatting with a young scholar from the household. As they parted, she shyly offered him a sachet.
He took a closer look. It was far too familiar.
He strode over and snatched it back, looking at the carefully embroidered mandarin ducks playing in the water.
His handsome face darkened at once!
Reader’s guide:
1. A scheming beauty vs. a principled gentleman.
2. Dragging the untouchable beauty down from his pedestal.
Theme: Keep your heart turned toward the sun, and bloom even in adversity
My Creepy Stepbrother Has His Eye on Me
The Spring Tide Never Ebbs
Tempting the Crown Prince
He Went Mad After the Great Demon Lord Turned Him into a Puppet
After Killing the Tribulation-Bound High God, I Proved My Dao
Substitute
His Elaborate Scheme
Drunk, Reclining in a Beauty's Lap
Plaything
Song of the Deep Palace
The Maid Who Doesn't Follow the Script
My Ex-Wife Has Changed Her Identity
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It seems that he really loves me, but I can't control my lower body and shoot him to death.
I guessed it! The clue is the sachet! To frame the female goose
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This is where I start to get suspicious.
I watched it a long time ago and I can't remember the plot completely. I waited until the end 🧋🧋🧋 It's a pity that there is no if line for my childhood sweetheart 💪
Zhuluo fruit medicine bowl took over
This movie is so annoying. The line between the queen and the movie is so speechless. The heroine must be too aggrieved.
Xiao Yezi's energy is OK