[Pre-Release: The Chief Advisor's Rules for Raising Flowers, see below, muah~]
The emperor had a sudden inspiration one night and decided to launch a "Make a Wise Ruler Again" program. With a steely resolve, he sent the five-year-old crown prince to live with a poor family and undergo "re-education by the people."
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Tong Xuan's memories of the imperial palace stop at age five. He was raised by the Tong couple, in a harmonious household with a happy life, and the neighbors all praised him as "scholar-material." Life in the small town was really quite nice. Without Fan Butcher's daughter next door, it would have been perfect.
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Fan Ling Le, daughter of Fan the butcher, had fair skin, stunning looks, and tremendous strength. She wasn't afraid to slaughter pigs or butcher cattle, and people had given her the nickname "The Fierce Flower of Xunyang."
Whenever anyone in the alley dared to bully Tong Xuan, the poor scholar, Fan Ling Le would instantly appear and kick them flying. She'd tuck her butcher's knife behind her waist, turn around, and smile sweetly at him. "Tong Xuan, are you all right?"
Tong Xuan, who had watched the whole fight from the sidelines: "..." If you'd just stay away from me, I'd be fine.
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Fan Ling Le thought Tong Xuan must really like her. After all, he married her and even had an adorable little girl with her.
But when their daughter turned two, she had to wipe away her tears and send him off to the capital to sit the imperial exams.
Seven months later, news arrived from the capital that her husband had died unjustly.
Grief-stricken, Fan Ling Le strapped on two butcher's knives and headed to the capital for revenge! After investigating, she discovered that her husband's disappearance was closely tied to the Eastern Palace. The culprit might actually be the current crown prince!
So what? She wasn't afraid! Desperate to avenge her husband, Fan Ling Le was planted as a spy by the crown prince's political enemies and presented to the Eastern Palace as a beauty.
In the Eastern Palace courtyard, bamboo leaves rustled in the breeze. The crown prince glanced at the unfamiliar woman kneeling on the ground, lightly tapping his long fingers against a jade chessboard. His voice was cool and clear. "Raise your head."
Fan Ling Le's heart lurched. That voice...??
She snapped her head up, and she and the crown prince stared wide-eyed at each other.
She blinked, then blinked again, making sure she wasn't dreaming.
What the...? This deadbeat is actually still alive?
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Fan Ling Le had thought she'd married a poor scholar. Who knew she'd actually picked up a "crown prince"? Was she expected to share this man with three thousand women in the harem? No way! She stuck her butcher's knife into her belt. Better to go back home, make money, and raise her child!
Seeing that she was determined to leave, the crown prince panicked. He pulled her into his arms and breathed in the fragrance of her neck, his long lashes trembling as he pleaded hoarsely, "I will have only you in this life. Please don't go, all right?"
Violent sweet girl, butcher's daughter x gentle wolf-dog, crown prince
1. Both leads are each other's only partners, 1v1, happy ending. (The crown prince's fake death has its reasons.)
2. The romance, intimate interactions, and marriage take place after both leads turn fifteen.
3. A cozy, adorable story~
Pre-release story: The Chief Advisor's Rules for Raising Flowers. Click to follow. Starts April 10.
[Age gap/Raising her/An aloof beauty who bends for love]
A spoiled, rebellious girl VS a stern, celibate chief advisor
Yan Dongning was born beautiful as a flower, but had been frail and sickly since childhood. Her parents doted on her as they sought treatment after treatment.
After her father was demoted for some reason and sent three thousand li away to Lingnan, he feared she might die on the road and had no choice but to entrust her to a friend in the capital.
Her father's young friend was the chief advisor to the emperor: a jade-like beauty with immense power, whose slightest frown could make the entire court tremble.
But Dongning wasn't afraid of him.
Whenever something displeased her, she'd burst into tears, wipe her little tear-streaked face, and say, "I'm leaving. I'm going back to Lingnan."
With no other choice, Zhang Lingzhi would soften his voice to coax her. "My sweet Xue'er, Uncle was wrong."
Everyone in the Zhang household gaped. The chief advisor, who always did whatever he pleased, could actually have a day when he had to back down.
But there was one thing Zhang Lingzhi could never let her have her way about.
"Why can't you like me?!"
Dongning stood on his daybed, her little face furious, and stomped all over the quilt.
Zhang Lingzhi looked at her coolly. "If you keep making trouble, I'll send you back to Lingnan."
Dongning hugged her big plush toy and cried until she soaked several pillows.
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Yan Dongning was raised wonderfully in the Zhang household. At sixteen, she was breathtakingly beautiful, and the men vying for her attention lined up outside the Zhang residence.
Every day, she happily flitted among a whole garden of admirers.
Good thing she hadn't gone and hanged herself from one old tree.
That day, she came home late again, and Zhang Lingzhi, who had been waiting in the courtyard for ages, called out to her. The girl turned around reluctantly, a vivid kiss mark on her neck.
Zhang Lingzhi's eyes burned red. He slammed the table in anger. "Shameless!"
She pouted and shot back, "Who are you to me? What right do you have to interfere?"
Seeing the chief advisor's face twist with rage, she felt absolutely triumphant.
In the lamplit study, brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones lay scattered across the floor. The girl was lifted onto the desk, her green gauze robe draped around her waist.
The chief advisor kissed the fragrant sweat at her temple and coaxed her in his deep, mellow voice. "Tell me, what am I to you, Xue'er?"
She bit her red lips, a coy reply spilling between her teeth. "You're... my husband..."
[Male Lead's POV]
Zhang Lingzhi had always thought Yan Dongning was the last line he would never cross. But now, for the fragrance at her neck, he was ready to stop being a decent man.
An old flame reignited / A straitlaced man breaks his vows / When an older man gets flirty, he's dangerously smooth
1. Both leads are each other's only partners, 1v1, happy ending.
2. The romance and intimate interactions begin after the female lead's coming-of-age ceremony.
Theme: A harmonious, happy life
Is the palace going to start acting like a monster?
God, if I were Lele, my heart would be broken. The person I have liked for so long can be both real and fake 😭 😭 😭
, I always feel that the problem between the two of them is quite big 😭
Good!! Let me go straight to the finale!! My heart is being stabbed to death day by day, wuwu
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh it's so uncomfortable. Dog man, please go there alone.
... Why didn't Lele tell the prince that his mother was sick for so long?? Why doesn't the prince arrange for someone to take care of his family? In the past, when delivering babies, secret guards would arrange for them to take care of them. Now that they are the prince, they don't have to arrange anything anymore.
Although Ah Xuan has always been quite cowardly, he finally successfully achieved the 1v1 title of Empress!
Ang, we agreed that today will be the finale.
Can't get enough of it! The emotional transition is so delicately written!!
Absolutely amazing, this chapter is great 🤩 🤩 🤩 [spread flowers] [spread flowers] [spread flowers]