The Sickly Princess Keeps Herself Alive by Shipping Couples

[Brooding Regent x Drama Queen Green Tea]

Lin Wanwan was an utterly ordinary daydreamer from the 21st century. She never imagined the System would choose her to transmigrate into a book and send her to another world, where she'd run into KPIs, a modern management tool that had no regard for human life.

Fine. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

At first, Lin Wanwan grumbled to herself that the task's CPs had all been slaughtered by the male lead in the book, but she still enjoyed collecting the crumbs of romance she found everywhere.

Until the male lead came after her... Fine, first things first: stay alive.

Lin Wanwan started acting meek and submissive.

"Your Highness, this is soup I made with my own hands."

"Your Highness, this is a sachet I embroidered with my own hands."

"Your Highness, this is a sash I braided with my own hands."

No one had told her that the ruthless, violent male lead would really fall for her through his own delusions, and then refuse to let her go.

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Wu Lian was supposed to slaughter the Lin clan and avenge the deaths of his father and mother. He never expected Lin Wanwan to become an unexpected turn on his path to revenge.

At first, he only meant to use her to lure out every traitor in court and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Later, he saw that she had a few clever tricks up her sleeve, but was good at heart, and that she could treat his chronic delusions. So he would let her stay by his side for now, and not kill her unless he had to.

But just as he decided to make her Grand Princess and share the realm with her, she said, "All I want in this life is to leave this place."

Leave this place?

Absolutely not.

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-Entirely fictional setting. Don't overanalyze it, and please don't scrutinize the government system or its logic.

-Expect melodramatic scenes where he runs while she chases, and she has nowhere to escape, as well as moments when the sweet, silly heroine suddenly gets a fit of kindness and turns into a saint.

-She's neither a strong female lead nor a completely submissive wife. Her intelligence comes and goes, but once her modern soul has fully settled into the world of the book, she'll seriously consider her own life and the lives of others, and do her best to find the best way forward for everyone.

*Lastly, the author begs all you lovely readers to show some love and tap the little star. I promise to update every day and never abandon the story~

--- Coming soon to my author page: "The Graceful Wine Maiden of Hexi" ---

As the copper bell at the Hexi tavern shattered the morning light, Jiu Niang rose on tiptoe to take down the last jar of pear-blossom wine from beneath the eaves.

She didn't know that this wine would sweep her into the vortex of imperial power.

Not until the young man who always snuck a drink of her leftovers after dusk grabbed her and pulled her into a carriage bound for Luocheng, his eyes red.

"It's only a fifteen-day journey." Rong Chen clutched her wrist, his eyes faintly red. "My marriage is for my imperial brother to decide. He... he'll surely like you."

Jiu Niang went with him, full of hope for their future together.

But that night, in a bed draped with curtains redolent of dragon's incense, she saw the emperor, the imperial brother the young man had spoken of. She also heard him say, every word deliberate: "Now that you've entered these palace walls, don't even think of leaving for the rest of your life."

Five years later, black-armored soldiers shattered the blue bricks of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Rong Chen held a bloodied sword, his foot on the bright yellow imperial robes, and pulled into his arms the woman he had longed for over five years. "Jiu Niang, I've come to take you away."

From then on, Jiu Niang had a new identity: Qu Daizhi, the Regent's consort.

She remembered the pear-blossom wine brewed on Hexi's soil five years ago, and the dashing young man beneath the swaying wind chimes.

She remembered how they met, and the promise they made.

But she always felt she'd forgotten something.

Rong Chen said, "You hurt your head during the palace coup last time and lost a little of your memory. It's nothing to worry about. I'll remember all the important things for you."

She always believed him, until one night she stumbled upon him kneeling in the Buddhist shrine, copying the prayers for the dead over and over...

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