Possessive pursuit / woman disguising herself as a man
The emperor is gravely ill, and Prince Hui is plotting rebellion. The struggle for the throne begins, and the first to make a move is Prince Hui's trusted confidant, the powerful head of the Xie clan, Xie Chongqing.
Yan Ling, the emperor's most beloved son, is naturally the first target of Xie Chongqing's assassination attempts.
Yan Ling calls him her tutor. He had taught her since before she came of age, and even then the two had been at odds. She hated that he couldn't see how hard she tried, while he simply despised her existence.
With the secret decree her father had given her in hand, Yan Ling has no choice but to conceal her secret identity and negotiate with Xie Chongqing, always on edge and afraid he'll kill her one day.
Who could have guessed that Yan Ling would accidentally drink drugged wine and spend one wild night with Xie Chongqing, beneath layer upon layer of warm curtains, their bodies marked with traces of what happened...
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Everyone knows that Her Highness, the Princess of Jingyang, is stunningly beautiful, alluring and charming. Though she spent years disguised as a man, the emperor spared her the crime of deceiving him because of her two contributions to the throne, and made an exception by letting her take part in government. Her status is beyond compare.
Yet no one dares to covet her, because the Grand Minister of State, Xie Chongqing, is intensely jealous. Even seeing Her Highness smile at someone else can drive him mad.
One day, Yan Ling thought a foreign slave looked a lot like her childhood sweetheart. Her Highness, overwhelmed with compassion, brought him back to the palace.
That night, a carriage entered the palace. The guards on duty didn't dare ask a single question as it followed a familiar route to Her Highness's bedchamber in Jingyang Hall.
Amid the layers of warm curtains, Xie Chongqing abandoned his usual gentle manner. He gripped her neck, forcing her to tilt her vulnerable throat upward. "Who are you looking at through him, Your Highness? Whoever you become involved with, I'll kill. If he dares come back, I'll kill him again."
Self-proclaimed aloof beauty x sensitive, complicated, cool beauty
Blurb written on June 13, 2024, and archived.
Reader's guide:
+ Both leads are each other's first sexual partners. Older top, possessive pursuit, an adversarial couple. The heroine is extremely charming and beautiful, and the male supporting character also wants to force her into a relationship.
+ The heroine is adored by everyone.
+ Set in an alternate Eastern Jin dynasty. Don't look for historical accuracy! The worldbuilding is entirely fictional.
+ Every plot point exists to serve the romance between the leads.
Coming soon: Her Late Husband's Brother Was Once the Man She Loved
Shared-husband literary trope / marriage first, love later
Meng Yuning loved a man who was as unreachable as the moon in the sky. She would marry no one but him.
But on the day she came of age, he threw the token she'd given him to confess her feelings into the water, humiliating her at the banquet.
By a twist of fate, a young gentleman came to her rescue. To repay him, the two married and became husband and wife.
They treated each other with respect and lived in harmony. Her first love also went off to the frontier, never returning for years because of the war.
Gradually, happiness swept her away. She was cherished and treasured, and forgot that old embarrassment.
In the third year of their marriage, it was discovered that her husband was the missing youngest son of the Duke of Ning's household. Her good fortune did not last long: she hadn't been a second wife for long when her husband died of illness.
She had no children and was still young, and just then her late husband's elder brother returned. Her mother-in-law proposed that he take on the duties of both branches of the family.
Yuning stared in shock at the cool, upright figure before her, feeling as though she had been plunged into an icy cellar.
Memories of being rejected years ago came rushing back, leaving her ashamed and mortified.
Yuning met his cold, indifferent gaze and was certain he would refuse. He hated her, after all, and she didn't want to betray her late husband either. She had been holding on to the smallest hope that she could spend her life with the Buddha and a lamp for company.
Unexpectedly, her brother-in-law gave a slight nod and agreed.
Yuning's eyes widened in disbelief, but this time she wanted nothing to do with him.
Coming soon: After She Conceived Her Mistress's Brother's Child
Plump, silly beauty x cold, patriarchal tyrant
Xu Qian was the daughter of a merchant. She had been alluring and gorgeous since childhood. When she came of age, her stepmother wanted to secure a promising future for her son, so she turned around and sent Xu Qian to be a concubine to the younger brother of her cousin's beloved.
She was honest by nature and didn't dare resist. After entering the household, her plump, alluring figure won her the master's favor alone. But this aroused the mistress's jealousy. The mistress constantly bullied and suppressed her, and what made Xu Qian most uneasy was how often she went to complain to her cousin.
Her cousin, He Anting, was the Grand Secretary. He was fair-minded and upright, and had always looked down on women who swayed their slender waists and cast flirtatious glances, women who seemed destined to bring disorder to a household.
After the master received He Anting's support and won the emperor's favor, He Anting warned Xu Qian in front of everyone at the celebratory banquet: "Seduce your master and make him neglect his wife, and you'll bring disgrace on the family. You'd better behave yourself."
Under the contemptuous gazes of the crowd, she was so embarrassed that tears fell.
Was it her fault she looked this way?
After that, she tried to stay as far away from her cousin as possible, so she wouldn't invite his disapproval.
Until the master took her along on an autumn hunt. By sheer coincidence, she encountered her cousin after he had been drugged. Unlucky her, she walked into the wrong tent and fell into a burning embrace. His hot breath suddenly brushed her ear.
After one wild night, she was lucky that He Anting didn't know who she was. To avoid him strangling her, Xu Qian ran away.
But when He Anting awoke, he searched heaven and earth for the woman.
The Mid-Autumn family banquet was full of joy at the Earl of Lingyun's residence, all because Xu Qian was pregnant.
Yet her smile was forced, and she guarded her belly with a pale, guilty look.
Her cousin, who had always treated her with cold contempt, kept glancing at her, even thoughtfully adding a cushion for her.
In the hazy night, whispers and the sounds of a struggle came from the rock garden at the earl's residence.
He Anting blocked Xu Qian's way and wouldn't let her leave. Xu Qian glanced around in alarm, wary of his approach. "Don't talk nonsense. This child has nothing to do with you."
He Anting pressed closer, the distance between them suddenly charged with intimacy. "Even if the child isn't mine, that makes no difference. I'd be a better father than he would. Qianqian, why not give me a thought?"
Blurb written on January 9, 2025, and archived.
Reader's guide:
○ The heroine is not a virgin, while the hero is. He's older. At the start, the heroine is the second male lead's bedchamber woman, without a concubine contract or any official status with him.
○ Angsty push and pull, followed by a face-slapping moment when the hero realizes he was wrong.
○ The heroine looks very shrewd, but is actually naive and a bit scatterbrained.
Theme: Be brave enough to be yourself
Scheming to Steal a Minister's Wife
Forced After Mistaking Him for My Fiancé
Jade in the Wrong Place
Delicate and Cool
Jade's Clear Song
After Disguising Myself as a Man and Attracting My Archrival
Claiming the Beloved Beauty
My Remarried Amnesiac Ex-Husband Regrets It
After Losing My Memory, I Unexpectedly Got a Happy Ending with My Ex
The Concubine Couldn't Escape (Reborn)
My Brother's Wife
Pregnant After Divorce and Remarriage
So far, the style of these chapters is very inconsistent with the previous ones, and there are many loopholes. At the beginning, the fight between the heroine, the hero, and others was logically smooth, and the heroine's image could be seen to be really brave, resourceful, and tenacious. But from the moment the heroine ascends the throne, the plot becomes childish. It's not that the plot is wrong, but there are a lot of unreasonable things in the middle that make people sting. First of all, the identity of the heroine is exposed. Isn't it too childish? It was almost like exposure for the sake of exposure. Huanzhou was still reluctant. He pressed forward step by step, and he was a little bit indifferent to men and women. It was only a matter of time before he found out. But what about Xie Ying? I walked right in and discovered that there wasn't even a maid guarding the door? The heroine and the hero are touching each other secretly. Aren't they afraid of being discovered? Isn't the heroine afraid of being seen? It was unbelievable that in a house of such a big family, there were many people and mixed views, but neither of them actually thought about going to a house other than Xie's house. Okay, just pretend that the male protagonist didn't realize that he fell in love with the female protagonist at that time, and just pretend that the male and female protagonists have no experience in this area, and let's move on. What about Fan Yuning? As the top leader of a big family, the male protagonist has so many glorious achievements, but he can't even manage a family well? Fan Yuning wanted to find a place in the corner where she could see it, but none of the guards noticed it and told the hero? Okay, Fan Yuning has lived in Xie Mansion for a long time, give her a bonus, and give her a pass. Then Fan Yuning disguised herself as a man and followed him to the military camp, staying by Huan Zhou's side. The hero recognized his sister who was disguised as a man at a glance, but couldn't he recognize Fan Yuning? The male lead, Supervisor Jun, must have had a lot of contact with Huan Zhou, but he has never met Fan Yuning. Just pretend that Fan Yuning is hiding, and it's okay to hide harder. After all, it's only a thief who can be a thief for a thousand days, and he can get through it if he doesn't guard against thieves for a thousand days. But Fan Yuning set a fire in the water room? The heroine knew that she was disguising herself as a man and had to avoid people when bathing, so she went to the water room to bathe in the middle of the night when there was no one around. However, she was so cautious that she didn't even leave a gatekeeper in the bath, so she asked Fan Yuning to light up the fire so smoothly? But what if Fan Yuning encounters some difficulties? Looking at the heroine's journey with the army, the heroine's purpose is to help her brother spy on Huan Zhou and drive a wedge between Huan Zhou and the male protagonist. The separation has indeed been achieved, but what about the previous one? Does it say anything in the article? And she is already in the military camp. She is so smart, and it is quite cold in autumn and winter. She is easily exposed when taking a bath. She should take a bath on the ship. Didn't she think of wiping herself first and waiting for the right time to take a bath? Fan Yuning's situation in the army is no higher than that of the heroine. There is not even a separate compartment that only generals can enjoy. She was not exposed because of taking a shower. The heroine was set up by Fan Yuning because of taking a bath? Since the private meeting was arranged with the male protagonist, the image of the female protagonist established in the previous chapters seems to have been crumbling. Only occasionally can you still see a little bit of the previous one, almost like two people. Let's talk about that Hanchun, there was a spiritual PUA heroine who stood by the late emperor and asked the heroine to give everything for the heroine's brother, but she was so easily instigated? The late emperor kept Han Chun with the heroine, and it was obvious that the late emperor put a lot of thought into polishing the heroine into a knife for the heroine's brother. In the end, the only three people who knew the heroine's identity - Han Chun, Han Lu, and the old monk, the late emperor didn't worry about their betrayal? So much effort, only to have such a big flaw exposed in the place that deserves the most attention? And when Han Chun confessed to Huan Zhou in the camp that the heroine and the hero were together and Fan Yuning heard it, Han Chun's family was threatened. She had obviously dealt with it for a while, and the family was temporarily out of danger, but before Huan Zhou pressed for more secrets, Han Chun just muttered it all? The late emperor selected this person, and he was quite good. The most important thing is that these plots are not smooth. It gives the impression that the heroine is forced to go north just to meet the lead actor. For this reason, the heroine can even go against her previous image. It is difficult to find the shadow of the past in the current heroine.
I feel like Fuli is not the tolerant little blue-eyed puppy I imagined.
Kill well, I mean kill Fan Sui.
The heroine feels that she looks very smart but is actually very easy to fool.
It seems that the reason why the heroine disguises herself as a man has been mentioned before. It was designed by her father to protect Emperor Xingning. This is not a surprise to readers.
It's not that the male protagonist is addicted. . Why can't you see it?
If the guy named Xie doesn't try to be considerate to the heroine, there will be no difference between sleeping with him and sleeping with the guy named Huan. Although the person named Xie was a virgin, to be honest, this was nothing in ancient times before sexually transmitted diseases were born. Moreover, he was really bad, just like the person named Huan.
There are a little bit of extras, but it should be pretty good if I continue to write them.
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Seeing this with a serious face, I took a long breath, the heroine finally grew up! 💪 💪 💪