The Tyrant Spoils the Princess of a Fallen Kingdom

The next novel is now underway: [The Consort I Once Humiliated Has Ascended the Throne]. A clear-headed, headstrong princess sent for a political marriage x an emperor who seems cold-hearted and unhinged. Synopsis below; please add it to your library.

This Novel

[Sweet, docile fallen princess x bloodthirsty, ruthless tyrant emperor | Devoted to one, 1v1 | Mild coercive pursuit]

In the fourth year of Jian Zhao, the fourth year since the new emperor of Jin ascended the throne, Xiao Yanzhi personally led a campaign. His iron cavalry stormed the Southern Kingdom's palace. From then on, there was only the Southern Capital, and no more Southern Kingdom.

The Third Princess, Sang Wan, was born to a palace maid. She had lived worse than a servant since childhood. Kneeling among the royal family in the great hall, she wore tattered clothes and stared blankly ahead.

She had never enjoyed a single day of a princess's privileges, yet now that her country had fallen, she was to die alongside the royal family.

Xiao Yanzhi was said to be bloodthirsty by nature, and his reputation as a tyrant was well known. He strode up the steps into the hall, the blade in his hand still dripping with blood.

He yanked the petite Sang Wan from the crowd. Her frail body collided with his breastplate, and her eyes instantly reddened with fright.

Choking back a sob, she asked, "Could you not use your sword? I'm afraid it'll hurt."

Xiao Yanzhi tossed aside his sword and brushed away her tears with his rough fingers. "I won't let you hurt. Don't be afraid."

[Bonus Scene]

One day, the ministers knelt for hours before Xuanhe Hall, begging the emperor not to let the fallen kingdom's bewitching consort hold sway, and to take in more beautiful women to fill the imperial harem.

After being pressured for days, Xiao Yanzhi flew into a rage and ordered the leading minister to be beaten to death.

The cries outside the hall rang on and on. A beautiful young woman emerged from within.

The ministers' so-called bewitching consort raised her slender wrist and gently smoothed the furrow between the emperor's brows. She murmured, "Your Majesty."

After a brief silence, Xiao Yanzhi relented and changed his order. "Minister Xu is advanced in years. Have the Imperial Guards escort him home."

The entire court was stunned, and everyone marveled at the sight.

When the news spread beyond the palace, some even claimed Sang Wan was a goddess sent from Heaven to protect Great Jin, for she could curb the emperor's bloodlust.

[Reader's Guide]:

1. Mild coercive pursuit. The leads met years ago at a court celebration. The hero is obsessed with the heroine. One-on-one, both are virgins, happy ending.

2. The harem is for show. This is not a palace-intrigue story about climbing the ranks. The heroine is the emperor's one and only, and he's a doting father figure!

3. The heroine is not a brainless, naive girl! She's smart and capable.

4. The hero is bloodthirsty, but governs well. The heroine is the only cure that can calm his murderous nature.

5. Fictional dynasty, very loosely based on anything. Seven-year age gap.

Coming in July

[The Consort I Once Humiliated Has Ascended the Throne] (Please add it to your library on my profile.)

[Clear-headed, headstrong princess sent for a political marriage x seemingly cold-hearted, unhinged emperor | Devoted to one, 1v1 | Faux coercive pursuit]

When the armies of Qi laid siege to her country, Chu Wanhua imagined countless possible endings.

She never expected that the unhinged Emperor Qi Yuan would demand that she alone be sent to Qi for a political marriage.

Three years earlier, Qi Yuan had been sent to Chu as a frail hostage. The spoiled legitimate princess, Chu Wanhua, took a liking to him and forcibly made him her male favorite, bringing him into the princess's residence.

What a humiliation!

Now the late emperor was dead, and the Crown Prince who had ascended the throne, Chu Huaiyi, was not the legitimate heir.

Fortune had turned. Her dear imperial brother swiftly chose an auspicious day, then sent her out of the city in a splendid carriage, straight to Qi Yuan.

Everyone was waiting to see her suffer.

The male favorite once humiliated by a pampered princess had become the unhinged emperor of Qi.

Call it a political marriage if you like, but wasn't it obviously revenge?

Even Chu Wanhua herself thought so.

That is, until Qi Yuan pinned her to the bed, jealousy burning in his crimson eyes as he demanded, "My dear princess, how many male favorites have you taken?"

[The Hero's Perspective]:

In the thirty-sixth year of Tianqi, the state of Qi was in turmoil. Qi Yuan escaped by faking his own death and went alone to Chu as a hostage.

He seemed to have withdrawn from the struggle for the throne, but in truth he was plotting from the shadows and fighting his way back from the brink.

In his first month in Chu, Chu Huaiyi made him kneel in the snow as punishment. Chu Wanhua happened to pass by and casually said she liked him. So he entered the princess's residence.

In his second month in Chu, on New Year's, the princess returned drunk. Her servants misunderstood her intentions and sent him to her bed, where they spent a passionate night together.

The next morning, the princess woke up and, mortified with anger, merely threw a grape at him.

It was sweet.

In his sixth month in Chu, a spy delivered a letter in the middle of the night, and the princess caught him. The next day, she threw him out of the residence, coldly saying she'd grown tired of him and ordering him to leave.

An undercover agent was waiting to help him escape, so he returned to Qi.

Halfway there, he heard that Chu Wanhua had lost the emperor's favor and was punished for letting him go. His hand tightened around the reins until it was slick with blood.

Every coincidence felt like Chu Wanhua holding an umbrella over his head.

Since he had become the princess's male favorite, he would naturally have to take her back, by whatever means necessary...

[Reader's Guide]:

1. Both leads are virgins, 1v1, happy ending, sweet romance, faux coercive pursuit.

2. The heroine made the hero her male favorite to protect him, and he realized it.

3. The hero has a harem, but it's for show. He has never touched anyone in it. This is not a palace-intrigue story about climbing the ranks.

4. Fictional dynasty.

Synopsis written on December 19, 2024, and archived.

Second Upcoming Novel

[The Emperor's Cherished Favorite] (Please add it to your library on my profile.)

[Sweet, gentle Jiangnan dancer x emperor with a deep-seated need for control | Nurturing romance + doting father figure | Devoted to one, 1v1]

Su Yin grew up under Auntie Liu's care, learning the arts at a music and dance house. When she came of age, her fellow dancers began performing and serving wine, but Auntie Liu never let her leave the back courtyard.

Rumors gradually spread through the music and dance house. Everyone guessed Auntie Liu was her biological mother, and that was why she favored her so much.

But Su Yin vaguely remembered that when she was just three, her mother had tearfully entrusted her to Auntie Liu, who had taken her away from a grand household.

Then Pei Yanzhou appeared, and Auntie Liu behaved unlike herself.

Eyes red, she personally brought Su Yin before him. But halfway through her dance, he called for her to stop.

"Su Yin?"

Pei Yanzhou beckoned her closer and asked in a deep voice, "Did you take your mother's surname, or your father's?"

Su Yin took two steps forward and murmured with her head bowed, "I don't remember."

Pei Yanzhou said nothing. He reached out and drew her close, studying her carefully. After a long moment, he smiled faintly. "Then, would you like to come with me to the capital?"

Su Yin froze. In her confusion, she saw the hope in Auntie Liu's eyes. Forcing a smile, she nodded. "I would be honored."

Auntie Liu not only refused the money offered to buy out Su Yin's contract, but gave her most of her own savings instead.

On the day they parted, Su Yin thought she saw, on Auntie Liu's tear-streaked face, the same expression her mother had worn when entrusting her away at the age of three.

Once again, she had been sent away.

She had thought Pei Yanzhou was merely an official from the capital. But when they arrived in the capital, he went straight into the imperial palace.

The man she had spent over a month with, day and night, was the emperor...

*

When Pei Yanzhou saw Su Yin, he was nearly certain she was the daughter of the Empress Dowager's younger sister, and the only surviving member of the Su family after the massacre years ago.

He had intended to leave her with the Empress Dowager to wait safely for marriage, as a way to make amends. But gradually, he realized he couldn't bear to see Su Yin smile so unguardedly at anyone else.

At a flower-viewing banquet, Su Yin was invited to join the festivities. While she chatted with the young heir of a marquis's household, the emperor arrived, startling everyone.

The noblewomen of the capital had privately mocked Su Yin's background.

But then they saw the emperor take her slender wrist and gently draw her into his arms. His voice was low as he said, "Jiaojiao, it's time to return to the palace."

[Reader's Guide]:

1. The emperor is not the Empress Dowager's biological son, and he is not related to Su Yin. They are not close relatives.

2. Fictional dynasty, eight-year age gap, sweet nurturing romance, both leads are virgins, 1v1, happy ending.

3. The emperor has a harem, but it's for show. This is not a palace-intrigue story about climbing the ranks. The emperor is devoted to the heroine alone.

4. The heroine was entrusted to others to save her life. Her mother and Auntie Liu both acted for her sake.

5. In a nutshell: From a Jiangnan dancer to an empress.

Synopsis written on June 10, 2025, and archived.

Theme: Grow toward the sun.