Brocade Tang and Jade Splendor

Blurb: (The bonus side story is still in the works. I'll update once it's finished.) In the capital, everyone envies Wen Tang. Her father is a first-rank Duke of the State, and her mother is a daughter of the Fan Yang Lu clan. She was chosen as a study companion to a princess when she was young, and is deeply cherished by the current empress. Xie Wu Yan, the young imperial uncle of the current dynasty, is gentle as jade and peerlessly handsome. He entered the court before coming of age, outstanding among his peers. The only thing people regret is that he already has a betrothal: his fiancee is none other than Wen Tang. If nothing unexpected happened, in the tenth year of the Chao Ning era, Xie Wu Yan would marry Wen Tang. They would live in harmony, as devoted to each other as zither and lute. Who could have known that in the seventh year of Chao Ning, the empress lost the virtue expected of her and brought ruin upon her maternal clan? The entire Imperial Uncle's household was exiled to the frontier, including the young imperial uncle, Xie Wu Yan. The admired young gentleman, accomplished in both letters and arms, fell into the dust just like that. Everyone in the capital lamented his misfortune. The day before the exile, the Imperial Uncle's household returned the betrothal token to the Duke Wen's household. But no one could have guessed that Wen Tang would resolutely follow Xie Wu Yan into exile. Everyone was stunned. But what they could never have imagined was that over the following years, Wen Tang and Xie Wu Yan would build waterworks and academies on the frontier, helping the suffering common people. They earned the respect and gratitude of everyone there. In the eleventh year of Chao Ning, the case of the "deposed empress" was finally redressed. The two helped the deposed crown prince ascend the throne, and Xie Wu Yan became the youngest first-rank court official, the emperor's right-hand man. The emperor rewarded them for their achievements and asked Xie Wu Yan what he wanted. Xie Wu Yan smiled faintly and asked the emperor for only two edicts. The first was an edict granting him a marriage. The second was an edict conferring the title of first-rank imperial lady on Wen Tang. #Marrying Wen Tang was something Xie Wu Yan had decided on in his youth# #A young married couple levels up together as they take on one challenge after another# Notes: 1. Both leads have only ever been with each other. This is an ensemble novel, updated daily. 2. There will be foreshadowing in the early chapters, and the blurb has a limited perspective. 3. The plot takes precedence, just a little. There are four volumes in total: The Frontier, The Southern Border, Leveling Up, and The Capital. 4. Weibo: @Jinjiang Qiao Yan 5. Blurb saved on July 2, 2024. Please add my next novel, Springtime Intent, to your reading list! Blurb: Female tutor x court remonstrance official In the first year of the Zhao Yang era, Cui Qing Yan, the eldest son of the Duke of Cui's household, married. The couple lived in harmony after their wedding, and their marriage became the talk of the town. That was until the fourth year of Zhao Yang, when his wife passed away. Only then did Master Cui, feared by everyone at court, change his ways. No one knew that years ago, when Xu Jing Yun was a female tutor in the Ling household of Qingzhou, the family had been implicated in a wrongful case and condemned to confiscation of their property and exile. To uncover the truth, Xu Jing Yun went to the capital. By chance, she caught the eye of the Dowager Duchess of Cui, and was allowed to stay temporarily at the Duke of Cui's residence. She had heard that the eldest son of the Cui household, Cui Qing Yan, served as a court remonstrance official. His tongue was vicious, and at morning court he often left the other ministers speechless. Xu Jing Yun wanted nothing to do with someone like him, so she went out of her way to avoid him. Who would have thought that one night, Xu Jing Yun would wake with a start and find someone standing by the window? Just as she was about to call for help, Cui Qing Yan, smiling, slowly approached and seized her wrist. "Tell me, what are you after, coming to the Duke's residence by such painstaking means? Is it that you want to be my wife?" Xu Jing Yun: "..." Later, to see the Ling family's case in Qingzhou finally redressed, Xu Jing Yun had no choice but to rely on his influence and become his wife. And Cui Qing Yan, wanting to discover the secrets she kept, became her husband. In the eighth month of the fourth year of Zhao Yang, after four years, the Ling family's case was overturned. Xu Jing Yun was finally able to leave the capital. On the day she returned to Qingzhou, the man who should have stayed in the capital to enjoy his wealth and status appeared before her with a marriage contract bearing both their fingerprints. His voice was mild, his dark, deep eyes fixed firmly on her. "After all these years at my side, have you learned nothing but to cross the river and demolish the bridge?" ≠His tongue is sharp and he's old-fashioned; she says one thing and means another. Together, they make an enviable couple≠ ≠A look at Master Cui's competitive, possessive courtship≠ ≠Matched opponents, a married couple trading moves≠ [Both leads have only ever been with each other, bickering couple + court intrigue and investigations + faked death] Theme: When the great roc rises with the wind, it soars ninety thousand miles.