The Scheming Beauty

Copy for this novel:

[Scheming Beauty VS Ascetic Minister] Originally titled The Cousin Miss Is Deeply Scheming (A Twist of Fate / Love After Marriage)

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As a cousin who lives under someone else's roof, Yun Sheng's greatest dream in life is to use the Marquis's household's influence to find herself a good marriage.

But on the eve of her coming-of-age ceremony, Madam Chen, the mistress of the household, revealed that she wanted Yun Sheng to become the heir's concubine.

The heir, Xu Ling, was as elegant as the breeze and moonlight. If she became his woman, she could stay in the Marquis's household and enjoy a life of wealth and honor.

After thinking it over, Yun Sheng decided that although she would have to become a concubine, it wouldn't be a bad deal, so she obediently and sweetly agreed.

But it was only on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony that she learned the heir's future wife was the sort of woman who would never tolerate a rival.

No matter how comfortable life in the Marquis's household might be, she had to be alive to enjoy it. So she decisively abandoned the idea of becoming a concubine and boldly set her sights on the Marquis's third son, Xu Xi.

She went to great lengths to arrange chance encounters, then took every opportunity to send pastries to his room. At last, she succeeded in catching his attention.

On Mid-Autumn Festival night, she dressed up carefully and arranged to meet Xu Xi by the lotus pond. But the one who arrived was Third Master Xu, his expression cold and stern.

At the Mid-Autumn family banquet, Xu Yan received an anonymous letter filled with admiration and affection for him. The writer had even boldly invited him to a secret rendezvous in the residence.

He had intended to ignore it, but after the banquet ended, he still took a detour to the back courtyard.

Looking at the young woman standing by the lotus pond, her face full of panic, he furrowed his brows. Before he could ask anything, a group of servants rushing to catch the couple in the act burst out from behind him.

The girl, her face drained of color, darted into his arms and clung tightly to his waist, pleading timidly, "My lord, save me..."

Looking at her pitiful face and recalling the heartfelt admiration expressed in the letter, he suddenly softened.

To protect Yun Sheng's reputation, he created the illusion that they were mutually in love. He never expected that once the crisis was over, Yun Sheng would pack up and leave without hesitation.

Only later did he learn that the person Yun Sheng had arranged to meet that night was his nephew, and the one she loved was not him.

When he learned the truth, he flew into a rage and dragged her back. On their wedding night, he made her call him "my lord" over and over, until the red candles burned down.

Reader's guide:

1. At first, the heroine loves herself more and focuses on maximizing her own benefits. She is not a traditional white lotus: she is scheming and capable, and she uses the hero more than she likes him. After marriage, he gradually wins her over, and she slowly gives him her genuine affection.

2. There is an eight-year age gap. The hero appears restrained and composed, but is passionate inside and can't withstand being teased. The old flame catches fire in a blaze.

3. A romance-focused story, with love at its heart and a little bit of inner-courtyard scheming. A cherished heroine and her jealous husband.

Coming soon: After Breaking Off the Engagement (Reborn)

Copy for this novel: [Clever Noblewoman VS Scheming Imperial Uncle]

Yan Ning was beautiful and graceful, and the emperor had chosen her as the betrothed of the Crown Prince, Xiao Heng.

It was originally a marriage everyone envied, but just before the wedding, Xiao Heng, who had grown up with Yan Ning, suddenly changed his heart.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Xiao Heng knelt for a long time, insisting on breaking off the engagement and marrying someone else.

When the news reached the Yan household, Yan Ning's heart lurched, and she fainted on the spot.

The news of the broken engagement spread everywhere. For months, Yan Ning was too ashamed to face anyone.

Then, on the eve of the Crown Prince's wedding, Prince Jin, who had been stationed in the northwest, returned to the capital by imperial decree.

At the welcoming banquet, she had only a couple of extra cups of wine before tumbling into Prince Jin's arms and causing a calamity.

After one night of passion, the peerlessly noble Prince Jin asked for her hand in marriage in front of everyone.

Thinking of his strong, muscular physique and then looking at her own frail little frame, Yan Ning could only feel like crying.

Prince Jin, Xiao Yu, had a secret no one knew: he had died once and been reborn.

As the late emperor's youngest son, he was a natural genius, but his youth had put the throne beyond his reach.

During the ten years he was sent to govern his fief, he kept his head down and never coveted the throne. Yet the emperor always regarded him as a grave threat.

In his previous life, on the eve of the Crown Prince's wedding, he returned to the capital by imperial decree, only to be set up. Drunk, he violated the Crown Prince's betrothed.

After the incident, he was condemned by everyone, and the young lady of the Yan family hanged herself as a result.

After his reputation was ruined, he was confined in the imperial mausoleum. On countless nights, he thought again and again of the young woman who had died because of him.

Heaven was unjust, and the imperial family was heartless. Reborn, he plotted carefully and laid his plans early.

He succeeded in making the Crown Prince break off the engagement and escaped his own predicament.

But he never expected that after a palace banquet, Yan Ning would become the one who was set up.

Looking at the young woman in his arms, her face flushed, he ultimately held back the hand that wanted to push her away.

Since he had owed her in his previous life, he would repay her in this one.

Theme: Everything is destined to happen, though we may not see it.