[180,000 words, fully written and ready to post. The leads' relationship develops quickly, as there will be a little heartbreak later.]
[Updates around 12:15 p.m. every day.]
Wen Miao transmigrated into a book.
The good news: It was a book she'd been reading lately.
The bad news: She'd only read the heroine's childhood chapters, but had transmigrated into the heroine at eighteen.
So when she was groggily dragged to the center of the stronghold, where the elders told her to kill the sickly, pale, jade-like man tied up on the ground, she nearly turned to stone.
She knew the heroine of this book was a princess of a fallen kingdom. Her main goals in life were to find happiness with the male lead and take revenge on the crown prince of Chu and his family. But as a medical student, how could she take a life with her own hands?!
So, to save the prince's life, she persuaded the elders to let her marry him. She hoped his deep devotion would lead him to take her back to the palace one day, where she could get her revenge.
From then on, Wen Miao, now Feng Xun, returned to the path of saving lives. Of course, the only person she intended to save was that "prince."
*
On his first day at Wuwangwei, Chu hostage He Guilin thought: The people here may have mistaken me for the crown prince, but the girl I'm marrying is quite interesting. I'll stick around a while and see what happens.
After spending more time with Feng Xun, He Guilin thought: My beloved is my wife. My sworn enemies are all those men!
One rival after another came through the gates of Wuwangwei and got cozy with Feng Xun right in front of him.
He Guilin could do nothing but strut like a peacock.
When facing a male supporting character who was also an NPC in the book, He Guilin thought: I must have the advantage... What?! Feng Xun, you kissed him?
Feng Xun: "I was just giving him CPR and mouth-to-mouth..."
When facing the male lead, who had every advantage the story could give him, He Guilin thought: I... I can win... Feng Xun, could you stop looking at him and look at me instead?
Feng Xun: "The connection between the male and female leads in the book is just too strong. I can't break free of it..."
After finally winning two rounds of this battle, He Guilin had his wife in his arms. Then the crown prince arrived with troops, and he had no choice but to part with her.
He Guilin nearly ground his back teeth to dust.
But the wine cup in his hand shattered first, because...
A few years later, they met again at a banquet in the palace.
Feng Xun seemed to have forgotten her marriage to him. She wore a revealing, alluring dress and leaned toward the crown prince.
*
"Wait, why did she come here to stir things up? And why is she dressed like that?" That night, the thought of those lecherous stares flashed through He Guilin's mind. "If she catches cold, does she expect those bastards to take care of her?"
The young hostage hurried out of bed. Soon after, the new dancer by the crown prince's side disappeared.
After that, the crown prince had the hostage, whom he'd beaten and tormented for years, tied up. After a brutal beating, the hostage who had never made a sound no matter how much he was beaten spat blood on him and screamed hysterically, "Even if you kill me, you won't find her!"
[Blurb revised on January 5, 2025]
P.S. 1. The leads are each other's only partners, and the heroine will never change her heart.
2. This is a transmigration-into-a-book story. It borrows the political backdrop of the states competing for supremacy during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, along with the names of three states. Since every name I came up with overlapped with another story... This is a fictional setting, so please don't overanalyze the history.
3. Mostly a traditional historical romance, with no golden finger.
4. The leads both had somewhat tragic childhoods, resulting in imperfect personalities.
5. There are some original worldbuilding details that won't affect your reading.
Theme: There will always be someone who loves you without hesitation.
