I Insist on Being Remembered in History

Please add my new book to your collection: The Cowardly, Cutesy Fake Undercover Agent. Blurb at the end~

Pei Yunzhen, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, made a name for herself by digging irrigation canals and designing a drainage system to save the people of Huaicheng from a flood.

Everyone said she was the perfect model of a refined young lady: born into a prominent family, beautiful, and clever. They didn't know that her father, Pei Nan, let her suffer again and again by playing favorites with her troublemaking cousin out of guilt.

One moment, Pei Nan was ordering her to give up her academic honors because he believed women had no need to be remembered in history.

The next, distinguished guests arrived at the residence: Elder Xie, who had always been too proud to visit anyone, had come in person, accompanied by the emperor's highly esteemed attendant.

Elder Xie, usually cold toward everyone, smiled kindly and warmly, inviting her to play Go as if coaxing a child.

The emperor's attendant, normally arrogant, was humble, while box after box of priceless antiques and treasures was carried into the residence.

Meanwhile, her cousin, who was always competing with Pei Yunzhen for affection and pretending to be sweet, flew into a hysterical rage at Pei Nan.

Only then did Pei Nan finally understand how terribly wrong he'd been...

Outside the door, the unruly little devil Xiao Jingyan had been waiting for a long time. "Yunzhen, come with me. I'll give you everything you want."

As he watched her leave surrounded by admirers, Pei Nan realized there was no longer a place for him beside his daughter...

My new story is out! Title: The Cowardly, Cutesy Fake Undercover Agent. Blurb:

A lazy, silly beauty mistaken for a spy x a calculating, scheming regent who falls for her through his own assumptions

Xu Lefu saved a man.

Not only was he handsome, but he was tall and lean, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He looked like the kind of man who'd make a good husband.

Her family had fallen on hard times, and her stepsister had stolen her engagement and driven her out of the house, so she got the idea of making the man repay her for saving his life.

A moment earlier, she'd been full of confidence: "You should repay the one who saved your life by marrying her."

But the next moment, she learned that the man she'd saved was the notorious regent, a cruel tyrant everyone feared.

Xu Lefu trembled. "Help! Is it too late for me to run away?"

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Xie Beizhou was certain that Xu Lefu was a spy sent by his political enemies.

He played along, curious to see what tricks she might try, and brought her back with him.

Later, he often marveled that he'd never seen such a stupid spy, one who was so terrified of him. What a waste of a pretty face.

Then one day, he was gravely injured, with no one else around. He thought it was time for the spy to show her true colors.

He silently placed a dagger beside him and waited coldly to see what came next.

But the young woman ignored the perfect chance to assassinate him and simply looked at him with concern as she treated his wounds.

Then Xie Beizhou noticed that every time he hissed in pain, the concern in her eyes grew.

Xie Beizhou: "...Has the spy fallen for me?"

He thought, well, so what if a helpless spy had fallen for him?

He could take care of her for the rest of her life.

*Little Scene 1

Urgent! What should you do when the regent is injured?

Xu Lefu, of course, chose to play the loyal minion and apply medicine to prove her devotion.

She frowned and grimaced as she sprinkled on the medicine, then looked up.

Huh? Why did the regent's gaze suddenly seem different?

*Little Scene 2

When the Empress Dowager heard that the regent had, for the first time ever, brought a woman home, she worried about her son's marriage. Even if the woman were a tigress, she thought, she had to be tied to his side.

So an imperial decree of marriage made Xu Lefu the regent's concubine.

At the time, Xie Beizhou simply thought it would give the spy more room to act. It was only reasonable.

Three months later,

Xie Beizhou's broad frame completely enveloped Xu Lefu as she lay beneath him. He leaned over her and whispered against her neck in a hoarse voice: "Ah Fu was right. The one who saves your life deserves to be repaid by marriage."

*Marriage first, love later, then face-slapping

Theme: Women's wisdom can also protect the country and its people. Women in a feudal society also deserve the right to be remembered in history.