The Black Lotus Is Fierce and Ruthless

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Blurb

Xiao Hu is the pride of the Jin Kingdom and the sharpest blade in Emperor Jin's hand. But those who serve the emperor rarely have a good reputation. Though the Marquis of Zhennan, Xiao Hu, is elegant, handsome, and peerlessly refined, people across the realm call him a ruthless fiend whose name strikes terror into their hearts.

Everyone at court fawns over him.

Behind his back, they curse him as a motherless, fatherless bastard, scorn him, and spit on him. To his face, however, they offer him treasures and beautiful women, kneeling to show their respect.

Jiang Liu was among the dancers sent to the Marquis of Zhennan's estate. From then on, Jiang Liu, who was lying low until she could exact her revenge, was housed in Xiao Hu's inner quarters.

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From the first time Jiang Liu heard Xiao Hu's name, she considered him her greatest enemy.

When Xiao Hu summoned her to his bed, she played along. But amid the wavering candlelight that night, he memorized the uniquely cool, delicate fragrance that clung to her.

Then a misunderstanding led to a poisoned arrow from Xiao Hu's hand piercing Jiang Liu's shoulder, and she disappeared.

Xiao Hu never imagined that the soft, tender lips that had once wandered over his neck would, six months later, belong to a young woman whose face now held nothing but distant indifference.

She stood behind a young man who had rushed to protect her. The two of them drew every eye, yet somehow the joy beginning to rise in Xiao Hu's chest turned into a pang of aching jealousy...

The closer he got, the more she withdrew.

Only when he pinned her against his chest did she finally stop acting so cold and distant. Like a cat with its fur on end, she called him crazy, utterly unlike her usual aloof self!

He gazed at her devotedly, then wrapped an arm around her waist as if claiming her. "I like this look on your face, not when you treat me like some random cat or dog."

Reader's Guide

1. A slow-burn, plot-driven story. Romance comes later.

2. Set in an alternate history. Place names, official titles, and so on are borrowed.

3. There is no historical dynasty as a reference. Everything is made up by the author.

4. Everything in the story is in service of the plot and does not represent the author's worldview.

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Blurb

"Host's current survival rate: 0.01%"

"System mission: Change the original novel's Bad Ending"

After dying suddenly, Lou Yuxiao wakes up in an old-school tragic romance novel, as a character who's about to die... and isn't even important enough to count as a supporting female character.

Just as she's at a loss over how to survive, her younger sister throws a fit and demands to switch betrothed partners

"I'd rather die than marry Prince Xuan!"

Prince Xuan?!

Lou Yuxiao remembers that the book ends with Prince Xuan, Pei Heng, bathing the imperial city in blood and ascending the throne. She grabs the imperial edict from her cheap father's hands. This is just what I've been looking for! It couldn't have been easier!

If she can find a way to deal with this great villain and help the male and female leads get together, then she can go home with her gold and treasures, right?! Lou Yuxiao thinks she's a genius!

Poison doesn't work?!

The beauty trap doesn't work?!

When her plan is exposed, she has no choice but to fake her own death!!

One year later

In the dark room, candlelight flickers. He lifts his sweat-damp face, the wavering light revealing his devilishly handsome features.

Lou Yuxiao sees his flushed face, his breathing strained and suppressed. She kicks him away and shrinks back into a corner in terror!

His voice is low and hoarse with restrained desire. "What? You were so heartless when you abandoned me. And now you know how to be afraid?!"

(Sinister, ruthless tyrant x laid-back office drone | Trap of a substitute marriage x redemption through mistaken identity)

(System: Host, the villain's corruption level is dropping rapidly...)

(Lou Yuxiao: Come on! How does his self-delusion not count toward my performance review?!)

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Theme: Break free of obsession and be reborn