Madam Wu's Daily Funeral

[Cold and scheming Prince Sui x sunny Fifth Young Lady]

The Fifth Young Lady, who had gone missing from the Ningchang Earl's household, has been found. She is as beautiful as a rouge-red flower, graceful and poised.

Raised in the countryside by a madwoman who adopted her, she is feared to have a reputation that could ruin her younger sister's marriage prospects. The earl's household decides to keep her origins secret.

They say she has to learn proper manners before she can reclaim her place in the family. Chu Lingxi: I don't even want to reclaim it.

Before long, they can no longer hide the story of her mad adoptive mother. Rumors spread, and invitations pour in from people eager to watch the Ningchang Earl's household become a laughingstock.

Chu Lingxi wears a little face as pretty as a flower and shoots down everyone who comes her way. The young ladies have never seen anyone like her and think she must be crazy.

Chu Lingxi: "I really am a little tired of living."

The young ladies: "?"

The Fifth Young Lady never stays home. She puts on a human-skin mask and goes to stake out Prince Sui's residence, only to be caught in the act.

When questioned, she looks serenely at peace. "Just kill me."

She learned to make human-skin masks from her mad adoptive mother. When she spots a familiar face beside Prince Sui, she realizes her adoptive mother's origins are anything but ordinary. The story behind it all is so... fascinating, she'd rather not think about it.

Just let her die. Then she won't have to investigate.

Yue Wujin is clever and suspicious. At first, he thinks she is a spy, but before long he figures out the truth behind her headaches.

Once the madwoman's background comes to light, Chu Lingxi has another home to return to. The Ningchang Earl's household is consumed with regret.

Yue Wujin is no good man. "What will you give me in return?"

Chu Lingxi thinks she'll have to put in the work to help him accomplish something big.

But later, Yue Wujin topples a neighboring kingdom and expands his territory. Before leaving the capital, he makes her part of his scheme and abducts her to be his Princess Consort.

Everyone congratulates them, while the Fifth Young Lady visibly wilts... She really doesn't want to live. This man wants far too much. He's insatiably greedy!

Yue Wujin says nothing, only pulling her closer in his arms.

He takes the little lychee into his mouth. Her flesh is white and soft, her taste sweet and refreshing.

P.S. The little lychee is tough and dark inside. The heroine falls in love very late.

Coming soon: The Little Maid

Sang Changdong is a maid serving the old matriarch of a marquis's household. Her face is as lovely as a hibiscus, her skin fair as snow.

After the old marquis dies in battle, the young marquis leads the troops into battle. Years later, he returns victorious.

The old matriarch dotes on her grandson and, in one fell swoop, sends several maids to the young marquis's courtyard to serve as bedchamber attendants.

Sang Changdong doesn't try to get close to him. The young marquis is solemn in public and sinister in private. A man stained with blood is different from other men. How could she serve him?

Besides, His Majesty has already arranged a marriage for the young marquis. His future wife is a princess.

Luckily, the young marquis has no interest in women. Being his maid means good pay and little work. Not bad at all.

Until one day, while cleaning the washroom, Sang Changdong finds a human-skin mask.

As she stares at it in surprise, a long, slender hand reaches out from behind her and takes the mask. A handsome, cold-eyed man speaks in the young marquis's voice: "You saw that?"

Sang Changdong is horrified. It turns out that neither the young marquis nor the old marquis returned from the battlefield. The man before her is an impostor...

Sang Changdong thinks she's sure to die, but the young marquis makes her his personal maid, dressing and grooming him. She is the only one allowed near him.

The other maids envy her, but she is the only one who is afraid. One day, she might be silenced.

As the wedding approaches, the princess's maids come to the marquis's residence to prepare the bridal chamber. They cast a cold look at Sang Changdong, who has become the young marquis's favorite.

She has heard that the princess is willful and has had several young maids beaten to death.

Sang Changdong treasures her life more than anything. At last, on the day of the wedding, she can't take it anymore and runs away.

The marquis's marriage to a princess is a grand affair. His Majesty attends in person, and the whole capital is abuzz.

Sang Changdong flees without looking back. Only when the iron hooves behind her catch up does despair show on her face.

The young marquis, his red robes stained with blood, pulls her onto his horse and coldly asks where she is going.

Sang Changdong panics. The next moment, his lips cover her trembling ones.

After that night, there is no longer a young marquis. The old emperor dies at the princess's wedding banquet, his long sword running red with blood, and a new emperor ascends the throne.

Impostor marquis x little maid. The old emperor is no good man.

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