The Bright Moon in My Arms

[Daily updates, melodramatic twists, happy ending. The story has already reached the events in this synopsis, so there's plenty to read.]

After Chancellor Song fell from power, his second daughter, Song Xi, was confiscated as a slave. With her ethereal beauty, she was considered a peerless beauty, and it was only because of that extraordinary face that she nearly became the Duke's heir's concubine against her will.

On the night she was to be taken as a concubine, Song Xi slapped the heir unconscious, then splashed the cold nuptial wine in his face and fled into the night.

She hid along the way, took an assumed name, and disappeared into the mountains. Then one day, a blood-soaked man grabbed the hem of her skirt.

"I am the emperor of the Great Yue Dynasty. I was brought to this state by treacherous men. Please shelter me for a while. When I safely return to the palace, I will reward you generously."

Song Xi burst out laughing. "You're the emperor? Then I'm the empress, Your Majesty."

Later, masked imperial guards and assassins did indeed find him. The man took her hand and spoke with infinite tenderness. "I'll be gone for a month at most, half a year at the longest. I will reclaim the throne. Then I'll bring the betrothal gifts and marry you properly, bringing you into the palace as my bride."

But the ones who came for her were not a royal procession. They were enforcers from the Duke's estate, sent to capture a runaway slave.

When they met again, she had become Lu Yuege, a palace maid carefully trained by the Empress Dowager and sent to the emperor's bed.

"Even you belong to the Empress Dowager." The emperor of Great Yue gripped her chin and asked, eyes red, "So from the moment we met, it was all part of a scheme?"

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After failing to seduce the emperor and becoming a laughingstock, Song Xi was sent by the furious empress dowager to the animal quarters. Starving and freezing, she was nearly out of her mind when she was gathered into familiar arms. The man's voice trembled.

"So what if it was all a scheme? Whether you're A Xi, the orphan girl from Phoenix Mountain, or Lu Yuege, the empress dowager's pawn... none of it matters anymore."

"..."

Later, the powerful Duke's household was destroyed overnight, and the duke's heir died in prison.

Overnight, a palace maid from the animal quarters earned the emperor's favor and rose like a phoenix.

The three-dynasty Grand Academician submitted a tearful memorial: "The daughter of a criminal must not enter the palace."

The emperor: "You look like the criminal to me."

The Empress Dowager pounded her chest in distress. "The palace rules are strict. A palace maid must not be promoted beyond her station."

The emperor: "Fine. No problem."

The next day, the emperor declared, "The sky is bright and clear, and I am in a splendid mood. Lady Song is promoted to Concubine Song."

The third day, the emperor announced, "What? Lady Song's cat had twins? What an auspicious sign! Promote Concubine Song to Lady of Bright Deportment."

The fourth day, the emperor cried, "What? The Empress Dowager is ill? The palace servants must have neglected her. Issue a decree: promote Lady Song to Noble Consort, grant her the imperial seal, and put her in charge of the six palaces."

"..."

Later, the emperor wrapped an arm around her and held out the imperial seal. "A Xi, look. I'm a real emperor. When will you keep your promise and become my empress?"

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An obsessive male lead goes completely mad for love, his lovesick brain growing by the day as he constantly convinces himself of his own theories.

[Reader's Guide]

Sweet romance, indulgent wish fulfillment, forced relationship, Mary Sue, mistaken identity, melodrama, rival suitors, love rivals, and a groveling pursuit.

Both leads are virgins. Daily updates and a happy ending.

Forced romance is my eternal favorite trope.

The heroine is a great beauty. Countless people fall desperately in love with her.

The leads grow over time. At the beginning, one is naive and the other a novice. They gradually become more capable.

[Important note] The animal quarters and flower house in this story are modeled on quiet support departments in modern institutions, where the workload is light and people can take it easy. The empress dowager sends the heroine to the animal quarters to sideline her, not to feed her to wild animals. The heroine is not abused. She doesn't do a day's work there before being rescued. I'm a kind and loving author-mom.

It's a little melodramatic, but the misunderstandings will be cleared up. Their hearts will be in harmony, and it will have a happy ending. Trust me!

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[The World-Destroying Demon Lord's Beloved Late Wife Is Actually Me]

With spring breezes at her back and success in her stride, Zhu Yu passed both the civil service and graduate school exams. Her only problem was deciding whether to report to a central government ministry or attend Tsinghua for graduate school. Then disaster struck: a car came flying from the sky, and she died on the spot. Her dilemma was solved.

When she opened her eyes again, Zhu Yu found herself in a fantastical world of cultivation.

Thinking of the two admission letters that would never lead anywhere, Zhu Yu decided to turn her grief into motivation and keep working hard in a new place.

In the twenty-first century, she had been a winner who passed two major exams. In this unfamiliar cultivation world, she was determined to work her way up and become a powerful immortal sect master!

Perhaps Heaven wanted to make up for her untimely death at the peak of her life in her previous one, because it treated her generously in this life.

On the first day, she was discovered to possess a sacred cultivation constitution, and Huacing Sect, the top academy among the immortal sects, welcomed her with drums and gongs.

On the second day, the four great sect leaders of Huacing all fought to take her as their personal disciple.

On the third day, a windfall brought her countless spirit stones and magical treasures, turning her into a little rich girl of the immortal sects.

Even the aloof, ruthless, taciturn number one in the immortal world eagerly asked to become her cultivation partner.

Zhu Yu thought her life would go smoothly all the way to the top. Then one day, she saw in the Three Lives Mirror that she had been tainted by demonic energy and hacked to death by her fellow cultivators from the immortal sects.

Far away in the demon realm, there was a world-destroying Demon Lord, a mighty and handsome man with an extraordinary air.

He loved his beautiful late wife deeply and could never forget her.

Though she had been dead for centuries, he still kept watch over her unresponsive body.

Loving her again and again, kissing her again and again, tender and affectionate, never leaving her side.

What a touching scene.

He held her body in his arms, looking so happy, so blissful.

If only that late wife weren't me, Zhu Yu thought.

[Reader's Guide]

A powerful, confident, exotic, and ruthless Demon Lord x a hardworking, self-reliant genius from an immortal sect.

Sweet and satisfying, a devoted couple.

A sea of passionate love. They want love, not mutual slaughter. Melodramatic but with a happy ending.

Draft saved: February 17, 2025

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