Stealing the Lord's Wife

My new book, My Husband Thinks I'm Too Cold, is now underway. It's about a gentle, reserved, proper young lady of noble birth VS a forceful, brooding general. Please add it to your favorites. The blurb is below~

Blurb:

[A carefree tavern girl who could have lived an ordinary life VS an obsessive, powerful male lead]

Dai Zhi was born in Hexi, to a merchant family that ran a tavern. She was an ordinary girl, no different from any other.

But fortune smiled on her. She met Rong Chen and became his princess consort.

From then on, they were a loving couple who trusted each other, and their wealth and luxury were endless.

But Dai Zhi never imagined that Rong Chen would deceive her.

The daily sweet soup he claimed was good for her health was meant to raise a Gu.

And the five years of peace and quiet he said she had forgotten were the years she'd been imprisoned in the palace.

She also had another identity: the late emperor's Empress Rende.

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The thing Rong Chen regretted most in his life was bringing Dai Zhi back to the capital to ask his elder brother to grant them permission to marry.

That day, the sun was warm, the spring breeze soft, and everything seemed just right.

He carried the newly issued imperial decree and headed east along Jade Lake to find Dai Zhi, who was out enjoying herself with the palace consorts.

"Once today is over, they'll be leaving for Hexi.

He would hold a grand wedding for her according to Hexi customs and welcome her into his home."

But who could have imagined that the consort would be nowhere to be seen, while imperial robes lay scattered on the ground, their sashes tangled with wisps of red silk?

Rong Chen recognized them. They were the hair ornaments he'd woven into Dai Zhi's hair himself before she left that morning.

Yes, they were Dai Zhi's hair ornaments...

*Slightly coercive, mostly sweet. Proper in public, full of tricks in private.

*Includes amnesia, brothers fighting over the same woman, and a touch of stepmother romance.

My next book will be My Wife Thinks I'm Too Cold. Please add it to your favorites

Cui Tao was born to a prominent noble family, the most noble of noble ladies. She was aloof, dignified, and proper. Everyone said the man suited to her should be a noble gentleman, as elegant as jade and as graceful as an orchid.

Lin Shao was descended from a family of ministers who had served three dynasties. But he'd lost his father young, then left to spend half his life on the battlefield. He was rough, unruly, and a middle-aged man. Everyone said he was a god of slaughter who would die alone.

Few people knew that Cui Tao and Lin Shao had been betrothed since childhood.

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The imperial decree had been issued, leaving Cui Tao no choice. With a lavish bridal procession stretching ten miles, she married into the Lin family.

She was cautious and took her every duty as a wife seriously.

For example, she managed the household accounts and inner residence, restoring the long-neglected Lin estate.

She cared for her mother-in-law, maintained the family's connections, and revived the Lin family's traditions.

She even arranged for concubines to bear heirs...

Cui Tao was sure she'd done nothing wrong and had everything in order.

But one day, Lin Shao got dead drunk, gripped her by the waist, and asked why she treated him so coldly.

Cui Tao was dumbfounded. When had she ever treated him coldly?

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