A Farewell to Spring's Desires

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Chen Lehe had loved Du Rui deeply since childhood. He was such a handsome little boy, but after his father was promoted, they parted ways for ten years.

Over those ten years, their lives changed dramatically. Chen Lehe was still the same sweet, carefree girl, while Du Rui had become a young man of great promise and high standing in the capital.

She came from a merchant family and had no idea how vast the gulf between them was. She thought he was just as happy and eager as she was about their engagement, looking forward to their marriage day and night. As for the difference in their family status, she thought that if she worked hard enough, she could bridge the gap.

But no matter how hard she tried, all she got from Du Rui was cold indifference. At last, she understood that he was no longer the boy who had blushed and told her, “Wait for me to marry you.” It seemed his heart already belonged to someone else, someone beyond her reach.

Then one day, she met the woman rumored to be the moonlight in Du Rui's heart. When she saw his eyes suddenly light up, an indescribable anger and sorrow welled up inside her.

She stopped clinging to him and stopped playing along. She left a divorce agreement behind and returned to her family home that very night, reclaiming her place as the richest man's daughter. She decided to start her life over and forget the man who had once broken her heart.

After Chen Lehe left, Du Rui held the divorce agreement in his hands. This was exactly the outcome he had wanted, so why did his heart ache faintly, as if a blunt knife were cutting into him again and again?

His father rebuked him and ordered him to bring his wife home. For the first time, he willingly obeyed his father and traveled day and night to find her. When he saw her turn around with the same bright smile she'd had as a child, shock and sorrow surged through him.

He stopped mid-stride. His hands clenched at his sides, and he stared in shock at the woman whose belly was already showing.

[One man and one woman, both each other's first, happy ending]

[Alternate setting, not historically accurate]

[Sweet romance]

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Blurb for Fragrance in the Shadows:

Lu Xun was a man of refined elegance and the late emperor's most beloved son. After suffering severe injuries on the battlefield, his legs were left crippled, and he gradually became cruel and tyrannical.

Someone recommended to the Empress Dowager the eldest son of a family renowned for its incense-making, who could blend incense to soothe the mind and ease pain.

The Su family was thrown into chaos when the imperial decree arrived. Their eldest son had been useless since childhood. He couldn't possibly make incense, and couldn't even recite a single incense recipe properly. Sending him there would be no better than sending him to his death, and would drag the whole family down with him.

To save her family from disaster, Su Qingyuan resolutely disguised herself as her elder brother and stepped into the fearsome prince's manor.

Lu Xun thought she was a spy sent by the Empress Dowager to humiliate him. He found fault with everything she did, but Su Qingyuan endured it for the sake of her family. Then one day, the air in Lu Xun's room grew cloyingly sweet. Su Qingyuan had never smelled such a strange fragrance, and her heart lurched.

The man's bloodshot eyes blazed with fury. “How despicable! You actually want to use this aphrodisiac to make me sleep with another man? If that's what you want, then I'll grant your wish!”

Su Qingyuan was so terrified that she hurriedly pulled open her collar. “Your Highness, you've misunderstood. I'm not a man.”

The sight of her pale skin made Lu Xun, who had still been planning to frighten this spy sent by the Empress Dowager, completely lose his senses.

Theme: Only after losing something do we realize how precious it was!