My Archrival Insists We Raise the Same Child

[Xie Yunmian's perspective: the proud and petulant princess]

In my previous life, the crown prince died suddenly. I believed that Nalan Qing hadn't done it, so despite the pressure, I married her and helped raise the crown prince's posthumous daughter.

Until that woman really did get the child killed.

I was betrayed.

After being reborn, I met her again. Fine, I'd work with her for now: first, we'd let the crown prince have his daughter. Of course, I'd raise the child this time.

But the crown prince refused to have a child and insisted on arranging a marriage between the two of us.

We fled the wedding that very night. She was injured saving me and lost her memory, so I lied to her: "You trampled on my heart."

She said, "...You saved me. Do you still have feelings for me?" Even with amnesia, she was still flirting with me.

Later, I helped her regain her memories. She became the greatest martial artist in the world, and I fled with all the gold and silver in the middle of the night. But she brought every expert in the martial world to corner me. I was absolutely terrified.

She said, "Your Highness, shall we get married?"

So now she wanted to make it up to me? Too late! I was much too proud to agree. "Do you think I'm that easy?"

She wrapped a white silk sash around my waist and said, "When you get easy, you're not even human." Honestly, that hit a little too close to home. She said that in front of everyone. She might as well have stayed amnesiac.

The next moment, her eyes red, she kissed me several times. "I just like you this way. Shall we have a child and raise it together?"

I turned away, both savoring it and wishing for more. "We'll see how you behave when we get home." At worst, I could run away again.

Oh no! I'm blushing. I think I've already fallen in love with her. Shh! This is the princess's secret. Only you and I know. She doesn't.

Important note: I am a proud, petulant, powerful top.

[Nalan Qing's perspective: the scheming temptress]

In my previous life, the crown prince died suddenly, and they insisted I had poisoned him. What a joke.

My princess has a bit of a brain. You could call her clever. She married me and helped raise a child, and somewhere along the way I really did develop feelings for her.

You could call her stupid, too. In the end, she actually believed I would kill the child.

So after being reborn, I fought her first, bound her up like a little dumpling, and even dredged up old grievances until she was as furious as a groundhog. In the end, she agreed. If she'd listened to me from the start, none of this would have happened. We decided to let the crown prince have his daughter first. (I'll raise the child. Does she even know how to raise one?)

But the crown prince insisted that we were perfect for each other and wanted us to have a child.

We ran off with perfect coordination. I took a blow for her on the way, and somehow lost my memory.

She said, "You trampled on my heart."

I thought, I'm only amnesiac, not an idiot. She looked pretty good, so I teased her. "...You saved me. Do you still have feelings for me?" Her face turned red right then. I really liked seeing her blush.

Later, she helped me regain my memories, and I even defeated the big boss. But that night, she not only slept with me, she also ran off with the money. Very nice! As expected, a woman's words are lies. I was furious and immediately called every expert in the martial world to go scare her.

I offered her a way out. "Your Highness, shall we get married?"

She said, "Do you think I'm that easy?" I'd given her an out and she still put on airs. Fine, then don't blame me for what comes next.

I wrapped a white silk sash around her waist and said, "When you get easy, you're not even human."

She ignored me again, so I kissed her several times to tease her to death. I even deliberately reddened my eyes and said, "I just like you this way. Shall we have a child and raise it together?" I counted to ten. She was bound to find a way to accept.

She said, "We'll see how you behave when we get home." Hah! You still think you can run away.

My dear princess, accept your fate! Do you really think you can... leave me in this life?

Shh! No one but you knows.

Important note: To the world, I'm a martial-arts fairy. In front of her, I'm only the temptress who inspires her love and hate.

#I hate her to the bone, and she thinks I'm a venomous snake#

#But everyone thinks we're made for each other#

#My nemesis and I fought over custody all day, then the crown prince decided not to have a baby#

[Reading Guide]

0. [Both female leads are reborn + enemies-to-wives + revenge after rebirth + battles in both court and martial worlds + proud and petulant meets cunning and scheming + a long road to winning back one's wife]

1. In both past and present lives, they only love each other. One-on-one.

2. In this life, Xie Lingyu will be the child of Xie Yunmian and Nalan Qing.

3. Xie Yunmian has a proud and petulant personality, while Nalan Qing is cunning and scheming.

4. Xie Yunmian's nickname is Peacock (Red Peacock, Useless Peacock, Silly Peacock), and Nalan Qing's nickname is Temptress (Wretched Temptress).

Theme: No matter how many times it takes, I will love only you