Longing for Hibiscus

Bonus extra! The bonus chapter for reaching 1,500 has been posted. I sincerely invite all dear readers to check out my upcoming story, too!

Blurb:

Word around the capital was that Consort Rong was deeply favored by the emperor. Though she couldn't be made empress because the emperor feared her father and brothers had too many troops under their command, she was still granted the rare privilege of residing in Kunning Palace.

But it didn't last. Lord Pei, the Right Chancellor appointed by the late emperor, led his army to the gates of the capital. Consort Rong leapt from the city wall, her blood spilling before both armies. Two lives were lost in one body.

No one knew that this man, regarded by everyone as incorruptible, had long since become the consort's devoted lover.

Later, unofficial histories recorded that Right Chancellor Pei Yanli seized power as regent, appointed his cronies to office, and eventually took poison and died in the bedchamber of the late emperor's favorite consort. He never married in his life.

Reborn into another life, Liu Furong stood at the crossroads of fate and met Pei Yanli, who had spent every night in Kunning Palace in her previous life.

"If you're willing to marry me, then please do it soon."

"Beloved imperial consort x powerful court official"

"Capital beauty x aloof civil official"

Content warnings:

* In the first life, the heroine was not a virgin, but the child was the hero's.

* An important supporting character is also reborn, and the hero recovers his memories midway through the story.

* Neither lead is perfect. The hero is unhinged, and the heroine is proud and will grow over time.

* Plot-focused, with a slow start.

* Political maneuvering in a fictional setting. Readers who care about historical accuracy, please stay away.

* I'm a novice author and welcome suggestions, but if you're only here to criticize and argue, please click away~

Upcoming story:

"Taming a Wild Dog"

Mutually unhinged | Mad dog x venomous snake | A rotten person with a sincere heart

Xu Yuan was famous in her social circle for being a good girl.

She looked sweet and was even sweeter by nature. Before she returned to China, there was no shortage of people who wanted to marry her off for a business alliance.

At twenty, the Xu family called her back to China ahead of schedule. After keeping her on the shelf for all these years, they figured it was time to find her a valuable husband.

Xu Yuan said nothing and obediently went on one blind date after another.

But her parents were never satisfied. They thought the men were too shrewd, and that their sweet, obedient daughter wouldn't be able to handle them.

Then one day, Xu Yuan received a new blind-date profile.

Yu Jing.

She liked the sound of his name alone, and she liked his looks even more.

While studying abroad, her favorite flower had been the tulip.

Because it was slightly poisonous.

Oh, and she'd also picked up a mute boy who loved tulips just as much.

Yu Jing, or perhaps he should be called Nobody.

The first time he saw her, he was chained like a dog at the end of an alley. His lifeless eyes finally showed a glimmer of light at the sight of a rare East Asian face.

Until her white classmate joked, [Look, just like a wild dog.]

He lowered his head, his long bangs covering half his face and hiding him from her gaze.

He thought she was just like everyone else, just as vile.

He swore to himself that if he survived, he would tear apart everyone who looked down on him.

But that night, she returned to the end of the alley and asked him in fluent English:

[Are you mute?]

She took him in, then abandoned him.

He knew she liked tulips, so he took that name and became the son-in-law the Xu family wanted.

Because he knew how to pretend, and so did she.

Xu Yuan belatedly looked down at the handcuffs on her wrist.

Keeping a wild dog at home carries a lot of risk.

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