After Failing to Keep the Grand Tutor

[Revised into a full-length novel. The characterizations in the short version are somewhat OOC, so read at your own risk.]

I really messed this up. Please, please read the full-length version instead...

I'll fix this one.

The full-length novel is now on my profile: After Failing to Keep My Grand Tutor

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The first time I met Fu Xiangyu, he stood beneath the moon, every inch the refined young gentleman.

I served as his maid for three years. After I became Crown Princess, I personally appointed him as my Grand Tutor.

I thought we loved each other deeply and were devoted to one another.

To marry him, I stood firm against all opposition.

In court, I argued with the ministers for three whole days without stopping.

But on our wedding night, he offered me a cup of poisoned wine. I took it without a care, the smile gone from my long, narrow eyes.

In the end, I imprisoned him in Weiyang Palace, making him a caged bird who could never escape my grasp, day or night.

A ruthless, unhinged empress x a sweet, innocent male lead

Tip:

1. First-person POV

2. The story mainly takes place after the poisoned wine is served. The past will be covered in the full-length novel.

Upcoming full-length novel:

[Unhinged Empress x Fragile, Sweet Male Lead]

Before Xiao Wanqing claimed the position of Crown Princess, she wasn't quite so thoroughly insane.

That night, she had just carved up her own elder brother with a knife.

Blood still stained her face when she turned out of the alley and ran into Fu Xiangyu.

He held a black cloak she'd prepared for her in his left hand, his slender figure washed in moonlight. The snow-white fox fur wrapped around him made him look as elegant as a bamboo stalk.

Having just killed someone, Xiao Wanqing recalled something amusing.

She couldn't help but burst out laughing, leaving Fu Xiangyu at a loss.

Back when they were both studying at the Imperial Academy,

Fu Xiangyu always wore a spotless white scholar's robe.

Xiao Wanqing looked down at him from a high place, a hint of desire stirring in her eyes.

Seeing her gaze fixed on him, her hidden guard furrowed her brow. "Half a quarter-hour."

Xiao Wanqing looked up. She knew exactly what she meant:

kill someone, dispose of the body, and stuff it in a sack, all in half a quarter-hour.

She calmly took the robe from Fu Xiangyu and straightened her clothes.

Before long, the decree appointing her Crown Princess would arrive.

The two of them walked down a narrow path for who knew how long.

Xiao Wanqing kept her eyes lowered, pondering something carefully.

Then, seemingly without a thought, the corners of her lips curled into a deeply satisfied smile.

On the night of the emperor and empress's wedding, no one knew what had really happened.

Rumors spread from the palace that the couple had suddenly fallen out.

Fu Xiangyu's face was pale, like porcelain long kept from the sun, shining with a cold light.

Xiao Wanqing's voice was pleasant enough. Her fingers, turning a teacup, had gone white. She spoke softly: "Half a quarter-hour is enough time to wash you clean and toss you onto my bed."

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Fu Xiangyu had forgotten that five years had already carved away the last trace of girlish softness from Xiao Wanqing's face.

Her chin had sharpened, her cheekbones stood out, and her beauty had grown strikingly fierce.

How could she let him do as he pleased?

One-on-one romance, happy ending

Tip: The full-length novel will not use first-person narration.

Theme: My heart's intentions are clear, yet impossible to reveal.