She Conceived the Cold-Blooded Madman's Child After the Consort Selection

[Blurb]

Nan Xun transmigrated. He'd only been enjoying life as a lazy nobody for a few days when he was sent to be a consort candidate for Prince Yu, who killed people every day. After a round of group exercises in front of the palace hall, the eunuch bowed to him.

"The prince has chosen you. Hurry up and consummate the marriage."

On their wedding night, Nan Xun trembled in his phoenix crown and bridal robes as the other man's hand settled on his waist.

Nan Xun panicked. "Your Highness, I have a condition."

Prince Yu beamed and said gently, "It's fine. I'll take care of you."

Prince Yu, Xiao Jinyi, was born under an ill-fated star. Everyone for miles around trembled at the mere mention of him.

The Great Liang court was unstable, and countless people wanted him dead.

Xiao Jinyi publicly announced that he was choosing a male consort.

He'd meant to flush out an assassin lurking close to him, but instead he hooked the dimwitted young master of the Nanyang Marquis's household.

One month after the marriage, a guard reported:

"Your Highness, your consort is wandering the streets. He may be plotting something."

Xiao Jinyi entered the room. Nan Xun held out a half-eaten sweet pastry.

"Your Highness, I just bought it."

Two months after the marriage, a guard reported:

"Your Highness, your consort sneaked into the restricted area where you hold council. He seems to be trying to eavesdrop."

Xiao Jinyi set down the throat he'd half-sliced open and saw Nan Xun cuddling a fluffy ball of fur.

"Your Highness, the cat got away."

Three months after the marriage, a guard finally lost his patience:

"Your Highness, your consort bought an aphrodisiac to kill you!"

Xiao Jinyi leaped up excitedly and slapped the table.

"I'll go there myself."

When Nan Xun first arrived at the prince's residence, he was sure he wouldn't live long, so he tried every way he could to escape.

After failing time and again, he gave up and decided to lie flat.

Before long, red candles were lit at Prince Yu's residence to welcome a new bride. Heartbroken, Nan Xun fled in the dead of night.

In a small house, a hand clamped down on his chin. Chains clinked sharply. Xiao Jinyi glared at him with a sinister look, his voice hoarse, and poured him a bowl of pregnancy medicine.

"You won't be running anywhere for the rest of your life..."

Later, Nan Xun ran away anyway.

Standing at the edge of a cliff, watching the man draw closer, covered in blood and begging him to come back, Nan Xun shouted for help.

Go away! You selfish lunatic, quit putting on this tragic-romance act!

A clueless, spoiled brat who forgot his compulsory education after transmigrating × a neurotic, sulky madman, cold-blooded and merciless, who'd kill anyone and everyone

Reader's guide:

1. A one-on-one comedic everyday story. The receiving partner has someone pursuing him, but it goes no further than pursuit. The giving partner gets engaged to achieve his goal, but it goes no further than an engagement. (Let's not get into who regrets it so much their guts turn green just yet.)

2. The giving partner is a male ghost and will go crazy, but he really does love him. He really does. (Bows.)

3. Pregnancy later on. (Highlighted!)

[Upcoming novel blurb]

The Feudal Patriarch Marries the Sickly, Spoiled Crown Prince by Mistake

Sickly, spoiled Crown Prince × feudal-patriarch Regent

When Shi Yan was born, nobody thought he would live long.

As the sickly Crown Prince of the Yu Kingdom, he was sent to the Song Dynasty as a hostage by the Yu king, who could barely protect himself as his kingdom teetered on the brink of collapse.

Being a hostage sounded so dull.

The Emperor of Song waved his hand and married Shi Yan off to Prince Zhao as his male consort.

Everyone knew that male consorts had low status and were thrown into brothels for male entertainers once their owners tired of them. Most didn't live past twenty. But nobody knew that the Yu people were a foreign tribe whose men could also bear children.

And so, when Shi Yan was two, someone led him to a candlestick and pointed to a portrait.

"Your Highness, this is your husband."

Gu Jianze, Prince Zhao, had been left with disabled legs after an accident in his childhood. His father didn't love him, and his mother didn't care for him.

At fourteen, he made his own way in the world. To regain the use of his legs as soon as possible, he raised an army to seize power and opened an apothecary in Bianliang under an assumed name.

One day, Gu Jianze returned from treating patients and opened his door to find a toddler sitting on the kang, clutching a lollipop.

Servant: "Your Highness, this is the consort you married."

Gu Jianze saw black. "Strangle him. I don't have time to look after a child."

Just as he was about to do it, the toddler started coughing and wheezing, then spat up blood.

Gu Jianze was horrified and immediately rushed to save him.

The toddler curled up in his arms and drank milk diluted with water. His little face was so fair and delicate that he was clearly going to be a beauty. He grabbed Gu Jianze's finger and smiled at him.

Gu Jianze's heart lurched. "Great. I should've strangled him after all."

The tides of Bianliang changed many times. In the blink of an eye, twenty years passed.

The once obscure Gu Jianze suddenly rose to power. His army of a thousand stormed the imperial city in a bloodbath, toppling the crown prince and deposing the chancellor.

Everyone said Prince Zhao seemed kind on the surface but was actually ruthless. He'd kill anyone who stood in his way, and no one could stop him from claiming the throne.

What about his consort from the Yu Kingdom?

Nobody knew.

Rumor had it the consort was frail and had been played to death. Others said the consort had failed to bear an heir, so Prince Zhao had killed him.

On the day Gu Jianze held the imperial hunt and sacrificial ceremony after ascending the throne, envoys from every kingdom came to court and armies gathered around.

The Yu king squeezed through the crowd and asked nervously, "My son, cough, cough, is Shi Yan still alive?"

Suddenly, a slap rang out.

A person dressed in phoenix robes came storming out of the military tent, carrying a small child, while Prince Zhao chased after him with a hand over his face.

Gu Jianze: "Shi Yan, I'm sorry, all right?"

Shi Yan flew into a rage. "No! Who gives a child milk diluted with water?"

Everyone cried out in shock: When did the emperor get married?!

The Yu king cried out in shock: When did I get a grandchild?!!

Reader's guide:

1. The romance only begins after the receiving partner turns twenty.

2. The early story is purely wholesome, healthy childcare and domestic life.

3. They only hold their wedding ceremony long after getting together.

Completed historical danmei political intrigue novel: Everyone Wants to Betray This Vice Prefect

Theme: Survive adversity, then turn back before it's too late