[Gentle older sister forced to train a dog x dark, sinister younger man who seems innocent on the surface]
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Jiang Rongchan lost her parents at a young age. The old emperor summoned her to Chang'an, made her Princess Changle, and treated her like his own daughter. She longed to return home, and back then the crown prince promised with absolute confidence, "When I grow up, I'll personally escort you home, Sister."
Now the new emperor has been on the throne for four years, but he shows no intention of letting her return to Chu to marry.
At her birthday banquet, an imperial censor flattered her: "I hear Your Highness is looking for a husband. All the young men of Chang'an admire you."
The emperor's knuckles turned white around his wine cup. He smiled. "I truly can't think of a suitable candidate. Why not choose someone you like from the capital, Elder Sister?"
The carriages of the powerful lined up outside the princess's residence, from a pure and virtuous tutor to a great general willing to become her lover...
Her dear younger brother sent some of them away to distant posts and demoted the rest.
Jiang Rongchan decided to accompany the empress dowager in prayer instead, but there she encountered the deposed emperor of an enemy state, who had surrendered.
The youth called out pitifully, "Sister, it hurts. Please comfort me." His features vaguely resembled the emperor's, and she couldn't help touching his cheek, only to hear a chilling voice behind her.
"Elder Sister, what are you doing?"
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If she'd known Jiang Yunyi was a mad dog that couldn't be leashed, Jiang Rongchan would never have tried to steal fire from the flames and tame him into a normal person.
After failing to tame him, Princess Changle asked to return to her fief, and left, never to return.
From then on, the ministers felt as if they had fallen into a nightmare. Emperor Xuanning grew ever more cruel and ungrateful, and increasingly bent on war. He repeatedly attacked the Northern Desert, even leading the campaign himself.
In the Northern Desert capital, the young ruler smiled ingratiatingly at the stunning woman. "To celebrate your birthday, I found you a treasure."
The silver box opened. A maid screamed. The treasure was nowhere to be seen. Inside lay a human head.
On a snowy night, the Northern Desert royal court fell. Inside the ruler's tent, the emperor smiled as he removed the disguise of a woman beneath him and murmured, "Sister, do you like my gift?"
His fingertips brushed her trembling, snow-white skin. He buried his face in the hollow of her soft neck and breathed deeply. The long-silent golden chain wound around them and swayed, ringing again and again, just as it had in Weiyang Palace.
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Jiang Yunyi considered himself merciful.
After all, what emperor would tolerate his subjects trying to steal his woman?
His elder sister treated him well, and he hadn't wanted to force her.
But the moment he saw her hand caress the face of a prisoner, something inside him snapped.
He hated her for having more men at her feet than there were stars in the sky.
He hated that a dog only had to wag its tail and beg to earn her pity, while he could not.
He hated that she was like a river, carrying everyone across but him.
[Reading Notes]
1. Both leads have no prior sexual experience; neither does the male supporting character.
2. The male lead is two years younger than the heroine and hopelessly love-struck, with virtually no moral limits.
3. Includes coercive romance. Please skip if that's not for you.
4. The protagonists' parents were friends. They are not related by blood, and the heroine was never entered into the imperial family register.
5. The blurb has been revised, but the outline is unchanged.
***Coming Soon: Swallows Beneath Painted Beams***
When Yan Heng first met Ji Mingyi, he was the renowned gentleman of the moon, a powerful minister of Jin. His white robes were immaculate, and he seemed like an immortal sent down from heaven to save her from her misery. He held out his hand and said, "From now on, you'll stay with me."
Those words turned her from a beggar into a young lady of the Jin chancellor's household.
Ji Mingyi treated her wonderfully, teaching her poetry and books, and instructing her in propriety and virtue.
If Yan Heng had never fallen for him, he would have been the best elder in the world.
When she came of age, Ji Mingyi chose a husband for her from among the princes of various states, all exceptional men. She turned them down one by one.
It was the bravest thing Yan Heng had ever done. She told Ji Mingyi, "All the men in the world put together don't have a third of your grace. I only want to stay by your side."
But he was unmoved. His expression was cold as he said slowly, "I indulged you too much and failed to raise you properly. It has led to a terrible mistake: you have no regard for proper relations."
Not long after, envoys from Yan arrived in the Jin capital, claiming the chancellor's daughter was the late ruler's blood and demanding that Yan Heng return to Jicheng.
Yan was too far away. Once she left, she would never come back, and they would never see each other again.
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The ruler of Yan welcomed the princess home only to marry her off to Guo.
At her first sight of her husband, Yan Heng remembered the young man who had held out his hand to her beneath the moon many years ago.
She loved him dearly.
After three happy years of marriage, Ji Mingyi had become a distant dream of her youth.
Until the new ruler of Jin marched on the city. During the negotiations, Ji Mingyi smiled gently.
"I lack a queen. I've come to claim you."
She personally poured him a cup of wine and offered it to him. "To me, the King of Jin is like a father and an elder brother. I feel only reverence and affection for him. How could I disregard proper relations?"
That night, the moon was a wheel of ice, and Guo was destroyed.
Theme: Cherish the one in front of you.
When I read the novel, I assumed the image of the male protagonist was Shao Feng's Shi Jingtian.
People from Cang country are so cute, hahahahaha
I can't handle jealousy at all, hahaha
The emperor is going to be angry again hahahaha [bad laugh] [bad laugh]
Hey, hey, hey, Emperor, you are also a straight man. The princess is so special to you. Don't you know what she is thinking?
Finally updated a lot... I wanted to see more updates when I came back from Jinjiang [Star Eyes]
Teacher, where have you been? Why haven't you updated in a month?
It looks great, please update the author soon [please]
Finally updated. It looks great!
Ahhhhh, does the author update it again?