Song Jiheng was an outstanding young scion of a century-old clan, handsome beyond compare.
All Cheng Lianshu ever wanted was to be Song Jiheng's wife, not his cousin.
In the eyes of the world, she was no more than a country girl trying to marry up and reach for a branch that was beyond her grasp. People often said that the Third Young Master was as beautiful as an immortal, so how dare she even dream of him?
Life in the Song household was not easy. Cheng Lianshu was often bullied, but she stayed by Song Jiheng's side just as she always had, sweetly calling him “Cousin.”
But he never came to see her in a new light. Instead, she heard that he was discussing a marriage match. When she confronted him in her grief, all she got was his cold reply: “I only think of you as a younger sister. My affairs are none of your concern.”
Thinking back on all that had happened, she realized how heartless Song Jiheng was. She stopped arguing, but that very night, she lifted the bed curtains around him.
Song Jiheng was utterly disappointed. He scolded her for having no shame and confined her to a temple to reflect on her actions.
Cheng Lianshu stayed at the temple for half a year. She heard that Song Jiheng's marriage match had fallen through after all, and that he had grown even more aloof and solitary... But none of that had anything to do with her anymore.
Those six months made her realize that everything before had been nothing but one-sided affection. She no longer dared to dream of him.
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Cheng Lianshu would sometimes act rashly, but Song Jiheng had generally thought her obedient and well-behaved. It was only when she finally climbed into his bed that he realized how stubborn she could be.
But later, after only half a year at the temple, Cheng Lianshu seemed like a different person.
When they met again, she was no longer warm toward him. She simply greeted him distantly and coolly as “Third Young Master.”
Song Jiheng thought he ought to feel relieved, but when she said she was going to marry another man, and he saw her radiant smile, he clenched his fingers tight.
At some point, his cousin had become the sickness of his heart.
He didn't want to be her brother. He wanted to be her husband.
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Chu Ning died in a car accident on her way home from work. The moment she regained consciousness, she heard someone sobbing beside her: “We bid farewell to Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager.”
Chu Ning slowly opened her eyes, and the people beside her nearly fainted in terror.
The Empress Dowager isn't dead? She's alive!
She quickly figured out what was going on. Yes, she had transmigrated, becoming the Empress Dowager of the Great Li Dynasty.
Her husband had just died, her young son had become emperor, and only a few days into her new role as Empress Dowager, she had tried to kill herself over a man and died by smashing her head against a wall... Things didn't look good. On top of that, the peerlessly handsome eunuch beside her seemed to have it in for her.
Chang Yi, the Director of the Directorate of Ceremonial, had been the late emperor's favorite eunuch. He wielded immense power and was ruthless in his methods. Everyone in the palace feared and respected him.
To Chu Ning, Chang Yi was a madman who could kill with a smile.
She wanted nothing but to stay alive. So when Chang Yi glared at her ominously over a memorial, she smiled obsequiously at him. “I'll do whatever you say, Eunuch.”
Later, when his long fingers shamelessly caressed her calf, Chu Ning realized something was wrong. Everything was wrong! Had she become this damn eunuch's companion?
Chang Yi gazed at her with a faint smile. “Didn't Your Majesty say you'd do whatever I asked?”
What else could she do? She'd just have to do whatever the eunuch said!
*
Chang Yi was born lowly, yet step by step he rose to a position no one else could reach. He hated Chu Ning, and when he finally drove her to her death, it was as easy as crushing an ant.
But she hadn't died. After waking, her temperament had changed completely. She had become docile, obedient, and good at reading the room.
He thought she must have changed tactics to deceive him and stay alive.
Still, the Empress Dowager was so well-behaved now. It seemed she had no reason to die.
Until, one day, it seemed his Empress Dowager had fallen for someone else and started to look down on him for being a eunuch.
Chang Yi smiled as he watched Chu Ning laughing and chatting with another man. That night, he cornered her behind her bed curtains.
His eyes darkened. “Your Majesty, I have what he has too.”
Chu Ning tried to get away, but Chang Yi grabbed her hand with a firm grip. He licked her palm and coaxed her, “Be a good Empress Dowager. A good Empress Dowager. Feel for yourself.”
Theme: You can overcome every obstacle, one by one
Little Sister
Stubborn One
After My Husband Passed Away
I Transmigrated and Accidentally Provoked a Psycho with a Sweet Exterior and Dark Heart
My Savior Became a Widow
Fruity Lemon
I Picked Up a Little Madman
After the Mad Eunuch Took an Interest in Me
Oh, So He's a Stand-In
After the Black Lotus Was Betrayed
How to Win Over My Archrival
His Majesty Is Hard to Appease, So I Won't
Why don't you refund my money? What on earth are you writing about? Is the heroine a piece of cake?
This book has almost nothing to do with the Crematorium of Chasing Love. The relationship between the heroine and the hero is more like two people growing up, each other is the only one, and the heroine is not willing to abuse the hero at all. The male protagonist is a little bit more entangled, and the female protagonist is in a state of okay, okay, okay, okay... Then finally HE... The last time I saw Chapter 44, the first 30 were actually pretty good. I thought the plot highlights would be at the back, but it turned out that the back part started to feel like a plot with a low number of words. In fact, I rarely buy the whole book. This time I just wanted to read the plot behind it, but I found out that I was defrauded. Fortunately, the number of words is not many, so okay...
I feel that the plot development after being imprisoned for half a year is weird and awkward. The behavior of the characters does not match the reaction to the development of the plot. The behavior caused by the psychological changes of the characters is also very awkward. It seems that it happens for the sake of the plot rather than the behavior of the characters in the character and the current environment.
I can't stand it anymore. The writing is pretty good. It's a pity.
I feel like I threw a handful of money into the trash can [shut up]
It ended too quickly, and the male and female protagonists never even kissed... If the plot of chasing his wife at the crematorium was written more delicately, this would be a good novel.
It's really weird… Why is the ending so hasty???
Baby, thank you for writing such wonderful and touching words! Great
It's been a long time since my baby arranged bed scenes.
Ah, why is it broken here?