The Abandoned Crown Princess's Comeback

Wen Jian transmigrated into the body of a deeply unloved Crown Princess, one who was having an affair with the Crown Prince's brother, Prince Qi, and had just teamed up with her lover to try to murder her husband! The Crown Prince, Li Yuanqi, knew all about it. He'd even outplayed them, turning their scheme against them and taking the chance to get rid of the original owner, his "double agent." Wen Jian arrived just then, with her life in his hands. She had no choice but to pledge allegiance to the Crown Prince, offering to become his double agent! From then on, at Li Yuanqi's behest, she responded to Prince Qi, played him, and drew closer to him... But the job kept getting harder, because her boss was always changing his orders! That morning, he had just told her to arrange a meeting with Prince Qi. But as soon as Wen Jian had finished dressing up, he canceled the appointment on his own and pulled her into a gauzy silk bed curtain... He pushed her until she was weak and breathless, all the while biting her and demanding: Why dress up like that just to meet him? Wen Jian thought he was being unreasonable, but the benefits of the job were decent and he was generous, so she kept putting up with him. Until she gradually realized that this Crown Prince was a tyrant like Emperor Yang: honeyed words on the surface, treacherous beneath, cruel and vindictive... So Wen Jian secretly saved up her own money and forged flawless identity papers. Then she ran away! * Originally, Li Yuanqi had no particular hatred for Prince Qi. He treated every obstacle in his way equally, removing them all. That changed when he heard Prince Qi say that Li Yuanqi had come between them, and that the hateful woman had actually agreed! Even with his unfathomable depths of calculation, Li Yuanqi couldn't contain his fury. He decided to move up the plan to get rid of Prince Qi. And that night, he would make Wen Jian understand once and for all who her legitimate man was! He had always loathed this Crown Princess. But as he fell for her, step by step, and even laid out a splendid future for her, she pulled off a perfect escape! Listening to his spy's report, the man who always put the greater good first darkened with fury. At the most critical moment in his bid for the throne, he swept out of the capital... * Once, in the Eastern Palace, she trembled and begged him like everyone else: "Your Highness, spare me." Later, in a residence in northern Su, she gazed lazily at him, her voice teasing. "Beg me." The man leaned down, catching the sheer fabric at her waist between his thin lips. His voice was hoarse as if rubbed raw. "I beg you, Madam Wen... take pity on me." * 1. The married couple sabotage each other at first, followed by a groveling pursuit of his wife. 2. The male lead is pure in both body and heart. (That's not just an authorial choice; there are other reasons, though the author is part of it too.) The female lead is of unknown status. 3. Set in an alternate Tang dynasty. The royal family is chaotic and scandalous, with plot points including brothers stealing each other's wives, men coveting their daughters-in-law, noblewomen in the capital keeping male lovers and even taking brothers as lovers, and more. The female lead has intimate scenes with a supporting male character, so don't read if that's not for you. There are many original settings, all mixed together. 3. Updates aren't regular. After revisions and additions, it will probably be around 15,000 characters a week. Upcoming novel: My Secretary to the Beautiful, Strong, Powerful Big Shot. Please add it to your reading list! Blurb: Jiang Qingci was born into the cultivation world. After years of hunting demons and ghosts, she finally made it into Tianwei Palace, where she became a junior disciple in the Administrative Affairs Office. But luck never comes twice, and her love life was a complete mess. Her childhood sweetheart abandoned her for someone with better prospects. Her new boyfriend, a sword cultivator, was just as difficult to get along with. They always seemed to be talking past each other. She was at a low point when someone unexpectedly offered her a promising career opportunity. The current head of Tianwei Palace, Xie Ze, asked her: "I need a scroll-handling immortal attendant. Would you be willing to take the position?" His voice was deep and magnetic. He waited calmly for her answer. He had the elegant bearing of an immortal, pure and aloof, yet spoke with courteous warmth. People said he was a legend in the cultivation world, that he had swept his sword through the Demonic Abyss and restored the immortal palace to glory. They also said that once the Immortal Alliance overcame this crisis, he would return to Taixuan Heaven. Jiang Qingci rarely interacted with him. Whenever they crossed paths, she would step aside with the other disciples and bow in turn to Xie Ze and the powerful cultivators accompanying him. At that moment, she hesitated for half a second, composed herself, and answered decisively. "This disciple is willing." * In his early years, when Xie Ze's path to immortality was obstructed, a kind soul once gave him a healing pill. The girl was fifteen or sixteen, as lovely as a dewdrop on a new cherry blossom, as pure as moonlight on fresh snow. Later, he descended from Taixuan Heaven to take charge of Tianwei Palace. When he saw her again, she was concealing half her face and working diligently as a disciple in charge of palace affairs. He had paid some attention to her, but not much. "Heaven is impartial," he thought. He believed he treated all beings in the cultivation world equally, without favoring anyone. Until he saw her with someone else, smiling at someone else, just as she had once smiled at him. Only then did Xie Ze decide that some people ought to be kept close from the start. So what if she already had a lover? He had plenty of ways to make her come to his side willingly, one step at a time. He often took her out with him. He deliberately took a love poison that could kill immortals. When she came to him of her own accord, offering herself for the greater good, he told her, "You don't have to. It wouldn't be fair to you." But then he added, "Are you sure? I'll be gentle." So Jiang Qingci bit her finger, struggling not to make any inappropriate sounds. But at some point, the finger in her mouth was no longer her own... * A strange demonic mutation occurred in a certain county, and Xie Ze, the head of Tianwei Palace, went there in person with his people to investigate. By coincidence, Jiang Qingci saw her "ex-boyfriend" again, the sword cultivator from a powerful heavenly clan whom she'd met through an introduction. He looked at her with disdain. "Who are you clinging to now? I used to think you were so above all that..." Jiang Qingci was distracted when she returned. In front of a crowd of cultivators, Xie Ze gently tapped the scroll in her hands and reminded her in a matter-of-fact tone, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, did you record all the details?" Jiang Qingci composed herself. That night, in an unoccupied palace hall, the sword cultivator's broken sword lay before her. Xie Ze swept it, along with the other items on the desk, down to the floor. He shifted his position, lifted her onto the desk, and held her there, gazing into her eyes, wet with desire. "Good girl, from now on, could you avoid seeing people who have nothing to do with palace affairs?" * A gentle, scheming, tea-green, flirtatious old fox on the outside x a dazed girl who keeps doing sit-ups between lying flat and striving forward 1. A gentle version of coercive romance. The male lead starts by luring her in, and it's not exactly ethical. Theme: Who you are is what matters.