A Laid-Back Idol Contestant Accidentally Kidnaps the Tyrant

[A purehearted tyrant who can see the heroine's brain 💛💛 VS a gentle, adorable palace candidate | Extra sugary bonus scenes after the blurb]

One day, overworked office worker Jiang Ningyue groaned at her computer: "Ancient times had no computers full of Excel spreadsheets and no bosses spamming you on WeChat. How nice!"

After she really transmigrates, the good news is that she has become the daughter of a wealthy merchant, doted on by her parents. The bad news is that a tyrant has taken the throne and is holding a selection for his empress. She is one of the candidates.

Convinced she won't survive three episodes in the palace, Jiang Ningyue decides to give up and just coast along until she is rejected and can go home to enjoy her retirement.

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Jiang Ningyue meets a guard who knows how to grow flowers in the palace.

When she returns his sachet, a faint floral scent drifts from him, and she can't help looking at him a few more times.

A jade belt cinches his lean waist. She secretly thinks that once she is rejected and leaves the palace, she must find a stunning man like him to marry into her family.

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While the other candidates are busy cramming embroidery, she sneaks off to the imperial garden to admire flowers and handsome men.

After killing someone, Chen Xianyao heads to the imperial garden to cultivate his temperament, leisurely fiddling with flower petals.

The candidate approaches him again and asks, "Do you have parents at home?"

He raises his eyes and answers calmly, "I'm alone. I have no family."

Jiang Ningyue can't help feeling sorry for him. Like her in her modern life, he is a poor orphan.

She wants to give the handsome man a warm home.

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Chen Xianyao grows flowers, and Jiang Ningyue admires them. He often weaves pretty flower crowns for her, and she gives him pretty sachets in return.

Drunk, she writes to her family to say she's well, explaining that she'll be rejected soon and even boasting that she'll bring home a live-in son-in-law.

On the day of the final selection, she keeps her eyes lowered and wears makeup meant to make her look as ordinary as everyone else. She refuses to look at the tyrant seated above them.

A pair of dragon-patterned boots stops in front of her. Chen Xianyao's voice suddenly rings out above her. "Ningyue, from now on, you'll grow flowers with me."

Jiang Ningyue is dumbstruck, and swallows her idea of finding a live-in son-in-law.

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After they marry, Chen Xianyao discovers the letter in which she said she wanted to bring home a live-in son-in-law. Since he doesn't know who she means, he fears another man might steal her away and treats her even better. At last, one day, he can't hold back any longer and asks jealously, "Who was the live-in son-in-law you said you wanted to bring home in your letter, Empress?"

Jiang Ningyue looks utterly defeated. She can't exactly say that she wanted the ruler of an entire country to marry into her family.

She denies it, but somehow he gets even angrier. How does that make sense?

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Bonus scene:

Jiang Ningyue often daydreams about what life would be like with a live-in son-in-law.

One day, after Chen Xianyao touches Jiang Ningyue, he actually sees himself stripped naked and locked inside a golden cage.

Jiang Ningyue is the person who treats him best. He will indulge every one of her whims.

Including building her a golden cage on their wedding night, then climbing inside it himself.

Reading tips:

* Sweet, everyday romance. Both leads are each other's one and only. There will be plenty of scenes of the emperor and empress being loving together. No harem, just one husband and one wife.

* Fictional history! Fictional history! Fictional history! Don't take it too seriously as real history. You'll enjoy the couples more that way!

* The story may be revised from time to time. Stolen versions on pirate sites may differ. Writing is hard, so please support the official release!

Theme: Do your best to make each day count.