Widowhood on Pause: I'm Alive

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Fu Mingwan transmigrated as the eldest princess, only to find herself in an incestuous romance from the start.

Her elder brother, the crown prince, angrily gripped her by the throat. "Didn't you say you'd die if I granted you a kiss? Why are you still alive?"

Seeing danger everywhere in the palace, Fu Mingwan's lazy instincts kicked in. A sudden idea struck her: she would choose a husband and leave the palace to escape danger!

But just after she settled on a consort, she died on her wedding night.

After transmigrating again, Fu Mingwan became the daughter of a minor official, born to a concubine.

Longing for her handsome husband from her days as a princess, she fought with her father's concubines by day and helped her useless father plan his career by night. At last, the year after the princess died, her whole family was promoted and moved to the capital. However...

Her once tender, devoted husband swore he would never marry again, and despised her for imitating his dead wife, even though she looked eight-tenths like her.

The crown prince, who had hated her to the core, now took her hand, his gaze shadowed. "You remind me of someone I once knew."

Two years apart, hearts out of sync, love and hatred turned upside down.

And how had Deng Zhisong, the aloof beauty of the city, become a rising star at court?

In the dimly lit room, Deng Zhisong willingly loosened his clothes and leaned against the painting table, letting her sketch him.

When she looked up, she met his smiling eyes and heard him say meaningfully:

"You changed your face. You think they won't recognize you?

"But I'm different."

His voice was seductive.

"Fu Mingwan, I will always recognize you."

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Though Fu Mingwan was a lazy fish, she didn't want others to control her fate, so she decided to take up her dream again.

She would make her own way in ancient times, earn a fortune with her painting, and leave home!

If you want your illustrated book to sell well, a little male eye candy is essential. The peerlessly handsome Deng Zhisong agreed to model? Great, the book was sure to be a hit ^^

Fu Mingwan: Lower your clothes a little more. (Her eyes are full of longing for money.)

Deng Zhisong: How much should I expose?

Fu Mingwan: There.

Deng Zhisong: ...You can look, but you can't draw it. (He does it anyway.)

[Reading Guide]

1. The heroine is a clever little lazy fish with low moral standards and high self-esteem. She's very modern and won't be assimilated by ancient society.

2. The heroine may not fall for anyone first. There's male competition and a love triangle, as well as some one-on-one relationship arcs. The men are virgins, the woman isn't, and the male lead gets a happy ending!

3. The story is half romance and half plot. It's not purely a romance, and includes some political scheming and dramatic twists. It's completely unrealistic and not grounded in reality.

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"Sister-in-Law, I'm Scared"

Zhaolü had barely married into the family when her father-in-law, mother-in-law, and husband died one after another, leaving her the young matriarch of the household.

She turned away matchmakers and drove off the uncles and aunts trying to seize the family fortune. Zhaolü vowed to shake off her reputation as a bringer of bad luck, manage the Lan family's businesses, raise Lan Yun on behalf of her parents-in-law, and then find her young brother-in-law a good match so he could carry on the Lan family line.

Zhaolü made good on her promise, bringing silver pouring into the Lan family's accounts. Lan Yun was just as impressive, passing the palace examination as a top-ranked candidate at the age of seventeen.

But when the prime minister tried to choose a son-in-law from among the successful candidates, Lan Yun refused.

When a princess wanted to marry beneath her station and join his family, Lan Yun refused that too.

Zhaolü thought she'd spoiled Lan Yun too much, making him so willful. So she gritted her teeth and settled things directly, arranging a marriage with the Jin family's daughter.

They'd been childhood friends. Surely he would be happy now, right?

Lan Yun was silent for a long time before nodding. "I'll leave it all to you, Sister-in-Law."

But on the night of the wedding, Lan Yun crawled out from under Zhaolü's covers.

In the eyes of the world, he was a cold, unfeeling top-ranked candidate. But in front of her, he was...

Pitiful: "Sister-in-Law, I'm scared."

Pushy: "How do I consummate the marriage? Teach me, Sister-in-Law."

Insatiable: "A Yun hasn't learned yet. Can we try one more time? ^^"

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Lan Yun had disliked Jin Liangyu since childhood, and Jin Liangyu couldn't stand him either. So why did his sister-in-law call it... flirting?

He agreed to the marriage to keep a noblewoman from coming into the family and bullying his sister-in-law, but why had Jin Liangyu agreed too?

Seeing her cling to his sister-in-law like a dog-skin plaster, Lan Yun's expression turned cold. "Hmph, so she's here to fight me for her affection."

He heard the Jin family had a shady past. After joining the Court of Judicial Review, he went through old cases, hoping to find evidence to drive Jin Liangyu out of the family, but unexpectedly came across a wanted portrait of a bandit chief from many years ago...

Why did this bandit chief look so much like his sister-in-law?

Sister-in-law, I'm actually a little scared this time.

A fiercely ambitious (pretend) traditional wife from the past x a scheming top-ranked candidate who loves to play dumb

Reading Guide:

1. Six-year age gap. The heroine isn't a virgin, the hero is.

2. The second female lead and the male lead have no romantic development. See the main story for details.

3. The heroine is traditional, but that doesn't mean the author is! In fact, the heroine only pretends to be traditional, and the male lead is even less bound by convention. See the main story for details.

Theme: Love yourself before loving others