Begging the Eldest Princess for Forgiveness (Both Reborn)

Princess Anning, Yu Mingzhu, is peerlessly beautiful. She is the current emperor's own elder sister, spoiled, willful, and immensely powerful.

Unfortunately, a newly crowned top scholar with no sense of his place submitted a memorial accusing her of misconduct.

Wen You.

Yu Mingzhu lowered her raven lashes. She remembered him.

She had seen him from afar during the top scholar's street parade that day. He should be grateful he had such a cool, refined face.

He was as elegant as a jade tree and fragrant orchid, like a pine dusted with snow, like a white crane among bamboo. Just looking at him made her want to ruin him.

*

Wen You had already died of illness at the Princess's residence, but came back to life and returned to the day he became top scholar. The memorial impeaching the Princess was in his sleeve.

He remembered how, in his previous life, after one of their trysts, Yu Mingzhu had once nestled against him and whispered, "If there is a next life, you..."

He ought to have hated her: hated that she had trapped him in the Princess's residence by making him her consort, hated that she treated him like a plaything in bed, hated that she let the male companions in her household compete with him for her favor.

Yet in the dim candlelight, her peach-blossom eyes glimmered, so captivating that he found he could not hate her. As if possessed, he said, "This subject will still serve at Your Highness's side."

Now Heaven had truly given him another chance to choose. Wen You burned the memorial to ashes.

Later, Wen You submitted a request to be transferred outside the capital and was eventually sent to Jiangnan to serve as a low-ranking county magistrate.

Months later, when he heard a colleague mention the rumor that His Majesty intended to arrange a marriage for the Princess, Wen You got roaring drunk.

Half a month after that, the emperor made a southern inspection tour, with the Princess and her rumored consort traveling alongside him. When their boat docked, the banks were lined with noble families, all kneeling in welcome.

Wen You's rank was too low for him to receive an imperial relative of such exalted status.

He returned home in a daze, only to find a letter on his desk. It contained just four words: "If there is a next life."

*

Night fell.

Wen You knelt on the ground, eyes lowered, his expression obedient.

He remembered that when they first met at the Princess's residence in their previous life, Yu Mingzhu had said, "What I hate most in this life is being deceived."

Wen You crawled forward on his knees and bent down to kiss the pearl-inlaid shoes embroidered with butterfly orchids beneath her skirt. The pearls at the toes pressed against his chin, forcing him to look up. The moment his eyes met Yu Mingzhu's, his voice trembled.

"I beg Your Highness the Princess to forgive me."

"Let this subject return to Your Highness's side."

After sharing a bed for years, he knew his wife well.

She loved to watch green bamboo bend and white cranes bow their necks.

Reader's Guide:

1. Written to indulge the author's personal tastes. BG romance, no gender-bender content. Expect plenty of melodrama. Please don't offer writing advice.

2. This is a fictional setting, and the official ranks and other details are a hodgepodge. Everything serves the story.

3. In both past and present lives, the female lead is a woman and the male lead is a man, and they are not each other's first. The Princess's residence keeps male companions, and every man who has feelings for the female lead is sexually experienced.

4. In the previous life, the female lead forced the male lead into a relationship. In this life, the male lead will have to work hard to win his wife back. The female lead always holds the upper hand emotionally, and she's an expert at training dogs.

5. The male lead is head over heels in love, and his feelings are intense. Other male supporting characters will also compete with him for her affection.

6. The ending is undecided for now. It may be one-on-one or one woman with multiple partners.

Theme: Loving someone means accepting all of her, including her lovers.