Wiping the Jade

Neighboring novel, "The Third Year of a High Marriage", currently serializing. Reserved, composed young lady x carefree, uninhibited young general

[Be sure to read the content warnings beneath the blurb]

Xue Fuyu has been married to Xie Lian for ten years, standing by him as he rose from an unfavored prince to the emperor who now rules the world.

Over the years, she and Xie Lian supported each other. Under his rule, the realm enjoyed peace and prosperity, and she believed they would go on like this forever.

She never expected his former fiancée, her cousin, to return as a widow.

Everyone said the emperor had never gotten over his former fiancée. At first, she didn't believe them.

Until one day, she saw the two of them talking intimately together in the garden.

Only then did she understand that even after ten years by Xie Lian's side, their bond could never rival the deep love of his youth.

*

Since her cousin's return, Xue Fuyu has noticed that Xie Lian often loses himself in thought when they're together, and that he has grown impatient with their daughter as well.

Outsiders all say that with the return of the fourth young lady of the Xue family, the empress's position is no longer secure. After all, she is the one the emperor truly loves.

The Empress Dowager hopes they will rekindle their old romance, while the Xue family outside the palace says she took her cousin's place.

When she learns that Xie Lian intends to take a concubine, her heart finally turns cold, and she decides to leave the capital.

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Ten years ago, Xie Lian was forced to marry his cousin. After living together for ten years, he had grown accustomed to having her by his side.

Now he is no longer a boy others can push around. He can make up for everything he once missed out on.

He should be content.

But when his usually gentle wife coolly tells him she will give her place to her cousin, the normally composed emperor finally panics.

He grips her wrist with all his might, like a dog about to be abandoned, and asks hoarsely, "Cousin, are you going to leave me and the princess behind?"

Warnings:

1. One-on-one romance, both leads' first sexual partners, happy ending. Gentle beauty x younger puppy-like man. 70% anti-piracy protection, 48-hour delay.

2. The heroine is twenty-nine, and the hero is twenty-six. The plot serves the romance, so don't overanalyze it.

3. A bittersweet romance, not a typical groveling-to-win-her-back story.

4. The blurb is told from one perspective. The hero has no idealized first love; he only loves the heroine. His harem consists of the heroine alone from beginning to end. The hero is a dog.

5. Soapy, over-the-top melodrama. The logic often goes out the window, so don't read too critically.

6. No writing advice, please. Keep your language civil. If your strongly worded comment gets deleted by the bot, appeal it yourself. No need to announce you're dropping the novel. There are countless great novels on Jinjiang; if this one isn't for you, just move on.

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Coming soon: the older woman-younger man romance "Ning Zhuang". Voluptuous, gorgeous older woman x pure-hearted puppy who can't handle being flirted with

Yan Yuzi knows that her fiancé, the young master of the Helan family, doesn't like her. His heart belongs to someone else, and he regards her as a menace.

Fortunately, their engagement is only a verbal agreement and can be called off at any time.

Yan Yuzi finds an opportunity to tell him their engagement is off, but somehow ends up ruining his romance instead.

Worse, people misunderstand and think she's deeply in love with him and can only marry him. Both families believe the rumors and quickly arrange their wedding.

*

Helan Yin has always thought Yan Yuzi looks like a femme fatale. She's not only vain, but also a scheming woman.

She often acts one way to his face and another behind his back. One moment she says she's not interested in him, and the next she makes everyone think there's something going on between them.

She left him no choice but to marry her.

After the wedding, they agree to go their separate ways once the door is closed. But first she takes his bed, then she starts meddling in his affairs.

No matter how much he resists, she always looks at him with a smile, sometimes with an emotion in her eyes he can't understand.

Just as he begins to lose himself in her tenderness, the Helan family is suddenly struck by disaster. Yan Yuzi leaves him a divorce agreement and runs away.

It turns out the emotion in her eyes was guilt, which she used to manipulate him.

Helan Yin grips the divorce agreement, his eyes red with rage.

*

Yan Yuzi has finally escaped the people and affairs of the capital, and is living a peaceful life in a remote place.

One day, while chatting with a neighbor, they are interrupted halfway through their conversation when the neighbor tries to set her up with their younger brother.

She smiles and says, "Older men are better. They know how to care for you, unlike younger ones."

As soon as she finishes speaking, she sees the neighbor fall silent, staring behind her. She turns around and meets the eyes of a man who has outgrown his youthful awkwardness.

His face darkens. "So you like older men, Sister?"

Helan Yin struggles to hold back his anger.

Not only did she abandon him when he was in dire straits, she even wants to find someone else?

Theme: Happiness is something you have to fight for yourself.