"She is the last beat of my heart, which nearly died of longing for her."
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[Love by Force | White Moonlight | Rivalry Among Men | Widow x C-Male]
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Brooding, career-driven emperor x resolute, steadfast fallen kingdom's enchantress
Shu Jingshi, the beloved consort of Jing, was breathtakingly beautiful and long known as an "enchantress consort."
To win her smile, Emperor Jing once captured a tiger with his bare hands.
In the third year of the Suihe era, Jiangnan fell, and Emperor Jing hanged himself.
In the vast Jing palace, the consort alone remained.
By imperial decree, Zhou soldiers captured her and imprisoned her in Bianjing.
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Zhao Xu had been confined within the palaces of Great Zhou since birth.
There were rebels he could never finish killing, and treacherous officials he could never completely root out.
He thought he was destined to spend his life wandering a lonely, crooked path.
That was until he happened to meet a woman.
The gaze in her eyes was resilient and bright,
a sight unlike anything he had seen in all the years he had struggled through.
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Three years later, he reclaimed power from the empress dowager.
But the woman he had long yearned for had become the most favored consort of Jing.
So he led an expedition to Jiangnan, killed Emperor Jing, and destroyed Jing, finally taking her back.
"From the very beginning, I knew she had come to kill me."
"If she wants to kill me, I will hand her the knife myself."
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is not a virgin; the male lead is.
2. The heroine is absolutely beautiful, with a touch of Mary Sue.
3. Neither lead has a perfect personality.
4. The setting is very loosely based on anything.
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My next book, All Blessings Together, will open soon.
Blurb below:
(Opening November 2. If you're interested, please add it to your collection!)
Spendthrift heiress x incorruptible, handsome court official
Lu Shusheng was born into wealth and privilege. Her elder sister was a favored consort, and her father was a chief minister.
After the spring examination results were announced, her father found a poor top scholar and forced her to marry him.
She was completely unwilling, until she learned that the childhood friend she had always loved had been promised in marriage to a county princess.
In a moment of hotheadedness, she married the top scholar instead.
On their wedding night, Lu Shusheng gazed at his peerlessly beautiful, otherworldly face and said coldly:
"Our marriage is nothing but our parents' decision. I have no affection for you. From now on, let us each live our own lives and stay out of each other's way."
The young man said nothing, only murmured a quiet "Mm."
From then on, they pretended to be affectionate in public, but never shared a bed in private.
Lu Shusheng had always been extravagant, carefree, and willful.
Watching her husband spend his days in plain robes and simple clothes, buried in official duties,
she found his false propriety unbearably irritating.
Just as they were getting by, her husband was suddenly demoted,
and the whole family moved to remote Shuchuan.
Lu Shusheng was miserable when they first arrived in Shuchuan.
Right then, her childhood friend wrote to say he wanted to elope with her.
Overjoyed, she began planning how to get away.
That night, heavy snow sealed the mountain passes of Panlong Ridge.
Countless animals and villagers were buried beneath the drifts.
Lu Shusheng was trapped in the snow as well, while her childhood friend abandoned her and left.
At that moment, the mountains were capped with frozen snow, and the wind swallowed the dead.
Just as she had lost all hope, pinpricks of firelight streamed toward her.
The husband she had dismissed as a hypocrite appeared, bringing soldiers to rescue the villagers.
The young man draped his fur-lined cloak over her shoulders. Dressed only in thin clothes himself, he braved the wind and snow and carried her down the mountain, one step at a time.
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(Male lead's perspective)
Shen Tongchun would never forget the girl's icy gaze on their wedding night, or her chilling words.
From then on, he buried all his love for her deep in his heart.
Knowing she did not want to see him, he often traveled for work. Knowing she was extravagantly wasteful, he gave her his savings to spend as she pleased.
He never made any demands of her, and never dared approach her.
But when he saw the deep affection in her eyes as she looked at her childhood friend,
the young man's heart suddenly turned cold. His usual composure, restraint, dignity, and solemnity all vanished, replaced by deep jealousy and resentment.
He envied how easily her childhood friend had captured her attention, and hated that her gaze had never once fallen on him.
"Would you take pity on your husband and spare me a single glance?"
"I have walked among mortals for more than twenty years, and know myself to be lacking in virtue and talent. I have only one clear and sincere heart to offer my wife. The radiant sun above bears witness, as do the countless people of the Nine Provinces. My words are true, and my love can be proven."
[Reading Guide]
1. A fictional setting, with no historical models.
2. The childhood friend is engaged to someone else, but they are not married yet.
3. The heroine grows over time; she is deeply flawed at the beginning.
Theme: I am not alone on my path.
I have only read half of the free chapters because it is a bit difficult to get into the book. Maybe the narrative method is not what I like. I will try again and again to continue reading because I really like the sentence I tweeted on Hongshu at that time. She became the only beating heart left when he almost died of illness on the bed. It was very atmospheric, and the copywriting I saw in the tweet at that time was also super atmospheric. I have a sense of encirclement, and the cover of this book. I feel that the author's aesthetics are very good. I have been thinking about it, but unfortunately I can't find the tweet later. I looked through my favorites for a long time before comparing it and found out that it is this book, but I am not sure yet. After waiting for a long time for the ending, 🙏 I finally saw the famous line in my mind in the last extra chapter. I really like this extra chapter.
Finished spreading flowers, see you in the next chapter! 🤩
I like the characters and story, but the plot feels very inexplicable [melted] 🙏 the writing is not strong enough and very shallow 🥺
The emperor is still bleeding and you two are still chatting [changed] [changed] [changed]
The author greatly appreciates the update!!!
This miracle doctor!!! Ahhhhh! It whets my appetite, it's so pretty!!
Love rivals are extremely jealous when they meet, hahahaha
Fresh rice!
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Finally updated!!! Ahhhhhh