My next novel will be a forced-possession romance, The Marquis's Concubine on the Run. The synopsis is below. Add it to your favorites if you're interested.
[Both Leads Are Chaste | Marriage Before Love]
A greedy, flirtatious, dramatic beauty x a cool, black-bellied, model-handsome heir
As the legitimate daughter of the Jing'an Marquis's household, Jiang Yue was born to high status. She and Gu Zhiyu, heir to the Duke of Jin's household, had been betrothed since childhood. Childhood sweethearts who grew up together, they were the envy of everyone.
No one expected the bride to run away before the wedding, causing an uproar across the city. Just as everyone thought the two families would break ties and cancel the engagement, the wedding went ahead as scheduled.
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Jiang Yue had three particularly vivid memories of Gu Zhiyu. First, he tore up her cheat sheet at school and got her punished by their tutor. Second, he abandoned her at a garden party to save the wife of the Marquis of Anping. Third, at the Spring Full Pavilion, he snatched her beloved Sister Yaoniang right in front of her.
How could such a lecherous man, so disloyal, unjust, and unchaste, become her husband?
She secretly fled the estate, planning to wait for the Duke of Jin's family to break off the engagement or find some random man to pretend to be her beloved, then stage a "you die, and I'll die too" scene to make him give up.
She set her sights on a masked man at the next table. He had broad shoulders and a strong back, a slim waist and long legs, and an elegant air. Surely he would put Gu Zhiyu to shame and make him back down.
She tugged open her collar, revealing one snowy shoulder, and smiled ingratiatingly. "My lord, might you do this young lady a favor?"
"What is it?"
"Be the man I love."
At that, the man chuckled and unhurriedly removed his mask. "Miss Jiang, take a good look. Am I the man you love?"
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Gu Zhiyu was proud and aloof, exceptionally talented, and had passed the imperial examinations at a young age. He was every young woman's dream in the capital, yet he had been betrothed long ago. People said the Jing'an Marquis's family didn't know what they had, unaware that he, too, already had someone in his heart.
At the Spring Full Pavilion, the young lady he thought about day and night finally showed him some interest for the first time, only to avoid marrying him. Gu Zhiyu personally dragged her back to the estate, his face cold.
Run from the wedding? Dream on!
The young lady demanded a divorce every day.
No feelings between them? Then they would take their time and cultivate some. If that didn't work, he could put his good looks to use. Still not enough? He'd make up the difference in silver.
Want a divorce? In your next life!
[Little Scene]
After they married, Gu Zhiyu returned from an assignment to find Jiang Yue sprawled across the bed, fast asleep. His brow darkened.
"Why didn't you leave any room for me?"
She replied with perfect confidence, "With the tiny salary you earn, I'm not waiting on you!"
The next moment, a stack of banknotes hit her, waking her up.
"Dear husband~ Yue'er is here to help you settle in."
"Dear husband, you're so busy with official business. Let Yue'er manage this money for you, mua~"
Gu Zhiyu: ...
[Reading Guide]
1. Both leads are chaste, in body and heart. The male lead loves only the female lead from beginning to end.
2. Childhood sweethearts + bickering couple + marriage before love (from the female lead's perspective).
The female lead's reasons for disliking the male lead are all misunderstandings, which will be explained one by one.
---The Marquis's Concubine on the Run---
[Bright, Resilient Personal Maid x Scheming, Black-Bellied Marquis]
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Wen Mian transmigrated into the body of a kitchen maid who tended the fire in the household of a wealthy Yangzhou merchant.
Because of her outstanding looks, she was promoted to maid and sent to the Marquis of Changping's estate along with the beautiful concubines.
The Marquis of Changping was going to marry, and Wen Mian knew that once the future principal wife entered the household, her own position and that of the concubines would plummet.
The best of the thirty-six stratagems was retreat. She worked hard to earn money to buy back her freedom, only to learn that her contract of servitude had already been transferred to the Marquis of Changping's household.
To leave as soon as possible, Wen Mian turned to ingratiating herself with the household steward, but several times she ran into He Xun, the Marquis of Changping, who was infamous as a terrifying demon.
After that, the steward became increasingly deferential and agreed to everything she asked. She thought she would soon be able to leave, but one day she happened to hear He Xun call her name in his sleep.
Before Wen Mian could react, one of the concubines personally delivered her to He Xun's bed with a cup of wine.
The man before her stroked her delicate, fair cheek and said softly, "This marquis is still in need of a personal maid."
Wen Mian sneered. "You pride yourself on being upright and proper, yet you'd force a woman? I won't be a concubine."
He Xun sneered back. "You're only a personal maid. How could you possibly be worthy of being a concubine?"
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He Xun, Marquis of Changping, was graceful and handsome, unrivaled in his beauty, heir to generations of nobility, and renowned far and wide.
One night, as he strolled through the garden, he caught a faint fragrance. A woman stood amid the mist, her face like a jade-white lotus, pure and radiant.
At first, He Xun merely found Wen Mian's refined, otherworldly air pleasing and soothing. Later, he found her gentle personality and attentive service appealing too. Having another beauty by his side to keep him company seemed like a fine idea.
So, despite the pressure of his principal wife not yet having entered the household, he planned to take Wen Mian as a personal maid, only to be rejected.
He Xun laughed in fury. A girl who had started as a kitchen maid should consider it an honor to be his personal maid.
Reading guide:
1. Both the male and female leads are chaste in body and heart.
2. Forced possession, groveling-after-the-wife, melodramatic romance.
3. The female lead is beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! (Important things are said three times.) The kind of beauty that dazzles everyone.
Theme: Live this life to the fullest, with sincerity and kindness
The hero played a big game of chess
King Yan is going offline soon. This has harmed several couples.
Jiang Yue: I always feel like my brother and my best friend are hiding something from me [question mark]
Read this chapter first and then go back and read it again [Let me be healthy]
"Shen Jin'an left the inner court and was in the wing..." This is a big bug for the author~ The author is sitting
There is nothing. I thought there was...
It's been a day and a night and it still hasn't been unlocked [Lie flat]
Is this done or not?
Yes, yes, but I just started watching it the day before yesterday.