On the night of a lunar eclipse, Xie Wan was marked as the ill-fated lone star.
Growing up in a Taoist temple, Xie Wan returned home to find herself without her parents. She faced external threats from vicious wolves while dealing with younger brothers crying for food.
To make matters worse, her biased grandmother had her heart set on driving Xie Wan out of the residence.
A certain man said, "Enough with the preambles, get to the point!"
"Oh," Xie Wan smiled faintly, "the point is, I've taken a liking to someone. I'll plan step by step, enticing him, using his influence to establish my family's power, and employing his help to uncover the truth."
The man wasn't pleased, "Aren't you supposed to seize the opportunity and take me down?"
Xie Wan replied calmly, "No hurry, no hurry. What's in the bowl won't go cold, even if we wait to eat it later."
The man retorted, "I feel pretty urgent though."
Xie Wan: ...

The Marquis's Daughter Seduced the Prince, and He Can't Resist Anymore

Li Ze glanced at Lady Marquis Ye and Ma Yushan, then sneered and stepped forward to stand before Li Yu. He clasped his fists in a respectful greeting and said, "Cousin."


Li Ze's grandfather and Li Yu's grandfather, the founding emperor, were full-blooded brothers. Thus, Prince Qin and the late emperor were cousins. In this generation, even though the blood relation was more distant, they still held the status of cousins.


Blood relations spanned three thousand miles, and familial bonds lasted for five hundred years. Anyone connected by the "cousin" title was considered family, let alone members of the imperial clan.


Li Yu looked at him and uttered a faint acknowledgment before coldly asking, "Why are you here?"


Li Ze looked toward Lady Marquis Ye and Ma Yushan, a cold smile playing on his lips. "You should ask Lady Ye and Miss Ma about that."


Hie the Muzzle