Nonnasmith



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    “My ministers have nothing better to do all day than write these pathetic, trifling manifestos about how the king is being coerced by the wiles of an evil concubine.”

    Xie Lian blinked a few times. “Who?”

    Hua Cheng’s smirk grew wider. “Why, you, of course. Who else? These idiots of the court are threatening to smash their heads into the pillars and die if I don’t wrench myself out of your web of enchantment.”

    Xie Lian suddenly felt quite speechless. Who was the one enchanting who, exactly? Clearly it was the king who wouldn’t stop summoning him every minute of the day!

    OR: transmigrator!hua cheng becomes a king inside in his least favorite novel, and he has his sights set on a particular concubine

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    17 Jun 2026

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    hua cheng has decided his life isn’t worth anything, and so he spends it drinking, fighting and playing. to him, xie lian - who is studying for the state examinations, hardly ever goes out, and has agreed to marry the man his parents have chosen for him - is utterly unattainable.

    but fate has other plans in store, and there’s an evil brewing that will bring them together no matter how hard hua cheng tries to stay away.

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    26 May 2026

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    The worst part about the coffin was not the experience, it was others learning about it.

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    “The coffin.” Hua Cheng whispers. “It was a long time, wasn’t it?”

    Xie Lian opens his mouth, denial on the tip of his tongue.

    He takes in an unsteady breath, ashamed to find his eyes burning with the effort to hold back tears, then blurring with his failure to do so.

    “…It was.”

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    21 May 2026

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    "San Lang?" Xie Lian whispers against his jaw. Hua Cheng hums, tilting his head to him. His cheek bumps into his forehead, and Xie Lian squeezes him gently, along with the tingle of warmth that spreads through him at the contact. With his fingers tracing the swirled, thin embroidery of a dragon along the silk of Hua Cheng's robe, he asks, still in a hushed voice, "Will you tell me about your mother?"

    Hua Cheng stills under his hand, but only for a moment. His head shifts against his temple, and Xie Lian watches clawed fingers reach for the blue tassels hanging tied around his waist. He simply holds the flared ends, running his thumb over the clumped strings and threading them through his knuckles as he thinks. Xie Lian waits patiently, even through this sudden tension in the air and against the swirling in his gut.

    "...My mother?"

    or, if we knew more about hua cheng's past, what would it look like? how much of his childhood pertains to who he is today? a personal spin on the beginning of his backstory

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    07 May 2026

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    Five years of war leave the land drowned in blood. The Sheng dynasty has fallen, a new emperor sits on the throne, and the broken remnants of Xianle await their fate.

    Among them is the former Crown Prince, Xie Lian—once beloved, now a prisoner awaiting judgment.

    When rewards are offered for his role in ending the war, General Hua Cheng asks for only one thing: to marry the fallen prince.

    The court believes it must be cruelty, humiliation, or some elaborate punishment. No one understands why he would want a disgraced prince with nothing left to give.

    Least of all Xie Lian himself.

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    07 May 2026