The Marquis's Beloved Wife

A princess raised in the cold palace is the most useful pawn of all, destined to sacrifice her entire life for the imperial clan. Ming Fu was married off to forge a political alliance, then took her own life. For no apparent reason, she was granted the chance to be reborn. In her new life, she was still the sixth princess, unknown to everyone in the cold palace, with nothing and no one to protect her, and anyone could bully her... In her previous life, Ming Fu had no connection to the Marquis of Xiguang, a man outsiders described as cold and ruthless, yet powerful and influential. Only as her life was fading had she heard that he had seized control of the entire Daye Empire with an iron fist. At her coming-of-age ceremony, she met him for the first time in this life. The Marquis of Xiguang was tall and graceful, famous from a young age, and so carefree and elusive that no one could read him. The emperor tried to force him into marriage once again. Only when Ming Fu appeared did his gaze, which had never before fallen on anyone else, drift casually toward the much-gossiped-about sixth princess. Later, Ming Fu got her wish and married into the Marquis of Xiguang's household, escaping the palace. She thought they were simply using each other: she would be a good Marchioness of Xiguang and live out the rest of her life in peace. But when the man in black, tall and straight-backed, looked down at her with cold eyes and a faint smile, questioning her as if with a blade, she finally realized she had fallen deep into a wolf's den. “Rumor has it the sixth princess is talentless, worthless, and plain?” “...” “I've also heard that the sixth princess is timid and weak, foolish from a young age, and unfit to be a princess?” “...” “Did the princess think I paid a fortune to marry you just so I could admire you from a high platform?” His relentless questions left Ming Fu afraid to look at him. Wei Song had no intention of letting her go. He forced her to look up at him, his gaze icy. “Now that you've entangled yourself with me, I won't let you escape. Do you understand?” A scheming, unhinged marquis × a clear-eyed, resilient princess