Breaking Off a Spring Branch

Everyone in the capital knew that the Prince of Zhenbei was a certifiable madman.

He had made a name for himself as a youth and earned countless military honors.

Countless noblewomen hoped to attach themselves to him, but not one of them met a happy end.

Who could have guessed that he would trade all his honors for an imperial decree arranging his marriage?

The noblewoman Bai Yingluo had suffered from a heart condition since childhood and was frail. Her own father disliked her.

Everyone said that people with heart conditions never lived past twenty. The same had been true of those before her, and Bai Yingluo was expected to meet the same fate.

But before she even reached twenty, she died three years into her marriage, leaving behind only a son.

And the Prince of Zhenbei, whose name was said to strike terror into all who heard it, went white-haired overnight.