【Marriage first, love later; both leads are each other’s first; happy ending】【A cool, composed young nobleman × a bright, forthright young princess】
Wen Siheng, heir to the Duke of Dingguo, became the top scholar at just eighteen. Before he had even reached twenty, he was already a senior official in the Court of Judicial Review, with limitless prospects and countless admirers. Many in the capital envied him.
Then rumors suddenly spread. The talented, cool, and reserved young heir became the talk of the capital after rumors that he preferred men began circulating. Overnight, people were saying all sorts of vicious things about him.
No one expected that this young man, rumored to have a taste for men, would marry Princess Yongjia of Dayu!
Gossip erupted throughout the capital. There was no shortage of onlookers, nor of people who felt sorry for one of them. Whether they pitied the heir or Princess Yongjia was anyone’s guess.
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Xu Yunhuai is the legitimate daughter of Dayu’s Prince Rong. From the day she was born, she was cherished by the emperor and bestowed with the title of Princess Yongjia.
Since reaching adulthood last year, she has had no shortage of marriage proposals.
She never imagined that the emperor’s favor would give others a reason to use her. To avoid becoming someone else’s pawn, she arranged her marriage early, before anyone with an ulterior motive could target her.
When the Duke of Dingguo’s household sent a matchmaker, the rumors circulating in the streets made her agree to the marriage on the spot.
But she couldn’t understand why her cool, reserved husband, rumored to prefer men, seemed so unlike what people said.
Only when Wen Siheng, dead drunk, held her and kissed her over and over did she understand: “What do you mean he prefers men? Those rumors were all lies!”
