The Phoenix Returns in Splendor

[Palace and household intrigue, both chaste, both strong, no rebirth, transmigration, or pocket dimensions]

A great fire ruined the face of Xiao Qingli, the eldest princess of Jing...

Everyone despised and mocked her. Even her fiancé was threatening to kill himself if she would not break off their engagement.

To preserve harmony between ruler and subject, the emperor simply annulled their engagement.

Before Xiao Qingli could even put on a show of being “heartbroken,” Fu Jingzheng, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo and famously indifferent to women, suddenly knelt before the emperor and said, “I, Fu Jingzheng, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo's residence, request the honor of marrying the eldest princess!”

Xiao Qingli: “?”

Xiao Qingli touched her face and sighed inwardly: This heir really does have... excellent taste...

Years later, beneath red candles and behind the wedding curtains,

Fu Jingzheng, now Jing's God of War, gazed at Xiao Qingli with deep affection and leaned down to whisper in her ear, “I will help you reach the heights you dream of, A-Li. Will you stay by my side until our hair turns white?”