[Both devoted to each other + marriage first, love later + secret marriage + mystery + secret identity + scheming]
He is the regent, and she is the target of the emperor's romantic pursuits!
He was ordered to head south and capture her, but was poisoned and caught up in a battle over a Gu. To protect her, he let her marry someone else.
Attendant: Your Highness, she'll become another man's woman!
Regent: Another man's woman? Only if I'm dead!
He secretly swapped out the five gold ornaments the Tao family had prepared for the bride, then disguised himself as a servant accompanying the bride and infiltrated the Tao residence. On the wedding night, he drugged the groom, lifted her veil, drank the nuptial wine with her, and explained what the ceremony meant.
Regent: Qing'er, you must remember this moment forever. Remember tonight, this very moment. Remember whose woman you are!
Qing'er, confused: I'm marrying Tao Haoqing, but the one drinking the nuptial wine and saying all this is Mr. Pei. So whose woman am I, exactly?
This book is very nice and fascinating. I like it.
It's okay, nothing particularly amazing.