The Veil of Wan Jiao

[Mad young marquis + cold, proud prince + deranged emperor + childhood-friend puppy + clear-headed heroine]

Lin Qingwan first met Gu Chengyuan in Elm Alley, behind Anning Street.

She sat atop the wall. He stood beneath it.

The young man was tall, with sharp, cold features. One glance was all it took for her to understand what it meant to fall in love for the first time.

She persuaded her father and brother to spend the family’s entire fortune to help her marry into the Yong'an Marquis household, only to spend her wedding night alone until dawn.

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After living her life over again, Lin Qingwan wanted nothing more to do with the Yong'an Marquis household. All she wanted was to find the man with a mark on his left shoulder.

Who could have guessed that after their divorce, young marquis Gu Chengyuan would become obsessed with her, pursuing and harassing her relentlessly?

Meanwhile, the new ruler of Beimo, Rong Rong, visited Dongling. His nature was strange, and his behavior was unhinged.

Lin Qingwan competed against him at pitch-pot on the main street, and neither could best the other.

A few days later, at the Taiji Hall, Rong Rong promised the emperor of Dongling that he would give Beimo’s ten cities in exchange for Lin Qingwan becoming empress of Beimo. He also declared that Beimo and Dongling would lay down their arms, never go to war, and never invade each other for as long as he lived.

The whole court was stunned.

Only one man, dressed in dark robes, sat below them, his expression icy.

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People all said that Prince Ling, Shen Zheng, was unmatched in wisdom and courage and had no interest in women. What they didn’t know was that for twelve years, he had held one woman in his heart.

But when he returned from war, he saw her marry another man with his own eyes.

It was only when Prince Ling arrived on horseback to welcome that woman into his home and shower her with love that people learned that even a man as cold as him could have a beloved woman, cherished in the palm of his hand.