The Princess Royal thought she and the Chancellor were a devoted couple who treated each other with respect, and that he remained as loving as ever even after she lost her sight.
But the elder and younger sisters-in-law whom she had always treated with the utmost care in her own household were actually the childhood sweetheart and beloved first love he cherished most.
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Xie Linze believed that, having lived a second life, he was sure to become Chancellor soon. As for the Princess Royal, who was jealous, narrow-minded, unreasonable, and impossible to deal with, he would simply have to indulge her a little.
It would be best to keep his childhood sweetheart and first love outside the estate, where he could hide them from her for the rest of her life.
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Wen Xu was a wild child picked up in the mountains by the old eunuch Wang Fusheng, and naturally became a registered slave along with him. He was irreverent, unruly, and feared neither heaven nor earth, a shameless street loafer whom Xie Linze called a demon walking through a living hell. In this life, however, he became a male courtesan at the Southern Xiang brothel, where he was kept for the entertainment of the powerful.
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The Princess Royal only wanted to do what she could to protect those around her, help Wen Xu step onto the stage of history as soon as possible, let her mother live out her days in comfort, and leave with her life intact. She let her husband take concubines and keep pets, and even helped him rebel.
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She was like the moon surrounded by all the stars, the only one to light his dark, broken, and filthy road. So Wen Xu wanted to give her a beautiful land, a house full of children, and a lifetime of happiness.
The male protagonist is a big liar 🤦, and Qiao's second and third supporting roles are very interesting.