The Substitute Bride Physician Is Both Cultured and Mighty

Original / Happy ending / Both leads are strong / One-on-one romance

She was framed and forced into a substitute marriage. Who could have guessed her new husband would be a simple-minded brute, all brawn and no brains?

He also had injuries that could flare up at any time. To avoid becoming a young widow, she resolutely chose to help her husband fight his battles.

But after they rose to such prominence that they threatened the throne, the emperor sent them to suffer at the border.

Then came a successful rebellion, and she ascended to the throne as empress.

Then the male lead was kidnapped, and she seized the throne to become empress in her own right.

Then came a face-off in court.

You big dummy!

You’re still alive!