She Can't Sleep After Provoking the Cold, Powerful Minister

[Both Leads Are Chaste + Marriage Before Love + Scheming Male Lead Plays the Fool to Catch His Prey]

[Pampered, Radiant Legitimate Daughter of the Chancellor vs. Proud, Aloof, Powerful Minister]

Shen Mingtan loves Xie Xingyuan, a junior official at the Court of Judicial Review. She thinks they were childhood sweethearts who loved each other, but in the end, they were never meant to be.

Later, the Pei family wins a great victory on the border. She gets thoroughly drunk at a palace banquet, and when she wakes up the next day, she feels as if the sky has fallen!

The emperor has actually arranged her marriage to Pei Ji, that jade-faced devil!

Heaven knows Pei Ji and she are incompatible in every way!

He once tutored her cousin, the Crown Prince, and was always finding fault with her. He even mocked her to her face.

Little Mingtan packs her bags overnight to leave for another province, only to run into Pei Ji in distant Jichuan, where he was supposed to be recuperating in the capital.

At the willow-lined ferry, a man in a wheelchair gives a cold look to the unfamiliar man standing behind her.

If she says she’s only just met him, will he believe her?

Well, so much for a relaxing trip. It’s turned into an elopement!

And they’ve been caught red-handed!

*

Pei Ji: “Second Miss Shen, it’s been a while.”

Shen Mingtan lowers her head, inexplicably feeling guilty. “M-Mentor Pei, it’s been a while.”

*

As they spend more time together, Shen Mingtan increasingly feels like she’s walked into a wolf’s den. Especially that night, when she takes pity on her husband’s limited mobility and suggests they can skip certain things.

But who could have guessed that as soon as she finishes speaking, the man in the wheelchair will stand right up? Seeing the man, tall as a pine and handsome as jade, Shen Mingtan is so shocked she falls straight onto the bed. He bends down and laughs softly.

“Usually, you’re the one considerate of me, Madam. Tonight, it’s my turn to be considerate.”