The Undercover Slacker Becomes a Live-In Son-in-Law, and His Ugly Wife Is the Empress

【Single heroine, everyday sweet romance, xianxia court intrigue, mutual devotion, older woman-younger man romance, peerless genius】 The Gu family of the Great Yu Demon Court welcomed home their sickly young master, who had been missing for many years. He was blind and frail, and was even expected to marry the ugly young lady of the Chief Councillor’s family. But on their wedding night, Gu Ting lifted the red bridal veil. Wait a minute, miss... Where did such a breathtaking beauty come from? - Chu Nanzhi thought she would spend her whole life as a Grand Princess ruling from behind the curtain, a hidden empress behind the Dragon Throne. She never expected that one night, while drinking and bathing deep in the palace, she would meet a man with a death wish. He dared to break into the bedchamber of the realm’s supreme ruler and enter her bath. After doing all that, he still wanted to run? Fine. Then run. Later, strange sounds often came from behind the curtain at the Golden Throne Hall. “Gu Ting, do you know what you’ve done wrong?” “What have I done wrong, Your Highness?” “You shameless scoundrel, who neglects his duties as a husband and even dares to take liberties with the emperor’s own sister in the Golden Throne Hall!” Her cheeks flushed as she scolded him. “You already have a virtuous wife at home... How dare you pretend to be blind and make a fool of me?” “Ah, yes, yes, yes...” “Mmph... You, how dare you!” Everyone thought the son-in-law of the Chu family was a blind good-for-nothing, useless and resigned to his lot. Who could have guessed that he would compose poetry in the academy that amazed immortals and shook the gods, or astonish the whole world with a brushstroke atop the city gate? Yet despite his dazzling talents, people often heard Gu Ting complain, “My wife has been getting more and more clingy lately...” and “No matter how I teach her, my sister-in-law just doesn’t get it...” They couldn’t help feeling a little better about their own lives. Who could have guessed that one day, at the grand ceremony to worship Heaven, Gu Ting would appear before all eyes with the imperial ink-black saber at his waist, ascend the Golden Throne, and take the Grand Princess into his arms? Wait... weren’t son-in-laws supposed to marry ugly women? Oh, so you’re the Imperial Consort...