After Breaking Off the Engagement, the Aloof Minister Offers Himself to Her

[A sweet romance, set entirely in ancient times, with a long-planned courtship, a devoted couple, and plenty of pampering]

Xie Wanyi has kept a young man hidden in her heart for years. Bound by an engagement, she has no choice but to go through with it. When she learns he doesn't like her, she tries to find a way to break it off, but by a twist of fate she becomes entangled with Lu Qingyan, the cold and ruthless Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.

Wait, wasn't he supposed to be heartless and have countless deaths to his name? So why is he following her around demanding a thank-you gift?

A princess schemes to frame her, but the hero saves her, and the princess ends up happily married to the scoundrel.

Her cousin wants to marry into a powerful family to gain support. Xie Wanyi decides to help her, even adding fuel to the fire.

When foreign nations come to pay tribute, a princess plots to make Xie Wanyi a bride sent off to marry abroad. She isn't even worried yet when the usually taciturn Minister of the Court of Judicial Review starts offering her a plan.

“WanwAn, you were going to use me and then throw me away? How cruel.” In bed, Lord Lu looks as pitiful as an abandoned puppy.

Xie Wanyi is utterly bewildered. She hasn't done a thing, so why does he look at her like she's a heartless lover?

Lu Qingyan is injured while helping Xie Wanyi and spends days confined to bed, refusing to take his medicine unless he sees her every day. After all, he's her savior.

Xie Wanyi falls for him without realizing it. Only after they marry does she learn that the young man she had longed for all along was him.