Prince Qu was gravely wounded while saving the emperor and fell into a coma. After worrying for a long time, the emperor decided to arrange a marriage for him to bring him good fortune.
He issued an imperial decree naming the dignified and graceful eldest daughter of the Prime Minister’s Bai family as Prince Qu’s consort, with the wedding to take place a month later.
The decree caused an uproar throughout the court.
Never mind whether Prince Qu would ever wake up. The Prime Minister’s eldest daughter, Bai Qingxi, was beautiful but arrogant and domineering.
His second daughter, Bai Qingru, was gentle and virtuous, but so unremarkable that people easily overlooked her.
So everyone assumed the emperor meant the eldest daughter. Surely the arrogant Bai Qingxi was being sent to spend her life as a widow.
But then word got out that it was the second daughter, Bai Qingru, who would be marrying into Prince Qu’s household. Everyone wondered if the prime minister had gone senile.
What kind of family married off a younger daughter before her elder sister?
While everyone pitied Bai Qingru, a certain someone who was supposedly “in a coma” sat in the imperial study looking thoroughly displeased.
When he realized there was no point arguing, he let it go.
It was only one more person in the household. The Prince Qu’s residence could afford to support her.
Still, thinking of how Bai Qingru had been offered up as a sacrifice by her own father, Xu Qu couldn’t help feeling more sympathy for her.
But later, he realized his princess wasn’t nearly as gentle and helpless as she seemed.
Bai Qingru looked helplessly at the certain someone shamelessly holed up in her courtyard, refusing to leave.
Xu Qu: “If no one else will cherish you, then I will.”
Bai Qingru: “I must have used up all the good luck in my life when I met you.”
P.S. Both leads are devoted to each other, and both are strong.
It looks good, but does it end like this?