After Becoming a Substitute Bride, I Reached the Pinnacle of Life

A spirited young general, dressed in fine clothes and riding a fine horse, versus the frail, neglected legitimate daughter of the Duke’s mansion.

The Emperor decreed that Wen Qingluo, the Duke’s legitimate daughter, marry the meritorious General Who Guards the North, who had pacified the northern frontier.

But the Duke’s mansion was notorious for favoring concubines over the principal wife. Wen Qingluo cried and insisted she wouldn’t marry him. “The edict says the legitimate daughter, but I, Wen Qingluo, am not the Duke’s legitimate daughter. If someone has to marry him, let Wen Ruan, that sickly girl, do it.”

When Wei Zhuo heard about this, he was told that Wen Ruan was so frail she had to catch her breath every few steps and would topple over in a breeze. But he didn’t care who married him. Wei Zhuo climbed over the wall into the Duke’s mansion that very night. He climbed the wall after dark and was on his knees before his father the same day. “Father, I, Wei Zhuo, will marry no one but Wen Ruan in this lifetime.”

Wei Changfeng held a military baton in his hand. “You unfilial brat!”

On their wedding night, Wei Zhuo gazed at his sweet, soft wife. Ruan Ruan called me husband. Her voice is so lovely. Ruan Ruan is my wife now. Wei Zhuo knelt on one knee beside Wen Ruan. “Ruan Ruan, please love me.”

Wei Zhuo approached Wen Ruan with an abortion medicine in his hand. “Ruan Ruan, drink this.”

Wen Ruan backed away, protecting her belly. “Wei Zhuo, if you force me to drink it today, there will never be anything between us again.”

“Ruan Ruan... I’m scared... I’m afraid.”