After Marrying the Crippled Prince in Her Sister’s Place, I Became His Lifesaver

After Becoming the Substitute Bride of a Disabled Prince, I Became His Lifesaver

[One-on-one romance, two strong leads, physician heroine, secret identities, sweet romance, political intrigue]

On the night I became a substitute bride, I was sent back.

A sea of blood lay beyond the bridal sedan. My husband, the disabled prince, sat atop a mountain of corpses, wearing an iron mask. He lifted the curtain with his riding crop and said with disgust,

“The Minister of Revenue's household really did send us a defective one.”

The whole capital laughed at me. A concubine's daughter had married a bloodthirsty demon, and wouldn't live past midnight.

Little did they know, he crept into my room every night, begging me to use acupuncture to keep him alive.

“Your Highness's golden needles remind me of someone I once knew.”

I put away my silver needles and pressed one against his throat. “If Your Highness gets handsy again, next time I'll hit a fatal acupoint.”

Everyone said Prince Li was crippled and ill-tempered, a mere pawn in the emperor's hand.

Until, at a palace banquet, the emperor forced me to drink poisoned wine.

His wheelchair shattered in an instant. He stood before everyone and strangled the commander of the Imperial Guard with his bare hands.

“She's the woman who saved my life. Who do you think you are, laying a hand on her?”

That night, a hundred thousand cavalry surrounded the capital.

He tore open my bloodstained sleeve, revealing the phoenix birthmark on my arm, and clasped my hand in his amid the flames.

“The orphan of the former dynasty, and my true wife. Will you take this empire with me?”

[Reader's Guide]

· The heroine is a master of both medicine and poison, clever, and no pushover

· The hero only pretends to be disabled; he's a formidable, calculating, devoted man who pursues his wife all the way to the brink of despair

· The early story follows her fight to survive household intrigue; later, it's all about political power and face-slapping