My Lord Duke, Be Gentle with Me

[Marriage first, love later + sweet romance + contrasting charms] Su Taotao, the least remarkable illegitimate daughter in the Prime Minister’s household, has always wanted nothing more than to eat well and wait for death. Who could have guessed that an imperial decree would marry her off to Shen Tingliao, the Duke of Zhenguo, the most fearsome man in the capital, a living King of Hell said to be able to silence crying children! On her wedding day, she was so frightened she fainted on the spot. The powerful minister who commands the court is afraid even of the cat she keeps in private; Worse still, this cold-faced war god is secretly a jealous type. He even sulks when she so much as glances at the scholar in her romance novels. Su Taotao is at a loss for tears: Wasn’t I supposed to eat well and wait for death? When will this sickeningly sweet life ever end?