My Lover Is the Top Scholar

(An amateur practice piece, still rough, so read with caution!)

A cool, resilient bride who marries in place of another & a devoted, loyal scholar from a poor family

Younger man and older woman + political intrigue and revenge + traditional historical romance + slow burn + tragic love + stealing the one you love

To preserve her paralyzed husband's position as heir to the title, Weng Miaoran gritted her teeth and accepted the task of bearing a child for him.

Meeting Lin He was an accident, and also fate.

She thought it was only a transaction, but he gave everything he had to protect her.

“Big sister, if I can't spend my life by your side, what use is an official reputation to me?”

But just as they were about to avenge themselves and spend their lives together, the arrival of another man destroyed everything.

“Why can he, but I can't? Is it only because he met you before I did?”

On the city tower, Weng Miaoran gazed at the familiar figure amid the falling snow, tears streaming down her face...

That was Lin He, now the chancellor of the Dayun Kingdom.

Every morning, Weng Miaoran went to stand on the tower for a while, just to catch a distant glimpse of him on his way to court.

Lin He, meanwhile, built a thatched hut beside Weng Miaoran's grave. For three years, he had spent every night in that humble hut, mourning his beloved wife, Miaoran, whom he would never see again.