On the night I was married off to bring good fortune to my husband, I discovered his secret.
Everyone said the heir to the Prince of Zhenbei was gravely ill. But when I needled him, I felt the thick calluses on his palms from years of martial arts training.
He coughed as if his lungs were tearing apart, yet his fingertips were steady enough to crush a porcelain cup.
I pretended not to notice and brewed him “tonics” every day, though they were really remedies to clear toxins and dispel blood stasis.
Then, at the Empress Dowager’s birthday banquet, he seized a traitorous general in front of everyone and tore off his disguise of frailty.
As the entire court stood stunned, he turned and shielded me behind him. “My life was saved by my princess consort, and it was she who safeguarded peace on the northern frontier.”
Later, he donned his armor once more to guard the border, while I opened a clinic to treat the people.
Those who once mocked the absurdity of a marriage meant to bring good fortune now kneel and beg me for medicine.
And the man who pretended to be ill for ten years still wraps his arms around me from behind every night, his voice low and husky.
“My lady, it’s time to take my pulse.”
“Judging by my pulse today... I fear I’m lovesick.”
Mu Chengbai pretended to be ill for ten years and tolerated it for ten years. He was not cowardly, but retreating in order to advance. He knows better than anyone else that in the face of absolute power, personal life and death, honor and disgrace are as light as a feather. So he waited for an opportunity, for someone who could overturn the chessboard. And Lin Sang is that person. Their love begins with testing each other, ends with sharing life and death, and finally helps each other. There were no earth-shattering vows, just daily mutual care - she cooked a bowl of porridge for him, and he put a piece of clothing on her; she was saving people in the hospital, and he was guarding the border. The most touching love words are just "if we want to live together, we will live together and if we want to die together, we will die together." 🤭[adoring]😘😘[smirking][KISS][adoring][loving][loving][adoring]🙂😘[smirking]😘[smirking][KISS][loving][adoring][KISS][smirking]🙂[KISS][adoring]