In His Embrace: My Lord, Don’t Tease, Give Me a Moment

Sent to marry in someone else’s place and bring good fortune, Shen Muxue is shoved into a bridal sedan and carried to the residence of Huo Quchen, the capital’s most notorious playboy and the heir to the Prince of Jin.

On their wedding night, she curls up in the corner of the bed and whispers, “Young lord, don’t tease me. Give me a moment…”

He casually tugs open his collar and leans over her. “A moment? I’ve waited nineteen years. You want me to wait?”

Shen Muxue thinks she has married a useless heir and only needs to endure three years before she can divorce him and leave. But this man spends his days racing horses and fighting crickets, then climbs over the wall at night and treats her bedroom like his own.

“Didn’t we agree to sleep in separate rooms?”

“Who agreed to that?”

Even stranger, she discovers that this playboy heir is secretly training private troops, forming ties with court officials, and plotting to take control of the realm. He is clearly playing a much bigger game.

And, without meaning to, she has become the most important piece on the board.

The court is full of treacherous schemes, and danger lurks in the inner household. As assassins pursue them, princes fight for the throne, and the realm falls into turmoil, Shen Muxue refuses to remain a pawn.

She uses her medical skills to save lives and her intelligence to outmaneuver her foes, rising from an unwanted bride sent to bring good fortune into a woman who stands at his side.

Only later does he realize that every trap he laid has ended up ensnaring him.

“You said you needed a moment.”

“Mm. I gave you the time it takes to burn one incense stick. That’s long enough.”

The hook in a nutshell: A scheming heir who acts like a playboy × a cool-headed but warm-hearted physician bride. They marry first and fall in love later. He plots to take over the realm, but never sees his own heart coming.