Reading Guide: [A romance that grows over time + mutual healing + a scheming, possessive hero + comeback and face-slapping]
Everyone in the capital knew that the Jing’an Marquis Household had a sickly distant relative, Shen Yanqing. A gust of wind could knock him over, he went through jar after jar of medicine, and everyone who saw him sighed, “He won’t live to twenty.”
Everyone in the capital also knew that the marquis’s household had a cousin, Jin Mingzhu. Her parents were dead, but she was richer than Croesus, with four words written all over her: “a fool with money.”
Everyone urged Jin Mingzhu to stay away from the sickly young man. He was bad luck.
Jin Mingzhu smiled sweetly. “Sure.”
Then she turned around and cornered him against a wall. “Shen Yanqing, I’m looking for a husband to live with my family. How about you? Consider it.”
Shen Yanqing coughed so hard he could barely breathe, yet the tips of his ears turned bright red.
Later, on the day of the palace coup, the sickly young man killed the rebel leader with a single stroke of his sword and ascended the throne.
Jin Mingzhu was stunned. “Didn’t you say you’d marry into my family?!”
The new emperor pulled her into his arms, entirely unapologetic. “I can marry into your family and you can be empress. Those things don’t conflict.”
The officials knelt and begged the emperor to choose consorts. Shen Yanqing sneered.
“My empress built this empire with her money. I live off her, and I’m proud of it. Any objections?”
One-line summary: A fake weakling who’s actually a powerful big shot × a rich young heiress with money to burn. From marrying into her family to taking the Eastern Palace, this is the ultimate art of living off your wife.
A high-class life like the Red Mansion, without complicated intrigues, but very everyday and looks very comfortable 👍