[Substitute Marriage × Forced Love × Marriage First, Love Later × Ancient Strategies × The Growth of the Female Protagonist]
Nineteen-year-old Jiang Xue has never been a princess.
She was the daughter of a palace maid. She had no title or honor. The only person she could not let go of was her seriously ill mother.
On the day his mother stopped taking medicine, King Yu finally thought of her.
——Put on Jiang Zhaoning's wedding dress, bear her name, and go to Ye Country to marry the man who should not be messed with.
The regent, Chi Jiuyuan, was cold, cruel, and dangerous, with power overwhelming the government and the public.
Everyone thought Jiang Xue would not survive the wedding night.
But under the red candle, the man just held her chin and looked at her quietly for a long time.
"You are not Jiang Zhaoning."
He knew clearly that she was fake, but he didn't expose it.
She was afraid of him and avoided him, but she was protected by him time and time again.
At first he just wanted to keep this secret in his hands, but later he discovered that this girl who didn't even dare to leave her name for him had become his only weakness.
But what Jiang Xue wanted in her life was never for someone to make the decision for her.
Later, she really left.
Chi Jiuyuan didn't stop him.
When we saw each other again, heavy snow covered the city.
Step by step, she walked back to him.
"Chi Jiuyuan, this time, it's not an imperial edict or a marriage certificate."
"I chose you myself."
