[Clear-Headed, Steady Noble Daughter + Taciturn, Cold-Outside, Deeply Loving Crown Prince] [Happy Ending + Sweet Romance + Mutual First Love + Feel-Good Revenge + Marriage Before Love] No court intrigue.
Wen Yunsi, the legitimate daughter of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices' minister, entered the palace as a princess's study companion when she was young. Her reputation for talent spread throughout the capital.
She had an engagement with a family of equal standing, but her mother died suddenly. As soon as the mourning period ended, her father brought his concubine and her daughter into the household.
The concubine and her daughter coveted the generous dowry left by Wen Yunsi's birth mother. Greedy and foolish, they were thoroughly humiliated by Wen Yunsi and left in disgrace.
The concubine's daughter refused to give up and seduced Wen Yunsi's fiance.
They were caught in the act, causing a sensation throughout the city.
Everyone expected Wen Yunsi to weep and make a scene, but she merely smiled and congratulated them on taking a pile of worthless junk off her hands.
Her scumbag fiance took the opportunity to hand her a letter breaking off the engagement. The stigma of being a discarded woman spread everywhere, and the whole capital mocked her for being rejected.
Everyone thought she would never recover from the blow.
But before the uproar had even settled, an order came from the Eastern Palace.
The taciturn, awkward Crown Prince Jiang Xun, who only ever checked her lessons and made her copy her assignments as punishment, was the very person she revered. Against all opposition, he asked to marry her as his Crown Princess.
The woman who had once become the laughingstock of the entire city was suddenly the crown prince's beloved.
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