After the Brooding Crown Prince Tricked Me Into Marriage, He Went Mad First!

[A straightforward and resilient transmigrated woman & a sinister, depraved crown prince]

[Trash with a heart of gold + forced love + a groveling pursuit]

The neighbor auntie introduced Fu Yue to a man to be her husband. He was deaf and mute, but honest and simple, just the kind of live-in son-in-law Fu Yue needed, so she agreed.

But half a year after their wedding, her husband disappeared, taking her money with him.

Convinced she'd fallen for a romance scam, Fu Yue stormed over to confront the neighbor, only to discover that the neighbor knew nothing about the man's true character either. With no other choice, she took his portrait and searched all the way to the capital.

Once there, someone happened to take her portrait and tell her that the man in it was the Crown Prince of Dayu, a lofty figure far above her station. She didn't want to keep looking, but they wouldn't let her. They took the portrait and held the neighbor's younger sister, who had come with her, hostage, forcing Fu Yue to go undercover by the Crown Prince's side…

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Ten years ago, Zhao Ji (Qixing) was the Crown Prince. To secure the return of his father, who had been captured by the Khitans during a personal campaign, he spent ten years as a hostage among them. But the court paid no heed to his fate and launched a war against the Khitans simply to avenge their earlier defeat.

To survive, he escaped back to Dayu. Just as the court believed he was dead, he reappeared in time to reclaim his position as Crown Prince.

At the height of his triumph, the woman who called him "Little Mute" appeared and shattered the fortress he had built…