[Arranged Substitute Bride + Animal Thoughts + Marriage Before Love + Love Grows Over Time + Lighthearted Sweet Romance]
Innocent, adorable young official's daughter as a substitute bride vs. arrogant, sharp-tongued prince pretending to be disabled
A scumbag father and a frail mother.
As the illegitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's household, Lin Xing'er had a life worse than a maid's.
Worse still, at just sixteen, her legitimate elder sister forced her to take her place as a bride.
Her groom was Shen Su'an, the Prince of Zhenbei, whose legs were disabled, who had been poisoned, and who did not have long to live.
But on the day she was forced into the marriage, she suddenly gained the ability to understand animals!
Crows cawed: [The Prince of Zhenbei's granary is piled high with white rice!]
Mice squeaked: [There's a whole room of gold hidden in the prince's secret chamber!]
Well, well! He's rich!
Lin Xing'er: "I'll marry him!"
Shen Su'an's lame leg? Not important. The fact he was about to die? Not important either.
What mattered was that once he died, it would all be hers!
Soon, she'd be a beautiful, wealthy young widow, living the good life.
But Lin Xing'er waited a long time, and Shen Su'an still didn't die.
Seeing his healthy complexion, she was disappointed and furious.
And what made her even angrier was that he'd lied!
Didn't he say his legs were lame and he couldn't perform as a man?
Then who was the one tangled up with her night after night?
Shen Su'an had spent years on the battlefield, but he'd never met a woman like Lin Xing'er.
She'd come as a substitute bride and was bold beyond belief.
She loved money more than life, said one thing and did another, and wished for his death every day.
Yet somehow, she left him craving more, unable to stop.
One night, he held the exhausted Lin Xing'er in his arms, gazed at her flushed cheeks, and said, still wanting more:
"One more time, and I'll give you fifty taels."
Lin Xing'er refused. Shen Su'an chuckled and tempted her with an offer:
"Then I'll add another fifty taels."
Lin Xing'er: "I suppose I could be persuaded."
