After Mistaking the Wrong Person for My Savior

At a spring banquet, Yuan Qingwu offended a powerful noble, and her snobbish father sent her back to their hometown to lie low.

Unexpectedly, an accident happened, and she was rescued by a commoner.

Yuan Qingwu intended to give him some money and send him on his way. But the commoner was so foolish that he dared not fight back even when people bullied him, leaving her so furious she couldn't eat.

He was her lifesaving benefactor, after all. How could he be such a pushover?!

Fuming, Yuan Qingwu showered the commoner with silver and paraded around town with him, making quite a show of it.

Their arrogance brought its own consequences, and the two accidentally became intimate.

For saving her life, Yuan Qingwu refrained from killing him with a single stroke of her sword and instead kept him by her side for amusement.

Then, just when she least expected it, Yuan Qingwu discovered that someone else had saved her. All this time, she had mistaken someone for her lifesaving benefactor.

Yuan Qingwu felt as if the sky had fallen.

Just then, a letter arrived from her father. She threw the commoner out of her home and angrily headed to the capital.

After returning to the capital, her family began seeking a suitable match for her. Yuan Qingwu met several young men from noble families, but none of the arrangements came to anything.

Her exasperated father sent her to a temple to pray for a good marriage. Beneath the tree of matchmaking, Yuan Qingwu spotted a familiar figure.

The commoner she thought she would never see again was dressed in fine robes, surrounded by servants. His phoenix eyes held a chilling intensity, and his thin lips parted as he said coldly, "After seducing me and abandoning me, you still want to marry someone else? Yuan Qingwu, who gave you the nerve?"

Yuan Qingwu was dumbfounded.

What did he just call himself? This prince?

To uncover the mastermind behind the attempt on his life, the regent of the court, Xu Mingzhan, concealed his identity and went to Yangzhou to recover. By chance, the arrogant young lady of the Yuan family mistook him for her lifesaving benefactor.

Since Prime Minister Yuan was also among the suspects, Xu Mingzhan decided to play along and go undercover by Yuan Qingwu's side.

The young lady was spoiled and domineering, and loved showing off, but she was also naive, tender, charming, and endearing.

Xu Mingzhan's gaze softened from its initial coldness.

After becoming intimate with Yuan Qingwu, he even began planning to propose to her at the Prime Minister's residence once they returned to the capital.

But when the truth came to light, the young lady Yuan kicked him without a second thought and ran off.

Xu Mingzhan laughed in fury.

She'd provoked him and now wanted to marry her real lifesaving benefactor? As if he would let that happen.

Besides, Xu Mingzhan had gotten where he was today by taking what he wanted.

If she ran away, he'd just take her back.

[Headstrong Young Lady × Possessive, Claim-It-All Regent]

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