To escape her father's control, Yuan Hejing impulsively decides to honor her marriage agreement with the junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review. But fate has other plans:
Her future husband dies just days before the wedding!
Should she still marry him?
Yuan Hejing grits her teeth. "Yes! So what if I become a widow? I'd be happy to!"
But it turns out that becoming a widow isn't as easy as she thought.
Because she encounters a ghost on her wedding night!
Yuan Hejing: "Hello. Can I cancel a ghost marriage?"
Her "risen from the dead" new husband, Zhu Changsheng: "No!"
Fine, she'll just have to make do as the junior minister's wife.
Except this junior minister's wifehood isn't quite what she imagined.
Her new husband was replaced by a fox demon ten years ago?
On the second day of their marriage, her husband leads her to a crime scene!
The super-efficient, icy colleague at the Court of Judicial Review is actually a possessive, twisted yandere who imprisoned his first love?
Her best friend suddenly shows up and says she's bankrupt!
Her elder sister doesn't want to enter the palace. She just wants to elope with a monk?
Yuan Hejing: "I'm exhausted. Does anyone remember that all I wanted at first was to enjoy a quiet life as a widow?"
---- Synopsis 2 (Zhu Changsheng's POV) ----
I heard my bride encountered a ghost on our wedding night?
Zhu Changsheng: "Don't be afraid, my dear. I'll protect you!"
After watching Yuan Hejing discover his true form and knock herself out against a pillar...
Zhu Changsheng: "Ha. So much for true love."
It's the first day of our marriage. I'm here to visit my wife.
Zhu Changsheng: "My wife is personally keeping vigil for me. I'm so touched!"
After seeing Yuan Hejing use a fortune-telling tube in front of his coffin to divine her next match...
Zhu Changsheng: "Keep divining, keep divining. I'll knock you flying!"
Who knows how many days into our marriage it is? My wife and I are going out with her friend.
Zhu Changsheng: "The air in Qingzhou is wonderful!"
After seeing Yuan Hejing's sister urging her to divorce him...
Zhu Changsheng completely loses it. He turns back into a human and storms toward Yuan Hejing's family home, shouting, "I won't agree! I won't agree!!!"
Female lead (Yuan Hejing): A good-for-nothing, lazy, carefree heiress on the outside, but clever, resourceful, responsible, slow to understand her own feelings, and rather wooden on the inside.
Male lead (Zhu Changsheng): A stern, aloof junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review on the outside, but actually a flirtatious, clingy type who's great at taking the lead and easy to fluster.
! Love grows over time.
! Female-lead-centered story, with a growing female lead.
! Firmly committed to a mutually devoted couple, sound logic, and a happy ending.
! Writing is hard work, so please give the story a favorite with your lucky little hand ^v^
Synopsis updated on January 11, 2026.
Theme: Be determined and brave, stand on your own two feet, and grow stronger!
