The Cool and Aloof Minister Regrets It

Jiang Zhaoying was born into poverty. Her adoptive mother died young, and her adoptive father raised her by working as a country cook.

Before he died, he gave her a marriage contract.

She took it and married a high-ranking husband she'd never met.

After the wedding, her mother-in-law disliked her and her sister-in-law mocked her. Fortunately, her cool and reserved husband treated her reasonably well.

Though he was distant and cold, he never mistreated her. He gave her endless money and more gold, silver, and jade ornaments than she could wear. Clinging to this small kindness from her husband, she humbled herself to please him and was quite content.

Then, a year later, at a palace banquet, she met a princess who looked seven-tenths like her. The husband who never smiled in her presence beamed happily at the princess.

Only then did she realize that he treated her well because he saw her as the princess's double.

Heartbroken after learning the truth, she left. On a day of torrential rain, she took shelter in a City God temple, where she suddenly heard her husband's voice. Thinking he had come to find her, she instead heard him say, "In that case, burn the temple down."

The male lead

A year into their marriage, his wife died in a fire. He hadn't been deeply attached to her, so he should have forgotten her before long.

But as another year passed, he missed her more and more each day.

His cheerful smiles in public were nothing but self-deception.

Later, he traveled a thousand miles away to inspect local affairs, and there he saw a familiar figure.

She was no longer timid and careful at every turn. Instead, she smiled brightly and carried herself with confidence and competence.

He reached out, took her hand, and called her by name. She looked at him like a stranger and said, "Sir, you've mistaken me for someone else."

1. Someone else is responsible for trying to take the heroine's life. The hero never treated her as a substitute.

2. The hero is arrogant at first, then falls to the dust in humility.

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The Man-Picking Story (The Nobleman Clings to Her)

In her previous life, Meng Ying was an orphan who found the injured Cui Zhi in her field. She thought heaven had sent him to be her husband, and took care of him with all her heart.

When Cui Zhi's family came to find him and asked what she wanted in return, she gathered her courage and said she wanted to marry him. She was overjoyed that day. The Cui family agreed to her request to repay her for saving his life, but she failed to notice Cui Zhi's disdainful gaze from nearby.

After they married, she was given the status of his legitimate wife but kept in a separate residence. Cui Zhi treated her with utter indifference.

Meng Ying assumed it was simply his nature and didn't mind, until one day, suffering from unbearable stomach pain, she went to the main residence and heard him tell someone, "I only married her to win the people's favor. She's just a farm girl. How could I possibly have feelings for her..."

She vomited blood and died that night.

When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the day she rescued Cui Zhi. Just like in her previous life, she took him home and cared for him attentively. But this time, when the Cui family came and asked what she wanted in return, she didn't even glance at Cui Zhi. She said coldly, "Soon, I'll be marrying the person I love. I'm still short a thousand taels for the betrothal gifts."

As she spoke, a porcelain cup slipped from the cool young man's hand and shattered.

The male lead

At first, faced with the woman's meticulous care, he assumed she had an ulterior motive.

Later, he realized she liked him.

After that, her repeated acts of kindness gradually stirred his heart.

He thought to himself: If she asked him, he wouldn't be opposed to marrying her.

But when his family came to find him, all she asked for was money. There was no trace of him in her cold eyes.

A remarkably clear-headed tea-picking girl x a nasty nobleman who conquers himself

Theme: True love can cross class boundaries