[Novel blurb]
Lively and forthright young princess x jade-like aloof beauty [Mistakes the aloof beauty for her fiance + extra sweet]
Han Wei comes to the capital to find a suitable marriage.
Though the arrangement encounters a few twists and turns, it is finally settled, and her fiance is to send the betrothal gifts on an auspicious day.
But at the engagement banquet, Han Wei accidentally drinks a love potion and, in a daze, pushes her fiance into a private room.
The two become intimate.
When she comes to her senses and sees the face before her, she is horrified.
The person she spent the night with was not her fiance.
It was the aloof beauty of Shengjing!
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Xue Jin is as graceful as a jade tree, praised by everyone as a gentleman of jade-like virtue and a noble son from an exalted family, seemingly beyond anyone's reach.
When Xue Jin first meets Han Wei, he sees her lovely, radiant beauty, bright as the autumn moon.
As a princess, she should have no trouble finding a suitable match.
But unlike the young ladies of Shengjing, she is irreverent, sly, and lively.
He sees her accept a jade hairpin from the Third Prince, then go boating with Yang Erlang the very next day, her beautiful eyes full of feeling and her smile enchanting.
Yet she avoids him at every turn.
Once, he runs into Han Wei. Before he can react, she pushes him into a private room, her face flushed.
Since childhood, he has kept everyone at a polite distance, never crossing the line.
The only person for whom he has ever made an exception is Han Wei.
When Han Wei embraces him, he still has enough reason to catch her wandering hands and caution her: "You mustn't do this."
When her red lips press against his, the last of his reason crumbles, and he can no longer push her away.
But when she comes to her senses, she looks at him in horror and abruptly pushes him away.
"Why is it you?"
His eyes darken.
"If it wasn't me, who did you think it was?"
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Han Wei never imagined she would marry Xue Jin one day.
Still less did she expect the aloof beauty, cold as jade, to be so petty.
She presses one hand against his chest and coyly tells him no.
He acts as if he hasn't heard her and lowers his eyes to kiss her fingertips.
"When you were enjoying such a pleasant conversation with him today, did you not expect tonight to last longer than usual?"
1. Both are virgins, happy ending
2. An original setting combining various elements. Don't overthink the details.
3. Neither lead is a perfect person
Theme: Growing upward
