I Dumped My Fiancé and Married the Regent

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[Spoiled, Delicate Beauty x Cold, Taciturn Regent]

Twelve-year age gap | False father-son rivalry | Men competing for her | Both are pure in body and heart | Each other's first love

Chu Yuwan, the only daughter of the Duke of Chu's household, possessed beauty that could topple kingdoms and a delicate, pampered nature.

She was the precious darling of the entire capital, and famously difficult to please. A mere glance from her eyes or pout of her red lips could make even the gravest offense impossible to reproach.

Since childhood, she had been promised to Yan Xiao, the Regent's adopted son.

Everyone said she was lucky. Only Yuwan herself felt gloomy. Her future husband seemed far too... dull and boring.

That changed on the day the Regent personally came to offer the betrothal gifts. She was hiding behind a screen, peeking at the legendary man.

Clad in black, with dark hair and a jade belt at his waist, he was as cold as winter, yet possessed a face capable of beguiling the world.

The instant their eyes met across the room, Yuwan's fingertips trembled and her heart burned.

A reckless, audacious thought broke through the earth:

If I have to marry someone anyway...

why not marry the one who stands highest above all, and is also the most handsome?

Regent Yan Zhun held power over all under heaven. Cold-hearted and desireless, he was an iceberg both revered and admired by everyone in the capital.

By arranging a match between the Duke of Chu's precious daughter and his adopted son, he believed he had fulfilled his duty.

He had no idea that a single glimpse from behind the screen had already made the spoiled beauty change her mind.

Later, she blocked his path, holding up her skirts. Her voice was as sweet as honey, yet her question was audacious beyond belief:

"Your Highness... are you in need of a Princess Consort?"

The capital was in an uproar.

No one had expected the Chu family's most cherished flower to miss her destined greenhouse and instead boldly storm the summit of the coldest, most forbidding snow mountain.

Everyone sighed: What a pity. That delicate flower will freeze to death on the iceberg sooner or later.

Only Yan Zhun knew that the hothouse flower he had thought he must carefully treasure and protect had already taken root in his heart, growing wild and quietly entwining itself around his lifeline.

And he was more than willing to let it.

Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced; one-on-one romance; happy ending.

2. There is an age gap. This is not a story about a strong, independent heroine.

3. The heroine is not a naive airhead. She's pampered but clever, and knows exactly what she wants. The hero is cold and aloof, and makes an exception for her alone.

Theme: Helping each other thrive and growing together