My Husband's "Lover" and I Made It

Du Shuyu came from a noble family of the former dynasty. She always upheld old traditions and family values in her words and actions. Following her parents' orders and the matchmaker's arrangements, she married Zhao Chengfeng, a man of humble birth who had risen to prominence in the current dynasty through the imperial examinations.

Zhao Chengfeng was handsome and elegant, like a graceful orchid or a jade tree. She was fairly satisfied with him, but Zhao Chengfeng loathed her.

Du Shuyu neither argued nor made a fuss. She diligently fulfilled her duties as a wife in the Zhao household.

Only when that woman appeared did she learn why her husband was so cold toward her, and why he had never consummated their marriage.

That woman could be beautiful and seductive, radiating charm one moment, then pure and gentle, so lovely she inspired pity the next.

She understood her husband's infatuation with her, because even her own heart, still as a stagnant pool, rippled at the sight of her...

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Zhao Chengfeng did not like Du Shuyu. Their marriage was a matter of mutual convenience. At first, he thought her stiff and old-fashioned, with no sense of romance.

But after they married, his wife took meticulous care of him, managed the household affairs properly, and stayed by his side day and night when he was ill.

Spending every day together, he inevitably developed some affection for her. Then, one day after he had fallen for her, he saw Du Shuyu emerge from a tower, flustered and with a rosy flush on her face.

He thought she had been cheating on him, and it made him feel wretched, but he couldn't find a single clue to confirm his suspicions.

Later, he caught his wife cuddling in bed with the beloved concubine he'd just taken.

It was clearly a picture of harmony between wife and concubine, yet for some inexplicable reason he felt jealous, without even knowing which of them he was jealous of.

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Chu Yu, heir to the Jiangbei Prince's estate, was so beautiful that it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman. He had one peculiar hobby: wearing women's clothes.

He was carefree and dissolute, treating life as a game. For the sake of a jug of fine wine, he made a bet with a friend and disguised himself as a woman to toy with Zhao Chengfeng.

At first, he was the one pulling all the strings in the grand act before Du Shuyu.

Later, he became the slave Du Shuyu controlled and toyed with.

A seductive, outrageous cross-dressing man and a prim, old-fashioned noblewoman.

Note:

Both leads are each other's first.

Theme: Love requires sincerity.