After the Disgraced Crown Prince Stole a Kiss from the Enemy Emperor

Shi Wenqian was showered with love as a child. His maternal family was powerful, and he was both handsome and talented. Everyone thought his position as crown prince was secure as a rock.

Until Shi Wenqian was attacked and fell off a cliff.

Only then did he realize that many factions had already set their sights on his position as crown prince.

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Having narrowly escaped death, Shi Wenqian wanted nothing more than to stay away from the strife.

One day, living under an assumed name, he came across a sixty-year-old man forcing a young woman to become his concubine, so he stepped in to "steal the bride."

The beauty had barely escaped her misery before offering to repay him.

Shi Wenqian started to refuse, then froze.

Could someone explain why the pitiful little girl he'd imagined was actually a man?!

But the beauty was so stunning and strong-willed that he insisted on repaying the favor with his own body.

Shi Wenqian let his guard down for just a moment and agreed.

Afterward, with his wife in his arms, he found the arrangement rather wonderful.

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After their marriage, Shi Wenqian and his wife were very much in love.

Except...

His wife often held a knife to his throat, could seriously injure someone by casually tossing a pebble at the rafters, and always looked at him with scrutiny. He was also intensely intimidating.

Even so, Shi Wenqian thoroughly enjoyed this leisurely life.

But one day, his wife went out.

The Hidden Dragon Guards suddenly showed up, threatening his wife's life to force the crown prince to return to the capital.

With no choice, Shi Wenqian hastily left a divorce letter, saying he was greedy for wealth and status and that there was no need to look for him.

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Half a month into the journey back, Shi Wenqian still missed his wife.

As soon as he reached the capital, he learned the absurd news that the enemy nation's tyrant had demanded him by name as a political marriage offering.

His father, the emperor, used the safety of the people to threaten him.

Shi Wenqian steeled himself. "I'll marry him! Better to die without a body than let the country lose its peace."

On the wedding day, Shi Wenqian had a veil placed over his head and was led into the tyrant's bedchamber, his heart a tangle of emotions.

"Now that you've married me, why have you promised yourself to someone else?"

The man lifted his veil. The face before him was deeply familiar. The tyrant rumored to be volatile, ruthless, and heartless was none other than the wife Shi Wenqian had once married.

Theme: A heart as cold as ice, a spirit pure as snow