Ming Xi was the only daughter of the Duke of Qi's household and had been doted on since childhood.
Who could have guessed that on the second day after her wedding to the crown prince, an imperial decree would confine her to Yuhua Temple?
All because she had recklessly accused the man she married of being an impostor.
Life in the mountains was harsh, so Ming Xi decided to pack up and head south that very night to find her husband.
On the way, she ran into river bandits. A fisherman's daughter saved her, and to repay the favor, Ming Xi took her place as a bride.
The moment she lifted her veil with a dagger in hand, she saw a familiar face.
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On the eve of his wedding, Xiao Yanjin was attacked. He found a cousin who looked somewhat like him and had the man take his place at the wedding.
To conceal his identity while recovering from his injuries away from home, he pretended to seek the hand of a scholar's daughter. He never expected the person beneath the bridal veil to be the new widow in the village.
She had skin like ice and jade, and beauty enough to topple a city, but she was anything but demure.
He assumed the enemy had sent her to seduce him. Fortunately, he could play along and use the opportunity to wipe out their hideout.
But she didn't know a single martial art. Every day, she schemed about how to get his clothes off, and when he was drunk, she took liberties with him.
So she wasn't after his life, but his looks...!
Not long afterward, a letter arrived from his cousin, along with a portrait.
That very night, Xiao Yanjin cornered her by the bed and demanded coldly, "You said you were a widow whose husband had just died?"
Ming Xi's nose turned red. She forced out a tear. "Yes. It's a shame I never got the chance to give him a child..."
With a dark expression, he leaned over her and gripped her wrist. "You two consummated the marriage?"
Later, in the room where candlelight flickered, his fingertips traced their way down inch by inch, and the bedchamber grew hazy with desire.
"Little liar, you still need to be punished."
Sweet romance, one-on-one, happy ending
Theme: My life is in my own hands
