Yun Yao picked up a handsome live-in son-in-law for herself.
The man was as graceful as an orchid and as handsome as jade.
After half a year of marriage, they were perfectly in harmony, tender and affectionate.
Then one day, Yun Yao stumbled upon her usually cool but gentle husband killing someone with his own hands.
The long sword in his hand pierced straight through the victim, and blood spattered everywhere.
He didn't even spare the victim a glance, only looking at the bloodstain on his fingertips.
He rubbed it between his fingers, frowning. "Disgusting."
As if he'd merely crushed an ant.
Yun Yao accidentally alerted him.
He gave her a cool glance, looking at her as if she were a complete stranger.
After that single glance, he simply abandoned her without a word of explanation.
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Pei Huixue, the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, was born into a life of privilege. Since childhood, countless people had laid every treasure in the world at his feet, and even the vast realm was destined to be handed over to him.
Yet he married an utterly ordinary village woman.
She was as ordinary as could be, a world apart from the noble ladies of the capital he'd known. And she was entirely useless to his great plans for the realm.
He used her, then decisively cast her aside.
Even after half a year of marriage, he had never given her the slightest bit of sincerity.
But Pei Huixue never expected to see that village woman again, far away in Shangjing.
And she was even acting so intimately with another man.
In the past, Pei Huixue had believed he didn't care about Yun Yao.
But now, watching her get so close to someone else, he felt that everything should belong to him.
Just like the treasures others had presented to him, and the realm placed in his hands.
That man was so mediocre. How could he possibly be worthy of his wife?
So Pei Huixue decided to take his wife back.
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Red candles burned at the wedding feast, and guests filled the hall.
The hubbub suddenly fell silent.
A pair of exquisitely embroidered boots entered Yun Yao's view. "Yun Yao, have you had enough fun with him? If you have, it's time to come home with me."
Yun Yao looked up sharply and met Pei Huixue's stormy gaze behind the wedding fan. Before she could refuse, he leaned toward her and slowly stroked her face with his long fingers, his lips curling into a smile. "Yun Yao, you wouldn't want me to take his life, would you?"
Theme: Love
