[Spoiled, shameless, foolish beauty who follows her favorite around x Cunning, deeply devoted Crown Prince who can no longer contain his feelings]
To keep his daughter out of the factional struggles, Grand Tutor Su sent his only daughter to marry into a family in Jinling before the princes' selection.
The family wasn't especially wealthy or powerful, nor did they hold high official posts. None of them were particularly bright, either.
But they were a small, plainspoken family, and even the elders at the old family home praised them.
Although the young man's looks were completely at odds with his daughter's taste, the picky Grand Tutor Su gritted his teeth and accepted the match.
Fortunately, the couple treated each other with respect after marrying. His son-in-law was fairly ambitious, too. He even asked Su to recommend him for a post at the frontier, hoping to earn military merit for the family and perhaps a noble title.
That finally left Grand Tutor Su with nothing to complain about.
He settled down to serve as tutor to the Crown Prince, plunging into the murky waters of court politics with the determination to place his student on the throne.
As the only daughter in the family, Su Yaoli had been pampered since childhood.
She knew she was a little spoiled, a little picky, and a little too free with money, but she was still very obedient.
When her father told her to pack her bags and marry into a family in Jinling, she dutifully said goodbye to all her young-lady friends and obediently married a man who was nothing to look at.
No figure, no literary talent, no good looks. She hadn't complained about any of that!
But the man hadn't earned a speck of military merit, and with the capital so far away that her father couldn't keep an eye on him, he came back from the frontier with a concubine, then came back again with another. Every time, he said they'd shared a connection and he'd been unable to resist. In just half a year, he had four or five concubines in the house.
When he finally got lucky and made a name for himself, then rode back on his horse with yet another woman, Su Yaoli didn't even look up. "Get lost."
The maid behind her frantically poked her. Annoyed, she looked up. "Wh..."
The next second, Su Yaoli's eyes went wide.
!!!
Her father was right!! That man really was a stupid donkey!!! A stupid donkey!!!!!
The woman before her, dressed in splendor and wearing an impatient expression that screamed, "Your whole family is finished," was none other than her father's prized student, the old acquaintance she'd hated for abandoning her, and the long-missing Crown Prince!!
Notes:
1. The male lead is the Crown Prince. The male supporting character, her husband, is in a fake marriage of convenience with her, with no physical relationship.
2. Happy ending and sweet romance.
Theme: Living happily together
