Princess Ying Ke of Qin had been married to Ji Ming, a hostage prince from Jin, for three years.
Yet Ji Ming fled back to Jin overnight with his pregnant personal maid and took the throne.
Abandoned, Ying Ke was consumed by rage and wanted only to get rid of Ji Ming.
He was Ji Ming's uncle, Ji Che.
The Duke of Qin kept him there, hoping to help him return to Jin and renew the alliance between Qin and Jin.
He looked... like Ji Ming,
and Ying Ke began to feel a faint hatred toward him.
But he was different from Ji Ming, too...
"The young lord can marry any princess he likes. Our ruler and I can both help you attack Jin. Our relationship is rather special..."
"The world is ever-changing, but the princess's resolve to attack Jin will never change."
"It's only a marriage in name. You needn't dwell on it," Ying Ke said calmly.
"I understand," he replied.
She took all her resentment toward Ji Ming out on him.
But little by little, she fell for his restrained tenderness.
"Did Ji Ming ever treat you this way?" Ji Che asked, looking into her eyes.
"So that's what you think of me. You never trusted me at all."
"And when have you ever trusted me?"
"Please, don't attack Jin."
Reader's Guide:
1. An adult emotional romance
2. The heroine is not a virgin
3. The male lead is ten years older than the female lead
4. Not a sweet, indulgent wish-fulfillment romance
Coming Soon: Where Does Madam Want to Go This Time?
This story begins in 472 BCE, during the Spring and Autumn period, when the Three Huan clans held power in the State of Lu.
He was the young heir of the Ji Sun clan, the most powerful family in Lu: handsome, valiant, and calculating. Who wouldn't want to marry him? But his wife was something else entirely.
A modern office worker somehow ended up in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period, as the young heir's wife. All she wanted was a comfortable life, while staying ready to return to the twenty-first century at any moment.
The heroine brings the lightheartedness; the hero brings the devotion.
Both leads are each other's first.
When I was young, I watched time-travel dramas and always felt they weren't realistic enough. (Of course, time travel itself isn't realistic.)
I often wondered what it would really be like to travel back in time. It was a curiosity about ancient China, and about the collision of human civilizations separated by thousands of years.
In this love story, I have woven in some daydreams from my childhood and youth.
I wonder if any of them will resonate with you.
Theme: Love and hate
I originally wanted to write a sweet story about marriage first and love later, but it became more profound as I wrote it. . . . . Why! There is no way. However, the next few chapters are quite sweet. . . . . .
I read it in one sitting, it was so well written. The emotion between two people is born bit by bit, it's very exciting ❤️
He's a male protagonist with a mouth 💪 💪 💪
Didn't you want to put a knife on Ji Ming's neck?
Chu Shizi's character is the opposite of Ji Che
Linked up, I think of Jiang Fei and Zichong!!!
Wild girls are handsome 🙏
Thinking about it again, these two people are really interesting 😂
It's so well written 🤩 I didn't expect it to end so soon. I feel like I haven't seen enough yet 💪 😚
This article has been completed. Ying Ke came to Ji Che with a heart filled with hatred, but in the end she was filled with love. Her emotions are complete. Thank you for accompanying her through this period.