After Marrying His Ex's Father by Mistake

Please add my profile and upcoming books to your collections 🍭🍭 [Spoiled, silly beauty × domineering, scheming emperor] [Sweet married life, both leads' first and only partners] Lü Jinzhi had known since she was little that she was destined to become empress. She only had to wait a little: until she turned sixteen and the crown prince ascended the throne. But then something unexpected happened. On the Qixi Festival, she went to the Eastern Palace to deliver a sachet and discovered the crown prince had become involved with someone else. He even shielded the woman behind him and looked at Lü Jinzhi coldly. “I'll take her as a concubine after I marry. That's already more consideration than you deserve. Don't push your luck.” Lü Jinzhi was so angry she clawed his face, then wiped away her tears and went home. She simply couldn't swallow such an insult. But was she going to give up on becoming empress? No way. Qiu Rucheng made a name for himself at a young age, unrivaled in courage and martial prowess. When the late emperor fell gravely ill and the court was thrown into chaos, Qiu Rucheng came to the capital to protect the throne and secure the Great Yong dynasty for generations to come. He was an emperor for the ages, his name recorded in the history books. Yet somehow, he fell into the hands of a young girl. He wanted to pluck out and excise his desire, but love burned like a raging fire, its roots already sunk deep into his bones. The crown prince knelt and wept. “Father, Ying Niang and I grew up together and have loved each other since childhood. She is about to become my crown princess and wife. How can you take her away from me?” Qiu Rucheng set down his teacup and looked down at his son, tears and snot streaming down his face. “Mingde, you must learn to ease your sovereign father's burdens.” The crown prince's wedding day arrived, and the vermilion gates were decked with festive decorations. Lü Jinzhi was carried into the palace in a grand sedan chair. Officials knelt to welcome her, the imperial consorts bowed their heads, and the spectacle was unprecedented. Everyone said the Eastern Palace held her in the highest regard. But Lü Jinzhi was unhappy. She thought things couldn't get any worse, only for the palace attendants to carry her straight to the emperor... The man wore the imperial crown and robes, his expression cold and solemn. Lü Jinzhi was utterly horrified: !!!!!!!! Qiu Rucheng's eyes held a rare tenderness. If she was going to be empress, why couldn't she be his empress? On a rainy night, Qiu Rucheng had just quarreled with his little empress. With a neck covered in scratch marks and a dark expression, he went to meet his ministers. The ministers were trembling with fear. Had they... interrupted His Majesty at a bad time? The crown prince found the sight unbearable. He clenched his jaw and fists. That was supposed to be his wife! Those scratches were supposed to be his! His imperial father had taken everything from him! Qiu Rucheng listened to the murmurs all around him, keeping his face stern and his gaze lowered, while secretly pondering: If he went back and coaxed her right away, would that damage an emperor's dignity? After turning it over in his mind, he decided it really wouldn't do. He'd have to give her the cold shoulder for at least the time it took to burn a stick of incense! [Reader's guide] 1. Both leads' first and only partners. Older man spoils younger woman. The crown prince is not his biological son. There is a harem, but it's purely for show. He is 32, she is 16. 2. Before marriage, the heroine has no improper thoughts about the hero. By the time they marry, her engagement to the crown prince has already been called off. 3. The heroine is spoiled and willful. She yells at the hero and bullies him. Please add my upcoming book to your collection~~ *Marrying My Brother* [Gentle, scheming older brother × easygoing, soft younger woman] [Cozy everyday life] Jiang Xiaodi stepped into empty air and fell into the middle of the An Lushan Rebellion in the mid-Tang dynasty. Rebels were running amok through town, so she hid in the mountains, surviving by stealing the offerings left at the graves and cleaning the cemetery every day in return. One day, members of the grave owner's clan came to pay their respects. They found Jiang Xiaodi and mistook her for a long-lost member of their family, inviting her back to the main branch with them. The Lu Ling Jiang clan was a great family with a century of history. Respected by the emperor and revered by the scholar-officials, they were a family even the rebels wouldn't dare bother. Jiang Xiaodi gritted her teeth and went along with the lie. Two refugees from a collateral branch arrived, and Jiang Linchuan ordered them to be settled in a side courtyard and cared for properly. One of them was a young woman from his own clan, her fluffy head only reaching his chest. With clear, deer-like eyes, she seemed embarrassed as she said she could cook, play the zither, and keep house, and would be happy to help. Jiang Linchuan patted her head and smiled without a word. Which daughter of the Jiang family had ever had to lift a finger around the house? Jiang Xiaodi always felt guilty. The Jiang family treated her very well, giving her food and a place to stay without asking for anything in return. Jiang the eldest young master, in particular, was gentle and refined, always indulging and protecting her. The clan had arranged a marriage for him with a noble young lady of equal status, and mapped out his path to a bright future. Yet she had ended up in a secret relationship with the eldest young master. Ashamed beyond words, Jiang Xiaodi slipped away under cover of night. Jiang Linchuan was refined and upright, the very model of a distinguished clan heir. The world respected and admired him, and his family honored and trusted him. But he had a shameful secret. He was in love with his own younger sister, with a man's love for a woman. He couldn't bear to see her smile at anyone else, and wanted to keep her all to himself. Such a twisted, incestuous love was unacceptable to the world, so he could only keep suppressing his love as it grew ever deeper, until one day he returned home and the clan reported that his younger sister had disappeared! The refined young master from a noble family flew into a rage, his eyes bloodshot. He went mad overnight. Jiang Xiaodi returned to the same town where it had all begun, rented a small house, and planned to make do with the rest of her life. She was ordinary, after all, and a little slow-witted, too. Struggling home with a bucket of water, she saw a handsome, distinguished gentleman galloping toward her from the distance, as if he had come for her. [Reader's guide] 1. She transmigrates into the world in her own body. They are not related by blood. 2. Both leads' first and only partners. Theme: Be independent and love yourself; never stop striving