The Young Widow Mourns at the Wrong Grave

A lively, adorable young widow x a cold, aloof crown prince

Lin Miaozhen sometimes wonders why she's had such a hard life.

Her parents died when she was very young, and she grew up relying on relatives for support. She married an honest, dependable man, but he died less than a year later.

Now she's a young widow, doing the work of two people all by herself and often getting bullied by outsiders.

Lin Miaozhen takes an offering to her husband's grave. She has just set it down when

A ragged man with unkempt hair suddenly rushes over and says, "Miss, forgive my rudeness." He grabs the offering and shoves it into his mouth.

Lin Miaozhen panics. She saved up for ages to buy that offering, so she grabs the man by the hair and says, "Are you my husband? How dare you eat his offering!"

The man's face is forced upward. Lin Miaozhen stares at him, then looks at his build.

"Do you have a place to live? Do you have any family?"

The man shakes his head.

"Then I can give you a place to stay and feed you, but you'll have to marry into my family and work in the fields."

The man freezes for a moment, then nods.

"Miss, did you just say this is your husband's grave?"

"Yes."

"But the tombstone says 'Grave of the Loving Mother, Madam Wang.'"

"...I can't read."

Lin Miaozhen thinks she's hit the jackpot.

The man she picked up is not only handsome but well-educated. He teaches her to read and write, and he's hardworking. Ever since he arrived, Lin Miaozhen hasn't been bullied again.

Then one day, a crowd of people suddenly comes to the house, bows in unison, and calls him, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince!"

Her man is taken away, and she's taken along with him.

Lin Miaozhen enters the Eastern Palace and sees that he has so many wives. She refuses to put up with it, leaves a letter, packs her things, and runs away.

When Yan Jingyu leaves court, he hears that his wife has run away. He opens the letter she left behind and sees four big characters: "I won't take this crap!"

His face darkens at once.

The Eastern Palace does have concubines, but that was because he was powerless at the time and all the factions wanted to plant their own people there.

He hasn't touched a single one, and now he's managed to drive his wife away.

Halfway through her escape, Lin Miaozhen sees an official notice saying the Crown Prince has dismissed all the beauties in his harem and is urgently searching for his wife, Miaomiao.

Height difference | Size difference | Married first, love later | Male lead is a virgin; heroine is not

A sweet romance, farming, running a small business, and falling in love. Even after the male lead is brought back, palace intrigue and political scheming don't take up much of the story.

The couple starts with nothing. Every day, they wake up and get straight to work, earning a living.

Even the cold, aloof crown prince has to feed chickens and raise pigs.

The heroine may have a tragic past, but she's a lively, adorable little ray of sunshine.

Theme: Persevere and make your own way