Prisoner in the South, Wild Geese in the North

[The main story is expected to conclude in mid-December]

Jiang Mi hated her husband, the Crown Prince of Beiliang, Yuwen Changying.

She had been a noblewoman of Nan Jin. But during a visit to relatives, she was captured at the border and forced into a political marriage with Beiliang, where she was confined to a palace for ten years.

Ten years as husband and wife, sharing a bed, yet always as distant as mountains and seas.

Then the alliance between their countries fell apart, and war broke out again.

She became a vengeful spirit sacrificed to rally the troops.

As an arrow pierced her heart, the man looked down at her with indifference.

"My lady, in your next life, remember to abstain from meat and pray to Buddha. Perhaps then you'll enjoy a peaceful life."

Until her final breath, Jiang Mi thought:

If she had another life, she would go to the Underworld herself and demand justice.

She would make him taste ten years of misery and a lifetime of longing.

And then, she really was reborn.

Back to the eve of her capture.

In this life, she wanted no political marriage. All she wanted was to return to Nan Jin.

But fate took a turn, and she herself made it happen...

The mighty Crown Prince Yuwen Changying became a hostage in Nan Jin, all alone.

She was still Nan Jin's most exalted noblewoman, backed by her family and supported by the entire court.

She thought she could finally live in peace.

But Yuwen Changying barged back into her life and destroyed the quiet she wanted.

The man who once hadn't cared whether she lived or died now set aside all his pride and begged her, clumsily:

"I've never known what love is. I can learn."

"Jiang Mi, will you teach me?"

Now he was the one trapped in a cage.

Reader advisory:

One-on-one romance | Rivals-to-lovers | Groveling arc

An imaginary setting inspired by multiple ethnic cultures.

Please don't compare it with real historical events.

--- Next up: Please Give Me Back My Childhood Sweetheart ---

Blurb:

She married the childhood sweetheart who had waited two years for her, only to discover that another man lived inside his body.

Fu Ying grew up in southern Yunnan, the untouchable darling of the chieftain's household.

Her mother said the best man in the world should be gentle, patient, and utterly devoted.

So Fu Ying found herself a childhood sweetheart.

She used Pei Hechuan to test her poisons, and he never got angry. When she caused trouble, he cleaned up after her. When she wanted flower cakes, he secretly brought them to her.

On her birthday, he placed a camellia branch in her palm.

"When you come of age, I'll come back and marry you."

Later, Pei Hechuan left without a word.

Fu Ying waited for him for two years.

Then the Marquis of Yongning's household sent a proposal from a thousand miles away, asking to marry the chieftain's daughter.

Fu Ying's father sent her to the Central Plains with boxes full of poisonous insects.

On their wedding night, her veil was lifted.

Pei Hechuan's face appeared right before her eyes.

Fu Ying was overjoyed and was just about to leap at him when a flash of cold light appeared, and a frigid sword blade pressed against her throat.

Pei Hechuan's features were severe, his eyes filled with killing intent.

"Tell me, which family sent you to spy on me?"

Fu Ying: "..."

Something seemed to be wrong with her childhood sweetheart's head.

*

Pei Jue returned to the capital gravely wounded and inherited the title of Marquis of Yongning.

Everyone in the marquis's household eyed him like a hawk, and his wife was carrying strange poisons with an unknown past. In every way, she looked like she was after his life.

Then one day, he discovered a diary in his study.

"September 15: The flower cakes A Ying brought me were delicious. That idiot in the daytime didn't even eat any. Serves him right."

"September 16: Who dares bully A Ying? When I wake up, I'll beat him to a pulp."

Pei Jue finally realized that another person lived inside his body.

Worse still...

His gentle, considerate, utterly devoted alter ego, "Pei Hechuan," was very popular with his wife.

She couldn't stand the sight of him.

Later, Pei Jue pretended to lose consciousness.

Fu Ying beamed, took out a gold needle, and skillfully aimed it at his neck.

She murmured, "Hurry up and bring back my gentle childhood sweetheart..."

As the needle fell, Pei Jue flipped her onto the bed and pressed close, their temples and cheeks brushing.

"What's so good about him? He's weak and useless."

He gritted his teeth and enunciated each word. "Fu Ying, look carefully. Tonight, it's still me, the marquis."

"You'll love only me for the rest of your life."

Reader advisory:

Dissociative identities | Childhood sweetheart turns into a surprise groom | Marriage before love | Love triangle drama | Lighthearted

[Pei Jue and Pei Hechuan are distinguished by their names to indicate the two personalities]

Theme: Rely on yourself