Three months into their marriage, her husband was gravely ill and bedridden.
Su Ying wiped away her tears in secret. What happened to the valiant, battle-hardened Prince Regent?
If the political coup hadn't happened and her father hadn't backed the wrong side, Su Ying's whole family wouldn't have been exiled to the borderlands. And she wouldn't have gone to such lengths to spend a night with the Prince Regent, successfully marrying into his household.
As the former favorite legitimate daughter of the prime minister, Su Ying simply couldn't endure a hard life. Thinking that soon she might become a widow, or even be driven out of the residence, she decided she needed a way out.
The throne was hereditary. If she were pregnant...
Su Ying looked at her useless husband in bed, then quietly turned her gaze toward his younger brother, Pei Kezhi.
A nineteen-year-old serving with the Imperial Guards, fit and strong, he was the perfect candidate.
From then on, Su Ying did everything she could to borrow a seed.
On the night she was about to succeed, she was pinned to the carefully prepared bed.
“My lady, just who were you planning to use those little tricks of yours on this time?”
Shadows crowded the bedchamber. The man wore black, and showed no sign of illness. His strong fingers caressed Su Ying's delicate face, trailing downward to grip her throat, before his thin lips bit fiercely into her neck.
“If you want an heir, why go to all this trouble? I'll give you one openly and honorably, right now.”
Su Ying: “...”
Pei Che, you big liar! You were faking your illness!!!
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With the court in turmoil, Pei Che put himself in danger to protect the young emperor.
Who knew that barely two days after he took to his bed, the little wife he had worked so hard to marry would start causing him trouble?
If she were just being her usual troublesome self, that would be one thing. This time, she'd set her sights on his own younger brother.
Pei Che had a headache.
He truly had no idea how, all those years ago, his foolish younger self had fallen under the spell of this spoiled young lady.
He knew she had deliberately lured him in for a reason that day, but he had still willingly taken the bait and spent a night with her.
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Not long afterward, Su Ying thought the matter of borrowing a seed was behind her. Then one day, she ran into Pei Kezhi at the prince's residence.
“Sister-in-law, shall we continue with the matter of borrowing a seed?”
Su Ying: “...?”
/ Marriage first, love later
/ Brothers in competition
2026.5.26
Theme: Embrace a beautiful life
