Bestowed in Marriage

[A refined, well-read young lady × a passionate, outspoken young general]

[Married first, falling in love later × love at first sight]

Yan Chufei hated the arranged marriages between aristocratic families, where their children were traded like goods. He had planned to resist with all his might, but one imperial edict struck him dumb.

An imperial marriage was impossible to refuse, unless he wanted to go from losing his head to having it cut off. With no other choice, Yan Chufei went gloomily to drown his sorrows with a friend. But his friend came up with a dubious idea: they would sneak a peek at the famously graceful young lady and see what she was really like.

From their vantage point above the tavern, he watched her bright yellow skirt bloom like a flower as she spun around, while her grass-green shawl fluttered in the breeze. Like a lovely winter jasmine, she planted the first stirrings of love deep in his heart.

Yan Chufei stood frozen. It took his friend calling his name several times to bring him back to his senses. The owner of those eyes that had outshone heaven and earth on Mount Zhongnan two years ago was now his fiancée.

In an instant, Yan Chufei was no longer gloomy or dazed. Who said an imperial marriage was a bad thing? This one was wonderful!

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Because of what their ancestors had done, Jiang Hanqiu should have been an enemy of the Yan family. But an imperial edict of marriage bound her tightly to the Yan family's Fifth Young Master.

At first, Jiang Hanqiu thought that a noblewoman in the capital never got to choose whom she married. What difference did it make who her husband was? She only hoped that Fifth Young Master Yan would be a decent man, and that they could live together in harmony.

Later, she discovered that it was difficult to settle for a harmonious marriage with him, because their love was unbreakable.

His warmth melted her heart and stirred her feelings. Together, they traveled south of the Yangtze and guarded the northern frontier. From then on, every poem about flowers and willows was about that one person.

A few things to know before reading:

① One-on-one romance, both leads’ first love, happy ending, sweet romance.

② They marry young: the heroine is sixteen and the hero eighteen at the time of their wedding.

③ No annoying side characters or villains, and no irresolvable conflicts. Enjoy without worry.

④ The names were inspired by Du Mu’s poem: “Autumn shadows fall across the river as geese fly south; with a wine pot, I climb the green hills with you.”

Coming next:

"After Her Husband’s Death, Her Powerful Ex Forced Her into Marriage"

A powerful official and his first love

[A brooding, possessive man × a free-spirited, lively woman]

[Wishing the sun would shine only on me × warmly shining on the whole world]

[A dumped puppy spirals into self-destruction × a secure relationship]

(The proper young scholar becomes a brooding, possessive man after being dumped.)

(An “abduction” in name only, but really just a resentful husband.)

After her husband dies, Shen Yingyue becomes an unofficial nun at a Taoist temple, only to run into her ex, who has come to pray with the crown prince.

The ex she had so “cruelly” dumped has returned to the capital and become the all-powerful Vice Censor-in-Chief, resplendent in his red robes.

He gives her a cold glance, as if he has never known her.

Shen Yingyue can only marvel at how much their fortunes have changed.

Little does she know that night, the cold Vice Censor-in-Chief will slip into her room.

…What do you mean, “You hate me, so you’re going to marry me”?

Pei Huaiyan hates Shen Yingyue.

He hates her for abandoning him without a second thought.

He hates her for marrying someone else just a year after dumping him.

He hates her, yet the old purse she embroidered for him hangs by his bed every day.

He hates her, yet she appears in his dreams night after night.

Is it hate or love? Can he really tell the difference?

Theme: Young love, unbreakable devotion.