The Marquis Wants to Be Wooed Again Today

[Looks like a delicate flower, but is actually a scheming wolf in sheep's clothing vs. looks aloof, but gradually falls hard, a true romantic]

Shen Yingzhu, a noblewoman from a military family, was born into a powerful clan that commanded a great army.

To outsiders, someone like her must have lived a life of comfort and ease. But Shen Yingzhu was the unlucky one.

The General's residence was drenched in blood. The tyrannical emperor dragged her into the palace, and in the end, she died at the hands of an imperial guard.

At the moment of her death, Xiao Lingzhou was forcing his way into the palace with a cold bow in hand.

In her next life, her family was still the target of the tyrannical emperor's suspicions. She needed to marry someone powerful to save her own life.

Who should she choose?

You, then, Xiao Lingzhou, that noble marquis. You were so capable in my previous life.

She would win him over and make him her loyal dog.

It was a difficult process, but she succeeded.

The marquis fell for her step by step. He would shield her from barbed words and blades of cold steel.

He loved her desperately, but reality was cruel.

She left for Jiangnan without looking back, leaving him with nothing.

Do you love me? Then come chase me.

Xiao Lingzhou chased her to Jiangnan like a madman, but she said, "I want power, and I want freedom, but you can't give me either."

He understood that she had deceived him. What he wanted was never an apology from her, but her person, her heart, her whole life.

He jumped off a cliff to protect her, just so she might love him again.

Even if his flesh and bones were ground to dust, he would pave her a road with his own blood.

He had asked her many times whether there was love between them, but Shen Yingzhu always stayed silent.

But one day, Tang Yunzhou walked along the Qiantang River with his arm around Shen Yingzhu.

Xiao Lingzhou was almost beside himself with rage. He grabbed Shen Yingzhu and dragged her into the Qiantang River.

Then, in the freezing water

he kissed her.

The second male lead's perspective:

Tang Yunzhou was only a low-ranking county deputy in Qiantang, but a dancer had bewitched him.

He led her out of the pleasure quarter and showed her a world without restraints.

But on their wedding day, she disappeared without a trace. With a nearly deranged resolve, he searched for his wife for five years, but to no avail.

Until he met Shen Yingzhu.

Her appearance and name were very similar, but... her personality was not.

He thought: Whether or not you're her, I'm going to marry you and take you home.

He succeeded, but he also lost.

Watching Shen Yingzhu run toward Xiao Lingzhou, he sank to his knees in secret. His words and his obsession faded away: "What a pity. In the end, you're not her."

Reader's guide:

1. HE, 1v2, with the heroine and hero having very strong feelings for each other.

2. An alternate-history setting, extremely loose. Don't bother pinning down the era.

3. I'm trying to make this a sweet little romance. It is sweet!

4. A little political intrigue, mainly the daily lives of the hero and heroine.

5. A little ensemble cast, with possible shifts in perspective.

Theme: True love is more precious than anything.