A Marriage to Bring Good Fortune

A beautiful, money-loving, lecherous country girl X a scheming heir who pretends to be insane and foolish

A sweet, blunt country girl X a gloomy male ghost

Marriage before love | Playing the fool to catch the tiger | A touch of coercive love | Both virgins

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Yun Yao was born poor and dreamed of living a good life.

Just then, the Duke's mansion was looking for someone to bring good fortune to their foolish young master. With a little clever maneuvering, she became the Third Madam of the Lu family.

People say marrying above your station is like swallowing a needle, but Yun Yao lived quite comfortably.

Her husband was foolish and rich, and easy for her to control.

In public, she was gentle and attentive. In private, she'd lie back on the bed and say, "Fool, rub my legs."

Her foolish husband would obediently crouch down to massage her shoulders and legs, and serve her tea and water.

The only thing that wasn't to her liking was their sex life.

To secure an heir for herself, she tried every trick in the book, cooing and acting coy, throwing herself into his arms. She had even loosened most of her spring jacket, but he was still clapping his hands and laughing. "Wife's clothes go fly-fly!"

Furious, she lit a burner of aphrodisiac incense.

But the fool never came. Instead, she grew woozy and fell into an erotic dream. The man in it was as alluring as spring dawn, with menace in his eyes, and he turned her over and over, tormenting her from every angle.

The next morning, she rubbed her aching waist and looked at the fool still drooling in his sleep. "Was he possessed by a ghost, or was I pinned down by one?"

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Pei Yizhi, heir to Prince Qi, was deeply cunning. To achieve his ambitions, he disguised himself and went undercover.

Proud as he was, he had never told anyone about that experience, and considered the foolish woman who had failed to appreciate him a "blemish."

She was greedy and lecherous, ordering him around and beating him at the slightest pretext. She even tried to drug him and sully his virtue.

He watched her suffer the consequences, her face flushed and her eyes unfocused, still calling his name.

He suddenly stopped, the corner of his mouth lifting.

If that was the case, there was no harm in having a little fun with her.

Later, he faked his death and seized control of the realm, but he kept dreaming of that graceful figure, eyes brimming with tears. She haunted his thoughts and kept him tossing and turning at night.

He regretted it: She was a delicate woman. How could she possibly live without him?

Half a year later, the new king entered the capital.

As he searched anxiously, the corner of his eye caught a familiar figure.

His mismatched eyes turned gloomy as mist, fixed coldly on the rounded belly of a plump woman.

Rumors swirled in the street: "Is that child the heir of the second branch, or the posthumous child of the third?"

He gripped the reins so tightly they almost broke.

Every time he had been intimate with her, he had taken contraceptive medicine.

At the sound, the woman turned around. Her figure was full and her face lovelier than before, but her bewildered gaze lasted only a moment before she turned and left.

Pei Yizhi smiled faintly. Very good.

She had forgotten him and was carrying someone else's child.

He turned and ordered, "Summon the Third Madam of the Lu family to the palace."

[Bonus Scene]

In the dim candlelight of the imperial bedchamber, Yun Yao was cornered by the bed, her voice trembling. "Don't... there's a child."

The new emperor lifted his cold eyes slightly, caught her resisting hands, and gently stroked her belly with his large palm. "He's right here."

His fingertips paused, then moved down half an inch. "I will go no further than this."

Note: This includes a craving for soup dumplings and pregnancy play... Please avoid if that's not your thing.

Theme: Keep your heart turned toward the light.