*Married first, love later / Face-slapping comeuppance / Healing romance / Resenting the moon for shining on everyone but me
[Brash but soft-hearted darling x bad boy who knows how to act pitiful]
1/
In the twenty-seventh year of the Great Yan dynasty, Crown Prince Xie Changzhi died.
He went from a young general revered by all,
to a crippled invalid everyone shunned,
and finally to a man murdered by his wife, Li Yunzhi, dying a miserable death in the Eastern Palace.
In this life, fate toyed with him, and Heaven betrayed him.
When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn.
And he was about to marry Li Yunzhi.
To avenge himself, he accepted the marriage and deliberately got close to her,
playing along with her and maneuvering against her again and again.
She was just as skilled at acting as she had been in his previous life.
She was always pretending to offer him her sincere heart, fussing over him and smiling brightly.
How disgusting.
Then why was he gradually getting used to her gaze?
Why did he eventually yearn for her to look at him?
"Which of us is really disgusting, you or me?"
2/
Li Yunzhi transmigrated into the body of Li Yunzhi and, from the start, was bestowed on the crippled Crown Prince, whom everyone despised, as a bride to bring him good fortune. The sickly prince's body was in terrible shape, and he glared at her viciously all day. His mental state was clearly worrying.
To break off the engagement, she stormed into the palace to see the emperor, declaring that she could help the prince overcome his psychological troubles.
She did everything she could to care for him, and at last saw the ice in His Highness's expression begin to thaw. He still kept staring at her, though.
One day, as promised, Li Yunzhi gave Xie Changzhi a therapy session. "Have you been feeling troubled lately?"
Xie Changzhi: "I am troubled."
Li Yunzhi: "What are you thinking about that troubles you?"
Xie Changzhi lowered his eyes. "It's hard to say."
At first, he dreamed of killing her.
Later, she appeared in his dreams every night. Each morning, as he stared at the filthy, damp bedding, he wanted to kill himself.
[Bonus Scene]
Li Yunzhi had to help him heal while also going out every day to build her career.
Now and then, she would meet some poor young man and gladly lend him a hand.
Gradually, Xie Changzhi found those men more and more hateful.
So she liked men who acted pitiful? He could do that too.
"Yunzhi, the sun is too bright today. My eyes hurt."
"Yunzhi, the thunderstorm has made my leg hurt."
"Yunzhi..."
Wanting to get this burden out of her hands as soon as possible, Li Yunzhi put up with it.
One day, thoroughly fed up, she asked, "Your Highness, are you better today?"
Xie Changzhi: "If I am, can we get married?"
Li Yunzhi was horrified. "Married? Once you're better, you should go and break off the engagement!"
Xie Changzhi fell apart. "What do you mean, break off the engagement?"
P.S.:
1. The heroine has an awesome, satisfying career arc. She's a little bit of a heartthrob.
2. The hero starts out with one lame leg and one blind eye, but both will recover later.
3. Both leads are each other's first and only. After meeting the heroine, the hero gives her his heart and body. He's devoted to her alone: a little green-tea flirt, an incredibly jealous wife-guy.
Theme: Protect mental health and safeguard peace for our country and its people.
