[1]
Zichen Hall.
The Emperor of Great Zhou summoned his fifteenth son, Prince Rui, to appear before him.
"You've been married for five years. Never mind that your household has hardly any concubines or secondary consorts, but how is it that your principal wife still hasn't borne you a single child?"
"Yizhi, heirs are important. If she cannot bear children, then take a few secondary consorts to continue your line."
"How can a prince allow his line to die out? Besides, I expect far more of you than that."
Prince Rui lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment, making no objection to his father's admonition.
At the palace banquet that day, his princess consort, Wei Junyan, was thoroughly drunk.
Drunk, she was alluring and bold. She wrapped both arms around his neck and pressed her cherry-red lips lightly against it, feigning reluctance even as she invited him closer.
When he made no move for a long while, Wei Junyan thought her plan had failed.
She opened her eyes to find Prince Rui staring at her, his gaze dark and dangerous.
She gazed at him with shining, tearful eyes, her voice gentle. "Husband, I don't mind if you take a concubine. I'm only a daughter born to a concubine in a ducal household, hardly worthy of you. But as the saying goes... a single day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of affection... Since we are married, you shouldn't treat me so coldly... If you want a concubine... you must give me a child first... Husband, I am your princess consort. You must promise me that my child... will be your heir..."
[2]
Wei Junyan really was drunk. Otherwise, she would never have dared make demands of her husband to protect herself.
When the Emperor arranged her marriage, the person Zhang Huaisu had petitioned to marry was not her, but her elder sister.
Her elder sister was the legitimate daughter of the ducal household, a peerless beauty who was doted on by everyone.
After Wei Junyan took her sister's place as a bride, her sister married the Crown Prince and became Crown Princess, the most distinguished young woman in the capital.
Later, the Emperor ordered a reopened investigation into a tax grain case that had been hastily closed.
In the end, the Crown Prince was convicted, stripped of his title, and placed under permanent house arrest.
The former Crown Princess, Lady Wei, vanished without a trace.
Everyone at court was discreetly silent about the relationship between Lady Wei and Prince Rui.
Then one day, Lady Wei became pregnant.
There was a coup in the palace that night. When they met again, Prince Rui was no longer Prince Rui. He was the Crown Prince of Great Zhou.
Her former husband now held power over all beneath heaven, yet Wei Junyan left him a divorce letter and tried to go.
The morning dew lay heavy. Blades flashed in the dawn.
Zhang Huaisu was furious. The divorce letter she had written on her own, and which was invalid anyway, crumbled to dust in his hand.
In front of a large contingent of imperial guards, he pressed a gentle kiss to her lips, his voice tender and cruel.
"I told you that you are not allowed to leave. What do you expect me to do now? Break both your legs and lock you up for a year or two, or sever the tendons in your hands and feet so you can't go anywhere, hmm?"
She didn't want to be his prisoner.
She drew the saber from the guard beside her and held it to her own throat.
Zhang Huaisu's expression changed at once.
As she tremblingly turned the blade toward her neck, he seized its edge with his bare hand and yanked it away.
She dropped the saber and trembled in his arms, terrified. He ignored the wound in his palm, his eyes dark as he brushed her earlobe and said ominously, "Even if you die, you'll still belong to me, Zhang Huaisu."
- Marriage first, love later; both leads are sexually inexperienced
- The male lead's courtesy name is Yizhi
- A gentle beauty with a little cunning vs. a powerful prince
- The male lead seems like an aloof gentleman who keeps his distance from women, but is actually dark, twisted, and possessive to an extreme
- Melodramatic, set in an alternate world, with a jumble of customs and etiquette
- Later on, there's a little running away and chasing, and a little imprisonment
Theme: Life doesn't have to be perfect. Learn to let go, be accepting, and understand one another.
Jade Shattered on Spring Mountain (Reborn)
Luan Yu's Radiance
Springtime at the Begonia Pavilion
A Record of Hidden Affection
Xitang
Whispers in the Spring Fog
The Island Falls
The Phoenix Flees [Reborn]
Snow Falls Again at the Phoenix Terrace
Submission After Marriage
Sweetly Spoiled
Can't Help Falling for You
Although the ending is coming, it seems that the male protagonist has not yet opened his mouth and has not explained clearly what happened to the eldest sister. Why did the male protagonist want to marry the eldest sister when he asked for marriage in the first place? Why did the prince raise his eldest sister alone after being imprisoned? Why do you want to give the eldest sister's baby to the heroine? Including the fact that the eldest sister later did so many things that hurt the heroine, the male protagonist always let go of her gently, but he never saw the eldest sister. . . But obviously the male protagonist always knew that it was the female protagonist who saved her, but why did he ignore her for three years after getting married??? I don't understand!!! Is there any extra story about the male protagonist's journey from meeting the heroine to marrying her to falling in love with her?? By the way, I would like to write about the story between the heroine and the eldest sister, otherwise the heroine will always have a knot in her heart, even if she becomes the queen, she will be very aggrieved 💔💔
The relationship between the male protagonist, the female protagonist and the eldest sister is not clear until the end, right? When will the male protagonist know that it is the female protagonist who saves him, and He Qing's elbows are really bent 💔 💔, is it okay for the male protagonist to have such a subordinate?
Still a chapter that is almost standing still
How long will the male protagonist continue to be such a self-righteous scumbag? This guy is so annoying.
Faster, faster, more ~ I really want to know when the male protagonist knew that the female protagonist was the one who saved him in the temple before, especially when I look back at Chapter 59 where I bought the purple-clothed clay figurine, I felt that there was a foreshadowing, and I got [Purple Sugar][Purple Sugar]
It's been so long since I've written it, but it's enough to increase misunderstandings.
When will there really be any progress? I've been standing still.
After the eldest sister dances around and the second sister dances around, the heroine will always be taken advantage of, and there are not many leading roles and many supporting roles.
Damn, when can I watch it if it's locked?
How long will you continue to procrastinate? Misunderstandings accumulate, and the number of cases of the heroine being wronged increases like a snowball. But after dozens of chapters, not only does it not give an opportunity for explanation, but it also adds fuel to the fire and causes amnesia. I have been following this book for so long, and even though the author devised a series of plots to seize the heir, the reading was lighter than usual, and I still feel lonely after reading it.