The Empress's Deep Palace

Shen Qingyue had been married before. His spouse was the Eighth Princess of the current dynasty. But the Eighth Princess didn't like him. She thought he was stiff and boring, and that he lacked talent in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. He couldn't join her in drinking tea while gambling with books, or reciting poems and singing together. He knew all this. But what could knowing change? A man married once, for life. He could only take it one day at a time. What he didn't know was that someone was hiding in the shadows, rekindling hope over his marriage, now as lifeless as a withered tree. They would use every means necessary to carefully move him into their own nest. From then on, the palace walls would imprison him for a lifetime, but they would also protect him for a lifetime. Content warning: The male lead has been married before, but he is a virgin. The author's upcoming novel: Historical romance, The Runaway Concubine Who Was Brought In to Bring Good Fortune The young master of the Lu family was gravely ill, yet the fortune-teller dared to claim that a marriage to bring good fortune could save him. The Lu family went looking for a matchmaker that very night and knocked on the doors of dozens of households, but still no young woman was willing to marry into their family. With no other choice, Shen Qing, a low-born beauty, was brought into the Lu household as a concubine. On the wedding day, Shen Qing's cheeks were flushed and his figure timid. Each word he spoke came out softer than the last, like a delicate white flower in need of care. The young master of the Lu family could only swallow the gloomy, irritable "Get out" he wanted to say. A year later, whether the fortune-teller had been right or the young master of the Lu family had been blessed with good fortune, his grave illness gradually began to improve. But the pretty concubine, who had always stayed by his sickbed, sweet and obedient, left a note and ran away. Remembering how frail and boneless his concubine always seemed, the young master of the Lu family worried she would be bullied out on her own. He went to great lengths to find her, only to come across a "shrew" in the street with the same name, face, and appearance, chasing a bully down the road with a wooden stick. Young Master Lu (hesitantly): Qingqing? Are you Shen Qing? How about... we go home first and talk? Theme: Be brave enough to love.