Unconditionally Cherished

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On his way to storm the palace and seize the throne, Prince Xia Yi of Huaiyang happened to save a young girl.

With eyes like autumn waters and a slender waist that could beguile the soul, she seemed to Xia Yi, who thought highly of himself, like nothing more than common, vulgar beauty.

After only a few chance encounters, her image had somehow imprinted itself on his heart. So, abusing his power as Regent, he used every means at his disposal to make her his.

At first, he threw his weight around and treated her like a plaything.

But before long, he found himself unable to sleep through the night, realizing he liked her more than a little.

Eventually, he presented his sincere heart to her with both hands.

The young girl gave a snort. "If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?"

P.S. The opening includes a few chapters about the young lady staying with her maternal uncle's family. The story described in the blurb begins after Chapter 15.

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Blurb:

After her family falls into ruin, her fiance comes to break off their engagement, calling her "delusional." Wan Zhen listens silently through the window, without saying a word.

Before long, dressed in a phoenix crown and bridal robes, Wan Zhen is sent to marry the ailing Master Xie in a bid to bring him good fortune, becoming the senior Madam of the Xie family.

A few years later, at Master Xie's funeral, her stepsons join forces to make trouble. Wan Zhen sits in the place of honor, holding the memorial tablet, her expression composed and solemn. She leaves the friends and relatives who came to watch in stunned silence.

The only one she fails to silence is young Master Wen. When he hears Wan Zhen scolding her stepsons, he can't help but burst out laughing.

Wan Zhen frowns and looks over. Wen Zheng is winking at her.

That night, he climbs in through the window. The stern-faced woman makes him kneel beside the bed, and he grins as he pleads, "Auntie, can't you forgive me? I was wrong, okay?"

As heir to the Marquis of Might and Valor's household, Wen Zheng is a notorious playboy in the capital. His standards are simply too high, and even at twenty-five or twenty-six, he has yet to meet a woman he wants to marry.

His family is beside itself with worry over his marriage. After his tenth matchmaking date fails, Old Madam Wen issues a strict order: there is only one auspicious wedding date left this year, and before then, they are to knock him out and carry a bride through the door if they have to.

With no other choice, after one evening of drinking, Wen Zheng finally lets his true feelings slip: "There's already someone in my heart. But she's a generation above me, and I was afraid the family wouldn't approve, so I kept quiet."

Old Madam Wen has someone investigate in secret. The moment she learns the truth, she nearly faints with rage.

It turns out the person Wen Zheng has set his heart on is the senior Madam of the Xie family.

Core theme: No matter how difficult life gets, grit your teeth and keep moving toward the light.