Chu Jin was mocked by the neighbors from the time she was little: they said her parents had gotten her as a free gift when they bought tofu.
But would she really believe something so absurd?
Then one day, the Tofu Beauty came to her door and revealed the truth. Chu Jin was stunned!
She was the daughter of an earl's family? She'd been switched at birth? Now they wanted to take her back? Chu Jin was so shocked that she fainted and fell into a coma.
Meanwhile, Crown Prince Li Xuanshang, who had never liked women, was being pressured into marriage by his imperial father in every possible way. In the end, he chose Chu Jin, the unconscious daughter of an earl's family.
On her wedding night, Chu Jin suddenly opened her eyes. Looking around at the dragon-and-phoenix wedding candles and the palace maids attending her... Was this what it meant to win without lifting a finger?
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Xia Tingran, the beautiful daughter of the Assistant Minister of Works, had already drawn marriage gifts from the sons of Kyoto's noble families, who were all waiting for her coming-of-age ceremony next month.
Who could have known that the emperor would suddenly name her a princess for a political marriage and send her to wed in a foreign land?
With the imperial decree issued, the Xia family felt as if doomsday had arrived.
Xia Tingran remembered that she had once helped the Prince of Chennan. After weighing things over and over, she cast aside her pride and went to beg him for help.
But the gentle boy she'd known back then had grown into a sharp, imposing man with a willful and ill-tempered nature.
The Prince of Chennan slowly walked up beside her. With a light touch of his long fingers, he wound a strand of her hair around them and brought it to his nose. A wisp of orchid fragrance instantly filled his senses, just as it had in the past.
After all these years, her tastes still hadn't changed.
"Everyone says orchids are pure and refined, but few know they have another, vulgar name: worldly seductress."
His flirtatious gaze turned toward her. "I wonder if that old emperor in our allied nation, whose life is nearing its end, will like them?"
Xia Tingran's breath caught. Then she began to weep, her tears falling like pear blossoms in the rain. "Everyone at court knows... Only Your Highness can persuade His Majesty to change his mind. I beg you, for the sake of our childhood friendship..."
"Childhood friendship?"
He echoed her words, cutting her off. He looked at her with faint regret. "Did no one tell you that it was this prince who recommended you to His Majesty?"
On the day she left for the frontier, Xia Tingran calmly put on her phoenix crown. The Prince of Chennan, however, found his thoughts growing complicated...
The satisfaction of avenging his great hatred did not come as expected. Instead, somewhere in his heart, a pain pricked him like a needle.
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Huo Huaijing, the Prince of Changliu, had fought in campaigns across the south and north since his youth. After ten years on the battlefield, his achievements were illustrious, and his name resounded through the court and along the borderlands. Unfortunately, even a seasoned warrior can make a mistake. He suffered a crushing defeat in a battle in Wu.
He accidentally drank poisoned wine, fell for the Wu princess Wen Jiu's beauty trap, and became her lover.
When he woke, his clothes were disheveled and he was exhausted in body and spirit. She, meanwhile, held a strip of white silk beside his ear and wept without end... She only stopped when he agreed not to kill the Wu royal family.
A campaign that had been all but certain to succeed turned into peace negotiations.
Back in the capital, Huo Huaijing couldn't sleep at night. He thought that, though the enchantress was poisonous, she was still a woman. How would she make a living from now on? Perhaps he should be generous and find her a place to stay in a secluded courtyard of his prince's residence.
But before he could go fetch her, he heard that she had already arrived in the capital and entered the imperial palace.
Huo Huaijing pulled Wen Jiu behind a rock in the imperial garden. "Why did you come to the palace?"
Wen Jiu shook him off and hurriedly wiped the back of her hand with a handkerchief, perfectly at ease. "Naturally, I came to thank His Majesty for his gracious favor."
"It was this prince who spared your Wu kingdom!"
"But I've already repaid Your Highness's kindness~" She fluttered her long lashes, completely composed, as though they owed each other nothing.
Huo Huaijing's face darkened. So that had been nothing but a transaction? He'd thought she might at least hold on to a little hope...
Suppressing his feelings, he warned her coldly, "If you want to enter the imperial harem, you'll have to undergo an examination."
Wen Jiu raised her handkerchief to her lips and gave his well-meant warning a mocking smile. "I've always observed the rules of propriety. I've never once crossed the boundaries between men and women. I'm still untouched, so why should I fear an examination?"
With that, she walked around him with graceful steps and left. He remained rooted to the spot, like a clay statue or wooden carving.
She was untouched?
Then what did that make him...
Theme: Husband and wife are one, punish evil and promote good
I am speechless to the heroine. She didn't tell anyone that someone was harming her. She didn't tell anyone that she was caught having an affair, framed and poisoned. Are you an undercover agent sent by the villain? Or because you can highlight your character of being tolerant and kind, don't say anything. You said how many dangers can be avoided, and there will be no fear of life. The silly and sweet character is not lovable at all. You have the biggest golden finger and God's perspective. You have read the book and know the plot. You have played a good hand to pieces. If it weren't for the male protagonist, you would have played it long ago. You are like a female supporting role.
Damn it, this is definitely Mr. Hou's illegitimate daughter.
? ? ? The father of holding grass? It can't be an illegitimate daughter, right?
Chu Rao is probably my uncle's daughter
Damn, damn, damn, I have nothing to say about this bastard killing her mother. After all, you will reap what you sow, as long as no one else is implicated. But how innocent these neighbors are! Let her step down as soon as possible, she is a dehumanizing thing.
The ending came so suddenly--!
Why don't you criticize others?
The heroine didn't say anything until the end, was she speechless?
Too sudden, I want to watch more emotional dramas
This ending was caught off guard, and there are still holes that have not been filled.
I am speechless to the heroine. She didn't tell anyone that someone was harming her. She didn't tell anyone that she was caught having an affair, framed and poisoned. Are you an undercover agent sent by the villain? Or because you can highlight your character of being tolerant and kind, don't say anything. You said how many dangers can be avoided, and there will be no fear of life. The silly and sweet character is not lovable at all. You have the biggest golden finger and God's perspective. You have read the book and know the plot. You have played a good hand to pieces. If it weren't for the male protagonist, you would have played it long ago. You are like a female supporting role.
Damn it, this is definitely Mr. Hou's illegitimate daughter.
? ? ? The father of holding grass? It can't be an illegitimate daughter, right?
Chu Rao is probably my uncle's daughter
Damn, damn, damn, I have nothing to say about this bastard killing her mother. After all, you will reap what you sow, as long as no one else is implicated. But how innocent these neighbors are! Let her step down as soon as possible, she is a dehumanizing thing.
The ending came so suddenly--!
Why don't you criticize others?
The heroine didn't say anything until the end, was she speechless?
Too sudden, I want to watch more emotional dramas
This ending was caught off guard, and there are still holes that have not been filled.