The Bookish Young Lady (Reborn)

In her past life, Jiang Chu was devoted to her books, paying no heed to the world around her. Her treacherous husband schemed against her, leaving her to die miserably in a hut in the snow. Reborn, she still had the steady hands to hold a paintbrush. Gentle and serene, steeped in books, she had plenty of time to escape the nightmare of her past life. Later, her aunt, Side Consort Jiang, took her in, and she became the Gu Prince's manor's young lady from a collateral branch. Apart from her aunt, it seemed no one in the manor wanted her there: the burly prince, the shrewish old madam, the smiling but dangerous Side Consort Su, and the many spoiled young ladies... Especially the unruly young lord of the Gu family, who beat up princes and toyed with powerful officials. As rain pattered outside, Jiang Chu looked at the refined, handsome young man before her and sketched his peerless features on rice paper. Gu Mingyan glanced at the portrait and pointed at himself. In a cold voice, he said, "Little girl, remember this face. Once you're in the prince's manor, don't get in the way of the person in that portrait. I hate pretentious, bookish girls like you!" After making that harsh declaration, the young lord Gu turned around and started loitering by her courtyard gate. Sometimes he sat on her wall, sometimes he waited beneath a tree, day after day becoming a stone statue yearning for his wife as he gazed at the cultured young lady. When she reached marriageable age, the young lord took a great saber in one hand and a silver spear over his shoulder, then headed for the frontier to earn military honors and renown. He blocked Jiang Chu's path. "Little girl, I've bullied you for so long. You can choose between being a general's wife or the young lord's wife. Consider it an apology." Jiang Chu gave him a cool glance and stepped past. At last, Gu Mingyan dropped his proud facade and pulled her into his arms. "I've fallen for you, and I love you like crazy. Don't you dare leave me." Proud, possessive, and restrained x Gentle, secretly a face-con The male lead and female lead are not blood-related The female lead is reborn Theme: