I Dumped the Delicate Chief Secretary

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Jiang Cijing was the real daughter of a marquis's household, found years after going missing. Accustomed to freedom, she was forced to marry Emperor Chu Linxue, who regarded the fake daughter as his beloved first love.

A year later, after Jiang Cijing repeatedly "provoked" him and "deliberately" burned the fake daughter, Jiang Wanyao, Chu Linxue flew into a rage and wrote an edict deposing her as empress.

But when he woke up one morning, Chu Linxue discovered that he had become Jiang Cijing. And he was pregnant!!!

Then "Emperor" Jiang Cijing had him sent back to the marquis's residence with an edict deposing him as empress...

Damn it! He, the exalted Son of Heaven, had become an "abandoned wife" carrying a baby.

When he finally saw through the ugly faces of those around him, fell in love with Jiang Cijing, and switched back into his own body, Jiang Cijing had lost her memory.

Having forgotten everything that happened after they switched bodies, Jiang Cijing saw things clearly: So what if I was deposed? A green tea schemer and a scumbag are a perfect match. I'm done serving you.

Chu Linxue panicked: The empress is gone. What will happen to the crown prince?

Jiang Cijing looked at the little crown prince, who looked just like her: Who gave birth to this kid?!

Chu Linxue: I did.

Jiang Cijing stared in shock: You're a man. How is that possible?!

Chu Linxue: Because you forcefully took over my body back then.

Jiang Cijing: Why does that sound so ambiguous? It makes it sound like I forced myself on an innocent person.

A heroine who gets revenge and loves every minute of it X a sick, scheming hero who chases his wife to the crematorium

[Blurb]

As the prospective sister-in-law, Qing Huan, the head of a powerful clan, caught her future brother-in-law kidnapping the Mu family's illegitimate son, Mu Yunchen, with the intention of committing a scandalous same-sex affair.

When the young Mu Yunchen woke up, unaware of what had really happened, he angrily accused Qing Huan, infuriating the forceful woman. From then on, she bullied the proud Mu Yunchen like a cat toying with a mouse, determined to break his spirit.

But later, Qing Huan learned how difficult his life at home had been. Watching the slender, resilient young man put aside his pride and ambitions and pretend to obey her, she suddenly found it all dull.

Qing Huan: Go take the imperial examinations. You don't have to come back.

Mu Yunchen shed his usual mild manner and, eyes red with anger, cried, "Yuwen Qinghuan! You were the one who came after me first! You told me to stay by your side, and now..."

He bit down on his thin lips, looking on the verge of tears, as if he really had been hurt.

Qing Huan thought the boy had potential and didn't want to hold him back, so she gritted her teeth, put on a cold face, and said, "Get out."

Later, Mu Yunchen, now a powerful chief minister, backed Qing Huan against the palace wall and gazed at her with dark, desirous eyes. "Yuwen Qinghuan, I'll spare the Yuwen family only if you beg me to marry you."

Qing Huan twitched her lips. "I already have a fiance."

Mu Yunchen replied coolly, "It's getting cold. Have your fiance's family wiped out."

Content note: Although the story is dramatic from the start, this is a proper sweet romance, focused on falling in love. The leads don't have any misunderstandings. It's sweet at the beginning and end, with some angst in the middle. Happy ending.

At the start, the leads hold unequal positions. This is a historical setting where imperial power rules and the weak are prey to the strong. If you want to lecture me about modern equality and socialist values, please leave on your own.

Couple: Yuwen Qinghuan X Mu Yunchen

(A seemingly rakish but truly formidable, somewhat kind, somewhat toxic heroine X a frail, bullied young man who grows up to be a scheming, devilish chief minister)

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