Golden Branch Edict

Jing Shu transmigrated into a feel-good novel, only to become the cannon-fodder princess consort who dies right at the beginning.

And the man she marries is a scumbag regent who plans to use her until she is dead.

Luckily, when she transmigrates, none of it has happened yet.

To protect herself, Jing Shu focuses on avoiding the tragic fate of the original owner, determined not to make the same mistakes.

Under the cover of night, she sneaks out of the manor. A few days into her escape, she rescues an extraordinarily handsome little fool.

The little fool is clingy and obedient, like a puppyish wolf that wags its tail nonstop.

Until one day, she discovers that the sweet, docile little fool in front of her is none other than the ruthless regent, the villain of the original novel.

When Jing Shu tries to run away again, the little fool blocks the doorway with his personal guards:

"I'm your husband, the Prince Regent. You ran away once. Do you think I'll let you do it again?"

*

The Prince Regent, who holds life and death in his hands, pulls Jing Shu into his arms. "Shu'er, you promised you'd never leave me. You can't take it back."

Jing Shu's cheeks turn pink. "I didn't know you were the Prince Regent back then!"

The regent presses his thin lips together, his eyes full of possessiveness. "I don't care."

*

Ever since Jing Shu is forced to become the Prince Regent's wife, her status and treatment skyrocket.

Her old rough clothes are replaced with gold hairpins and brocade, and plain meals give way to delicacies.

Even her bedroom changes, from a desolate side courtyard to the regent's own chambers.

The Prince Regent grants her every wish. His only condition is that he accompany her whenever she leaves the manor.

The usually cold and unreasonable regent answers matter-of-factly, "So my Shu'er won't run away again."

*

His fiancee used him to climb the social ladder, and the late emperor used him to keep the powerful clans in check. The high-ranking Prince Regent once believed he was nothing more than a chess piece. That was until he met the little princess consort who faked her death and ran away from home. She didn't mind that he was a fool living on the streets. Instead, she took his hand and smiled tenderly. "Don't be afraid. I'll always stay with you."

Theme: The pursuit of freedom and love