The Emperor and His Minister's Wife

The blurb for my upcoming novel, "Marrying My Fiancé's Uncle," is below~

[Blurb]

When Jiang Wanyu woke up, she discovered she was married. Her so-called husband not only had a beloved concubine at home, but also carried a first love in his heart?

Fine. He could do whatever he wanted! She wanted no part of it!

All she wanted was to be a happy little couch potato.

But an accident brought her face-to-face with Prince Gong, who was rumored to be on death's door.

Aside from being frail, she thought, Prince Gong was the very picture of kindness and good looks!

One day, Jiang Wanyu woke up to find the sickly beauty beside her looking as if she had bullied him terribly.

Feeling guilty, she devoted herself to nursing him back to health!

Just as she was turning the sickly little cabbage into a fresh, juicy one,

she realized, oh!

Who was that person sitting on the throne, expressionless and surrounded by a chilly aura?!

Everyone knew that the current emperor was cold-hearted and unfeeling.

What no one knew was that Shen Yuan had been dreaming of a woman every night lately...

She filled his eternally cold and lonely imperial bedchamber with an intoxicating warmth.

But when Shen Yuan woke, his heart was just as cold and lonely as ever. It was only a ridiculous dream.

Until one evening at a banquet,

he happened to see a woman. Her unfamiliar yet familiar face still wore a radiant smile, but this time she was smiling at another man, not the man in her dreams.

He suddenly found that smile... a little grating.

So when he saw her looking disheveled that day, he unexpectedly reached out to her.

He had never imagined that she would plant a seed in his barren, frozen heart, where it would take root and sprout...

And make him unable to let go.

Reader's notes:

1. Entirely fictional setting! The whole story is in service of the romance. Sweet, sweet, sweet!

2. Note: Male lead is a virgin; female lead is not.

Upcoming novel: "Marrying My Fiancé's Uncle"

Blurb:

As the youngest legitimate daughter of the Jiang family, Jiang Chuyun was a beauty of rare elegance. Now that she was of marrying age, the Jiang family could barely keep up with all the suitors knocking at their door.

Unfortunately, people said the youngest legitimate Jiang daughter had been engaged to the heir of the Marquis of Wu'an since childhood, and someone else had already claimed her.

But life was unpredictable. The Minister of Revenue, Jiang Shicheng, enraged the emperor, and overnight every adult man in the Jiang household was thrown into prison.

In just a few days, Jiang Chuyun, who had been sheltered and lived a carefree life, experienced the cold realities of human nature.

In the end, she knocked on the gates of the Marquis of Wu'an's residence.

She didn't get to see her fiancé, though. Instead, she unexpectedly met the emperor's favored courtier, the Marquis of Wu'an, Gu Rongyu, who was rumored to have eyes and ears everywhere.

Her fiancé's own uncle.

As he turned to leave, Jiang Chuyun set aside all propriety for the first time and clutched his wide sleeve tightly, as if it were the last lifeline she had.

The Marquis of Wu'an, Gu Rongyu, was cool and restrained, like snow on a lofty peak, beautiful but untouchable.

He had been famous in the capital since his youth and was admired by countless noblewomen, but none had ever won his heart.

Just when everyone thought a man like him would never lower himself for a woman,

they heard that the Marquis of Wu'an had asked the emperor for permission to marry. The bride was none other than the youngest legitimate daughter of the Jiang family!

Rumors spread overnight.

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Gu Rongyu had never thought he could be so despicable.

The moment she knelt before him, he knew she was his nephew's betrothed, yet he still found himself harboring wicked thoughts.

He wanted to keep his distance, but instead he sank deeper and deeper.

At last, perhaps even Heaven could no longer bear the thoughts he had kept hidden in his heart.

As he lay dying, he could only think hazily that if he had another life, he would meet her sooner and keep her safe beneath his wings.

"Gu Rongyu..." Jiang Chuyun stared at him with red-rimmed eyes.

What he didn't know was that this was already the second life he had begged for.

PS:

1. Always one-on-one. Sweet, happy ending.

2. Fictional setting.

Theme: Love life and treat others with kindness