The Young Scholar Wants to Marry the Princess

[The full novel is complete. Please support the official version on Jinjiang. More stories await your visit on my author page!] Xu Zhijin rescued a beautiful young woman from the river. He nearly spent his entire family fortune to save the girl's life, and everyone in the village said he had found himself a lovely little bride. The first time he applied medicine to her, he blushed all the way to his neck. "I-I have offended you. I will take responsibility for you, miss!" One day, the girl suddenly disappeared, and he couldn't find her anywhere. Later, Xu Zhijin went to the capital to sit for the imperial examinations, heartbroken. On the day of the palace exam, he happened to look up and saw a pair of familiar, limpid eyes smiling brightly at him. Distracted by her beauty, Xu Zhijin lost focus while answering the exam questions. He missed out on first place and became third, and was ordered on the spot to marry Tao Ning, the regent princess. Some felt sorry for the third-place scholar. Such a handsome young man was being married to a princess already in her twenties. Others said that the regent princess was a cold-blooded, cruel she-devil who clung to power and refused to relinquish control of the court... Xu Zhijin didn't have time to listen to any of that. He stared at the woman before him, both familiar and strange, and asked with a hint of grievance: "Your Highness, why did you deceive me?" Tao Ning rested her chin in her hand and gazed at him for a long moment. Only after seeing the tips of the young scholar's ears turn red did she speak sweetly: "I did lie about my identity, but it's true that I like you~" The young scholar's ears turned even redder. [Reader's Guide]: A sweet, healing little story about a scholar rescuing a beauty~ Tsundere princess x blushing young scholar Sweet romance, no angst. Feel free to dive in~ This story is fictional and not based on any real people~ Theme: No matter how many hardships and obstacles lie ahead, never give up.