The Treacherous Minister's Beloved Wife

[Please add my new story, The Butcher's Fierce Wife of the Grand Secretary, to your favorites~] Song Shiyuan transmigrated into a minor character in an old-school tragic romance. The original plot had nothing to do with her, but she shouldn't have taken pity on a blind, crippled, disfigured beggar and saved him. And when he promised on his deathbed to marry her in his next life, she really shouldn't have casually replied, "Okay." As a result, she was reborn. The beggar was reborn too, and came to her door to make good on his promise. What she never expected was that he was Cen Jiurong, the original novel's male lead, a vicious killer who casually slaughtered entire families! Song Shiyuan was on the verge of tears. She grabbed a broom and decisively chased him out. Then Cen Jiurong grabbed her by the throat. With a carefree smile, he said, "You've read the novel, so you know better than anyone what kind of person I am. Don't reject me, or I can't promise I won't treat you the way I treated Ji Wangshu in the novel." Recalling the original male lead's full tragic-romance repertoire against the heroine, including but not limited to imprisonment, abortion, heart removal, and broken legs, Song Shiyuan promptly dropped to her knees in surrender. And so she became the pampered darling of Cen Jiurong, the powerful and corrupt official who held the court in his grasp. If she wanted a breeze, he'd fan her himself. If she wanted rain, he'd fetch water and pour it himself. If she wanted the moon, he'd take a basin and fish for it in the lake. He was the very model of a devoted husband. Song Shiyuan: Are we sure he's the male lead of a tragic romance, and not a sweet romance? [The Male Lead's Version] As the tragic-romance male lead who was sent to hell by the transmigrated heroine, Ji Wangshu, Cen Jiurong was reborn. He had two things to do: first, send Ji Wangshu to hell; second, repay Song Shiyuan for burying his bones in his previous life. The first was easy. It only took a flick of his fingers. The second was a little trickier. Song Shiyuan seemed to want nothing to do with him... But it didn't matter. He knew her secret, and he knew what mattered most to her. It wouldn't be hard to make her give in. Reading Guide: 1. The male lead is insane, obsessive, sinister, and vicious. 2. Sweet romance, sweet romance, sweet romance. 3. Both leads are each other's first in this life, but not in their previous lives. New story: The Butcher's Fierce Wife of the Grand Secretary. Please add it to your favorites! Synopsis: [Ding! Sign-in successful at the Red Leaf Town Bank. Received 250 copper coins.] [Ding! Sign-in successful at the Red Leaf Town Pharmacy. Received a packet of spices: one jin each of star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, and chili peppers.] Jiang Chun pushed a wheelbarrow piled with two sides of pork through town, signing in at several designated spots along the way. It was ridiculous. She was a nobody of a writer who'd finally become an overnight sensation after writing a tragic, beautiful male supporting character. But she died before she even received her royalties. The good news was that after dying, she'd transmigrated into the novel she'd written herself, and knew the plot inside out. The bad news was that she'd become the dead wife of that tragic, beautiful male supporting character, Song Shian. Her cause of death? Having an affair and getting thrown into a pig cage by him. Jiang Chun: "..." This is bad! But she thought she could still save herself. * When Song Shian woke up, he discovered that he'd returned to the time in his previous life when he was still a live-in son-in-law in the Jiang family. Facing Jiang Chun, the adulterous woman who'd humiliated him in his previous life, he decided to strike first and get rid of her before returning to the capital, so she wouldn't have a chance to cheat on him. Then, to his surprise, he discovered that Jiang Chun not only no longer disliked him, but took care of him in every way. She even climbed into his bed of her own accord, hoping to consummate their marriage... At first, Song Shian thought she had also been reborn and had somehow learned that he would one day become a high-ranking official. That was why she'd started clinging to him. Until he discovered her secret... Theme: Those who help others will be rewarded.