After Marrying the Devoted Second Male Lead

Xu Fuyin stayed up all night reading a male-rivalry, pick-your-favorite story. The male lead and supporting male characters each had their own dazzling moments and endless highlights, but the second male lead, Xue Huaifeng, was the one who inspired the most pity. Xue Huaifeng was imprisoned while saving the heroine and tortured by the enemy army. When he finally returned to his homeland, his colleagues framed him, his family banished him, and he was forced to marry a fake heiress. He went from the heights of glory to the depths of misery, his once-godlike charm reduced to nothing. Worst of all, after the fake heiress married him, she humiliated him in public and repeatedly had emotional affairs. In the end, Xue Huaifeng died alone on a cold, lonely, rainy night. When Xu Fuyin opened her eyes, she had become the doomed fake heiress. She had been a fan of Xue Huaifeng's character when she read the book. Now, facing the frail, silent man, she gave him a kindly smile. Under her attentive care, Xue Huaifeng slowly recovered from his sickly, wretched state and regained his peerless charm. - Just as she was enjoying raising her “kid,” one careless moment was all it took for Xue Huaifeng to meet his original ending. He died mysteriously in another county, his body never recovered. When Xu Fuyin heard the terrible news, no one in the Xue family was willing to claim his body. Ignoring everyone's attempts to stop her, she traveled a thousand miles, only to find a few bone fragments gnawed by wild animals. Heartbroken over her failure to raise him, Xu Fuyin insisted on holding a funeral for Xue Huaifeng. At the funeral, she was suddenly handed an imperial edict from the palace, ordering her to marry the Regent. The whole capital was stunned, the heroine was stunned, and Xu Fuyin was the most stunned of all. The Regent had seized power through bloody slaughter. He had single-handedly saved the dynasty from collapse, and everyone feared him like the King of Hell. Most importantly, the Regent was suspected of being the mastermind behind Xue Huaifeng's death… … No one knew that the Regent himself was skilled in poisons, hidden weapons, disguises, and many other arts, and that his ability to disguise himself was unmatched throughout history. With the treacherous court and countless assassination attempts to contend with, playing several roles at once was routine for him. All his secret identities “fell in love with the heroine” for convenience. Xue Huaifeng was merely a secret identity he planned to discard. A wife was an unnecessary burden to a secret identity. Once the act was over, he would get rid of her. Who could have imagined that anyone would go to such lengths for a useless cripple, giving without asking for anything in return? That should all have been his. How could a good-for-nothing like Xue Huaifeng deserve such devotion? If she wasn't his yet, then he'd simply take her. - [Bonus scene] Splendid robes, a bridal procession stretching for miles. Halfway through the wedding banquet, the Regent left. That same day, the Regent purged his political enemies, bathing half the capital's great families in blood. The imperial city was gripped by fear. Xu Fuyin sat on the wedding bed, doing her best to stay calm. The door was suddenly kicked open, nearly making her drop the hidden dagger, poison powder, and knockout powder. The Regent stood at the door in his wedding robes, covered in blood. Behind him, blades flashed and a fierce battle raged. The man walked toward her step by step, lifted her veil, and smiled tenderly. “Sorry to keep you waiting, my wife.” His bloodied fingers slowly brushed her pale face. A shadow of possessive malice threatened to surface in his eyes. Uncomfortable, she turned her face away, then suddenly noticed an inconspicuous scar in his palm. It was exactly like her former husband's! Who was he, really? [Who could have guessed that some second male leads who seem like second male leads might also be moonlighting as the male lead, the third male lead, the fourth male lead, or even a random passerby?] ● A man of a thousand faces, powerful beyond measure, a ruler who gets jealous of himself every day × a pretty little doomed heiress who loves raising fictional characters ● The heroine read an unfinished story. The male lead's secret identities were never revealed, so she doesn't know he's a master of disguise. ● Not a strong heroine ● 1v1, happy ending, fictional setting, political intrigue. Please don't send writing advice. If anything bothers you, feel free to click away~~ (The blurb has been revised. Thanks to everyone who sent gifts before, they've been refunded.) ● Coming soon: The Emperor Sits Up in Shock While Ill, a short story ● Coming soon: The Gorgeous Eunuch That night, Feng Xinian was summoned to the bedchamber to attend the Emperor. He reclined lazily on a beauty couch and beckoned her closer. As he watched Feng Xinian's face grow paler and paler, his gaze remained gentle, but his tone held a brazen, invasive cruelty. “Have you heard the story about men who love men?” Feng Xinian froze for a long moment, then dropped to her knees in shock. Only then did she realize that she was the one the Emperor wanted in his bed! Theme: Change your fate through hard work.