Her doting fiance had long been carrying on with her close friend, the Fifth Princess. The two of them had plotted to have her father imprisoned.
With nowhere else to turn, Ning Yu asked to see Prince Qin, the presiding judge in the case.
Prince Qin, Luan Xun, had foreign blood. He had a high nose, wide-set eyes, and a sturdy, martial bearing. The murderous aura surrounding him was enough to make anyone tremble.
He had won countless military victories and was bold and carefree. Relying on the emperor's favor, he didn't even take the crown prince seriously.
Rumor had it that Prince Qin had no interest in women. Any noblewoman who tried to seduce him ended up humiliated.
Those who kicked Ning Yu while she was down were waiting to laugh at the capital's greatest beauty.
*
No one knew that Prince Qin suffered from a strange illness.
Whenever a woman came near him, he grew dizzy and was unable to move.
That is, until one day, a delicate young lady with a frail constitution knelt before him, her eyes blurred with tears.
Prince Qin gazed at her slender waist, so delicate it seemed he could encircle it with one hand, then drew a deep breath. The sweet scent of a young woman lingered at the tip of his nose.
Prince Qin's eyes deepened as his mind cleared. He held Ning Yu's small, oval face in his hand. "Heaven doesn't just drop a free meal into your lap. Understand?"
*
Two years after ascending the throne, he still left the six palaces empty. Even a house full of children could not distract Luan Xun from doting on the one who held his heart.
After nights of relentless exertion, Ning Yu could barely keep up with her husband's tall, sturdy physique and boundless energy, like a wolf cub's. After she fainted and woke up yet again, she sobbed and hit him. "If I'd known this would happen, who'd have helped you cure your illness?"
The emperor, who had swept through the Six Kingdoms and shaken the Nine Provinces, wore an ingratiating smile as he let her hit and scold him, feeding water to his darling in his arms. "Be good. I'm just showing gratitude for the source of my good fortune."
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