A Noble Family's Wife

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The Xie and Jiang families were the foremost aristocratic clans in Bianjing. In the fourth year of Shunkang, the families naturally brought together the upright young gentleman Xie Cheng and the legitimate daughter Jiang Luan, joining their houses in marriage.

But everyone in the capital knew that Xie Cheng had no interest in a refined young lady like Jiang Luan.

After the wedding, although they lived under the same roof, they were more like strangers. Even when they shared a bed at night, a "Chu River and Han Border" lay between them, proving all the rumors true.

Then an accident brought Jiang Luan back to the night of her wedding.

Looking at the elegant young gentleman before her, as beautiful as an immortal descended from heaven, Jiang Luan suddenly understood: Why should she stake her whole life on a man who had cut himself off from love?

She wouldn't keep trying to warm a heart that could never be warmed.

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To Xie Cheng, marriage was about matching family backgrounds, so a woman from the equally eminent Jiang family was the best choice for a wife. He was also quite satisfied with his gentle, reserved wife.

He had no feelings for her, but he thought a lifetime of mutual respect and courtesy would be just fine.

Until one day, he returned early from court and happened to see a letter of divorce on the desk in their inner room. Xie Cheng's gaze darkened. As if seeing her for the first time, he asked with a faint, amused smile, "Lady Jiang, do you know what you're thinking?"

He would never divorce her.

That night, the young gentleman spent the whole night thinking in his study. He decided to build a good life with his wife and become a loving couple. But then he suddenly realized that she might never have loved him in the first place.

(Blurb revised on January 24, 2024)

Notes:

1. Both leads are each other's only partners. The story is set in a fictional world.

2. The male lead falls hard and eats his words; it's a marriage-first, love-later story with a little household intrigue.

3. The female lead grows over time, with a touch of an ensemble cast.

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Blurb:

In the capital, everyone envied Wen Tang. Her father was a first-rank duke, her mother was a daughter of the Fan Yang Lu clan, and she was hailed as the "capital's foremost noble lady." She also had a fiance admired by all the noble young ladies of the capital.

Xie Wuyan, the young maternal uncle of the emperor, had stood out from his peers since childhood and entered court before coming of age. He was as gentle as jade and possessed unparalleled good looks. The only thing people regretted was that he had a fiancee chosen for him before birth: Wen Tang.

If nothing unexpected happened, in the tenth year of Chaoning, Xie Wuyan would marry Wen Tang. They would be a devoted couple, harmonious and deeply in love.

Who could have known that in the seventh year of Chaoning, the empress would be accused of misconduct, bringing ruin upon her maternal family? The entire Imperial Uncle's household was exiled to the borderlands, including the young imperial uncle, Xie Wuyan.

The admired young gentleman, renowned for his literary and martial talents, fell into the dust. Everyone in the capital sighed with regret.

The day before the exile, the Imperial Uncle's household returned the betrothal token to Wen Tang. But no one could have imagined that Wen Tang would resolutely follow Xie Wuyan into exile.

Everyone was astonished.

What they could never have imagined was that over the following years, Xie Wuyan and Wen Tang would build irrigation works and academies in the borderlands, helping the ordinary people suffering there. They earned the respect and gratitude of everyone in the region.

In the eleventh year of Chaoning, the case against the "deposed empress" was overturned. Xie Wuyan helped the deposed crown prince ascend the throne, became the emperor's right-hand man, and rose to become the youngest first-rank official at court.

The emperor rewarded him for his achievements and asked what he wanted. Xie Wuyan smiled faintly and requested only two imperial edicts.

The first was an edict granting a marriage.

The second was an edict conferring the title of noblewoman on Wen Tang.

#Marrying Wen Tang was something Xie Wuyan had decided on when he was young#

#A young couple levels up together as they overcome one challenge after another#

Theme: One by one, we get through every difficulty; though the road ahead is long, it is also bright.