Cui Yan died a cruel death in her previous life.
Branded a seductress who brought ruin to the nation, she was pushed into the midst of a rebel army by her childhood sweetheart and fiancé.
Once Chang'an's most beautiful woman, the pampered young lady of the Boling Cui family, with her cloudlike hair and flowerlike face, peerlessly lovely, she met a tragic end, her golden hairpin fallen to the ground, with no one there to pick it up.
When she opened her eyes again, Cui Yan discovered that she had been reborn four years in the past.
But this life was completely different from her last.
Not only had she married, she even had a child!
And she hadn't married her heartless former fiancé. Instead, she'd married a peerless gentleman, as refined as jade, with warm, gentle eyes.
What's more, her new husband was once her former fiancé's closest friend.
Cui Yan, having only just awakened, was struck dumb. "Wait... what's going on?"
*
Everyone in Chang'an knew that after the flower-viewing banquet in the palace during the second year of Yuanhui, His Highness Prince Yong, as bright as a breeze beneath the moon, stood outside the Cui residence and pleaded for three days and three nights before he finally dispelled the rumors and won Cui Yan's hand in marriage.
But that Cui girl only had eyes for her childhood sweetheart.
The two of them couldn't stand each other and barely spoke a word for an entire month.
Cui Yan, reborn once more: "!"
Of course she wasn't going to pine after that hypocrite again. She was going to build a good life with Prince Yong.
Not only did she want to survive, she also wanted to protect her whole family when the realm fell into ruin!
The beautiful young lady, with her thick dark hair, almond-shaped eyes, and cherry-red lips, clutched the soft, chubby toddler who looked almost exactly like her. She timidly called to Jiang Fei, "Husband..."
The little one cheerfully echoed in a babyish voice, "Father!"
Jiang Fei's heart gave a thump. He lowered his eyes and answered, then turned around and tore to pieces the divorce agreement he'd spent months carefully composing in his study.
A gentleman's way is to let others have their way.
But after seeing Cui Yan die in his previous life, he would rather have been a scoundrel all along.
*
Across two lifetimes, the one stain on Prince Yong's otherwise spotless reputation, the only thing the censors could attack him for, was taking his former friend's fiancée.
But he had never regretted it.
Reborn into a new life, Cui Yan had only meant to share a household with her husband of convenience. She never expected Jiang Fei to offer her his whole heart.
Only later did she learn that in his previous life, she had been the one thing he longed for but could never have, the one thing he could never let go of, night after sleepless night.
[Gentle Gentleman X Pampered Beauty]
[Please Note]
1. Both leads are virgins in this life. The male lead was a virgin in both lives; the female lead married more than once in her previous life. Marriage first, love later; a secret crush comes true.
2. Set in a fictional world loosely based on the Tang dynasty, with many original elements. Readers who are particular about historical accuracy may want to proceed with caution. Cover art by @Qian Ge and @Tu Tu Tu Bai Xiao.
3. Title inspired by: You know I have a husband, yet you give me a pair of bright pearls.
[Please Note]
1. Both leads are virgins in this life. The male lead was a virgin in both lives; the female lead married more than once in her previous life. Marriage first, love later; a secret crush comes true.
2. Set in a fictional world loosely based on the Tang dynasty, with many original elements. Readers who are particular about historical accuracy may want to proceed with caution. Cover art by @Qian Ge and @Tu Tu Tu Bai Xiao.
Theme: In a turbulent world, may spring return to where we belong, and may we grow old together.
