The Chief Minister's Short-Lived White Moonlight

Update notice: revisions and typo fixes. A delicate, soft-hearted beauty vs. a brooding, obsessive minister Su Jin, the Grand Secretary of Great Zhou, was a man of noble character and immense power, yet he stubbornly refused to discuss marriage. The emperor held a banquet to choose a wife for him. Su Jin simply said, "Your Majesty, I am ill," and the matter of his marriage was dropped. Countless noblewomen were left heartbroken. Everyone said the Grand Secretary was gravely ill, but no one knew that he had long been secretly keeping an eye on a young girl, waiting for her to grow up so he could send her betrothal gifts. But before he could visit her, the girl came to him of her own accord. Her almond-shaped eyes gazed timidly at him. "My lord, I... I would like to offer myself to you, to be... to be your wife." Su Jin's eyes were cool and clear, but inside, he was overjoyed. The girl twisted the hem of her clothes and whispered, her voice faint as a mosquito's: "Um, even if you're ill, I... I don't mind." Su Jin: ... Later, he brought all his belongings to ask for her hand, married her, and then personally showed her just how healthy her husband was. After they married, the noblewomen beat their chests and stamped their feet. "...Weren't you supposed to be ill? Liar!" * Zhao Mingtan had grown up pampered and surrounded by affection, but she was tricked into marrying into the Eastern Palace as a concubine. Unable to compete for favor or scheme her way to power, she lost the crown prince's affection within a few years and eventually died of sorrow. Su Jin, the Grand Secretary of the realm, knelt before her grave, overcome with grief. "Mingtan, I regret it. I hate it. Why couldn't I have married you one step sooner?" From then on, Su Jin's temperament changed completely. He not only stripped the crown prince of his position as heir, but also killed him to avenge her. He never married in all his life. It turned out that she had been the obsession Su Jin could never let go of, the beloved he had spent his life longing for but could never have. Before she married into the Eastern Palace, he had already prepared her betrothal gifts. But fate had not been kind, and in the end, he was one step too late. Reborn into a new life, she vowed never to marry into the imperial family. All she wished was to return the deep love he had shown her. But the Grand Secretary seemed to have a hidden ailment. Marrying him should mean peace and quiet, since he would be incapable of taking concubines. A man who loves her and cannot be unfaithful to her: however she looked at it, she was the one coming out ahead. She wouldn't even have to coast to victory. Coming soon: "The Frail Supporting Lady Is a Master of the Occult" - Five Fates and Three Deficiencies, a Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts "Break Her" - A Mad Dog and a Beauty Ye Longyin was reborn, returning to the time she first met Xiahou Shang. He lay in the snow, covered in wounds and barely clinging to life, a pitiful sight. She kindly rescued him, but he viciously clamped a hand around her throat. Acting on instinct to survive, she blinded him. Later, Xiahou Shang murdered his father and elder brother, becoming a one-eyed tyrant feared by all as he trampled over mountains of corpses and seas of blood. She, meanwhile, fell into the dust and became a plaything in his palm. When the same scene played out again, Ye Longyin would rather injure herself than hurt him while he struggled to survive. Blood gushed from her wrist. Trembling, she held her hand to his lips and said gently, "Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you." * Xiahou Shang was blessed with a handsome face, yet he was an outcast among the imperial clan. He lacked the five senses, and was cruel and unrestrained by nature. People saw him as a venomous snake, a monster, and no one wanted him to live. As he hovered on the brink of death, he thought he was facing betrayal and assassination. He never expected to find the only light of his life. To keep that light for himself alone, he gave in to every ounce of his obsession and madness. "Yinyin, only by my side can you find your burial place!" The salvation you brought me in the abyss lit up my world. P.S. The male lead is a beautiful, powerful, and tragic madman. The dynasty is fictional; everything serves the plot. Theme: Never forget your original aspirations.