After Marrying My Rival's Son

(Main story complete) Lin Yan was the apple of Minister Lin's eye. She grew up surrounded by comforts, excelling at eating, drinking, and having fun, but her marriage prospects were the one thing that never went her way. Either their birth charts were incompatible, or the other party suddenly broke off the engagement.

At a flower-viewing banquet, Fu Jinchao emerged from behind a rockery. Tall and striking as the morning sun, he stood in her path. "I hear Miss Lin has had no luck with marriage. I've thought of a way to fix that."

Lin Yan looked up at him, her voice lilting. "My father says there are no decent people in the Fu family. Keep your solution for yourself, Young Master Fu."

Whatever scheme he had up his sleeve, she wasn't falling for it.

Whether that solution was offered to Lin Yan or used for himself, it amounted to the same thing.

The day after the flower-viewing banquet, Minister Lin tore into the new policies proposed by Fu Jinchao. The hesitant emperor immediately issued an edict, betrothing his only daughter, Lin Yan, to Fu Jinchao.

The Lin and Fu families had been enemies for generations, and everyone waited to see a disaster unfold.

They waited and waited. The new policies were implemented on schedule, and the Lin and Fu families became as close as one.

In a sea of lanterns that lit the long street as brightly as day, Fu Jinchao, the youngest cabinet minister in Great Wei, lifted Lin Yan onto his shoulders so she could pick the lantern she wanted herself.

Notes:

1. A completely fictional setting.

2. One-on-one romance. Neither lead has ever loved anyone else.

3. Updates around noon each day. If the schedule changes, I'll mention it in the author's note ahead of time.

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Blurb for The Substitute Bride:

Qi Fengxiao grew up hidden away at a country estate, unknown to the world. Her life was worth no more than a weed, though she was as lovely as an orchid.

Song Yuguang, heir to the Loyal and Brave Marquis's household, had won countless military honors and was arrogant and unruly. After a plot left him blind, his temperament changed drastically. He shut himself away, and even his closest relatives could hardly get near him.

The marquis's wife wanted to find her son a noble bride who was beautiful, gentle, and kind, someone who would stay by his side and tend to his every need. Every family that came forward had its own motives, and in the end she settled on the legitimate daughter of the Earl of Guang'an.

But the day before the wedding, the bride disappeared.

As Qi Fengxiao was forced into the bridal sedan, she heard her legitimate mother threaten in a low voice, "If you can win the marquis's favor, I'll tell you where your mother is so you can reunite. If you can't, don't blame me for selling you off just as I sold your mother!"

Qi Fengxiao dared not disobey. Though terrified of the heir's unpredictable temper, she was gentle and attentive, serving him with all her heart.

The heir could not see, so she became his eyes.

When he needed to write a letter, she painstakingly imitated his handwriting.

Her slender waist and soft voice became the gentlest comfort in Song Yuguang's darkness, and he decided to go along with the mistake.

Who knew that after his heir's wife returned to her family home, she would come back a different person?

Theme: Harmony is precious