I Played the Arrogant Young Marquis

The whole story is complete. My upcoming book, The Crown Prince's Live-in Son-in-Law to Widow Taoyao, is open for follows. Scroll down for the blurb.

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Princess Qin Si of Hening, who was on a par with the crown prince, fell into misfortune one day. She lost all her memories and her voice, and was picked up by the powerful heir to the Prince of Qi, a man renowned as the most beautiful in all the realm.

He gave her a place to stay, found someone to treat her muteness, and unhesitatingly took a blade for her.

Qin Si fell in love with him and thought he loved her too.

Only later did she learn that he was kind to her because he saw her as the woman he had loved from afar, who was already married.

After regaining her memories, Qin Si declared: A substitute? Ha. I refuse to accept that.

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Qi Yunchu picked up a shrewd, ruthless mute girl.

At first, he kept her because he thought she was a spy. She also had a silhouette similar to the woman he could never have, so he kept her around for amusement.

Later, she told him she loved him. He took her at her word and fell for her, willingly clearing every obstacle in her path and helping her ascend the throne.

But the first major thing she did after becoming empress was issue an edict choosing another man as her imperial consort.

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On the day of the empress's wedding, the heir to the Prince of Qi rebelled.

He led an army of a hundred thousand into the inner palace and killed with a single sword stroke the man lying on the bed in disheveled clothes. He held his bloodstained sword to the empress's neck and whispered in her ear, "I told you, if you ever deceive me again, I'll destroy you..."

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Official title: #Hening of the Eastern Palace#

Beautiful heir who starts out arrogant and ends up a deranged villain x beautiful, powerful, miserable, flirtatious, and unfaithful empress

One-on-one romance. Happy ending.

The female lead is not a virgin, but the male lead is.

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The Crown Prince's Live-in Son-in-Law to Widow Taoyao: Crown Prince Xie Heng was ambushed while traveling south and was rescued by a beautiful young widow.

The widow thought he couldn't speak, so whenever they were alone, she would whisper to him.

He thought the widow was a little simpleminded, but then her parents-in-law threatened to throw him out unless he stayed and became their live-in son-in-law.

Unable to move freely, Xie Heng swallowed his pride and agreed.

On their wedding night, the young widow blushed and promised, "H-husband, don't worry. I'll, I'll make sure you have a good life from now on!"

Feeling humiliated, Xie Heng turned away. "You uncivilized people!"

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Six months later, his guards found him, and Xie Heng, now fully recovered, was ready to leave.

The young widow stood in the newly built courtyard, her eyes red as she choked back tears. "If you stay, I'll earn more money to take care of you, all right?"

Xie Heng left without looking back.

After returning to the palace, Xie Heng often dreamed in the middle of the night of those misty, tearful eyes and the words, "I'll take care of you."

Looking at the enormous Eastern Palace, he thought that having one more young widow around wouldn't be so bad.

But when he returned, the young widow was gone. Behind the new house was a fresh grave, with a single peach blossom planted on its lonely mound.

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The villagers of Taoyuan Village discovered that the divine son-in-law, who had been missing from Taoyao's home for a long time, had returned, but gone mad.

Standing before the cenotaph Taoyao had left behind, he spat blood and snarled, "Good riddance! I won't miss you anymore!"

A little scene:

The missing daughter of Chancellor Xu's family was found, and the chancellor held a banquet.

At the banquet, Xie Heng looked at Miss Xu, supposedly a widow and dressed in white mourning clothes, and crushed his wine cup with a dark expression.

At the banquet, Miss Xu and the elegant top scholar fell for each other at first sight.

In the garden, she shyly promised the top scholar, "Once we're married, I'll make sure you have a good life!"

The two were sweet on each other and exchanged tokens.

But as soon as the top scholar left, Miss Xu was dragged into a rock garden. Before she could call out, she met a pair of icy eyes.

The man, whom she hadn't seen in six months, gritted his teeth. "How many times have you said that?"

Reading guide:

1. The heroine is a widow whose husband died before the wedding. Single-relationship.

Theme: Cherish the people you have.