After Their Divorce, the Feudal Prince Forced Her to Marry Him

Blurb: A beautiful, healthy, sunny princess consort x a handsome, frail, gloomy prince The current fashion favors slim, delicate, elegant beauties. Kang Chao is voluptuous, healthy, and dazzling, so no one has ever sought her hand. When she was fifteen, her biological father brought her to the capital. She thought he had finally decided to show her some paternal love, but he had actually brought her there to marry her off to the already-declining Huo family in place of her half-sister, Kang Xuan. Huo Chen loves Kang Xuan and deeply resents Kang Chao, who took her place. After passing the imperial examinations, Huo Chen divorced Kang Chao, claiming she had failed to bear him a child in their two years of marriage. But only Kang Chao knew that Huo Chen hated and despised her, and had never shared her bed. How could she possibly have a child? Kang Chao returned to her family home, where she endured endless humiliation. At last, she went to the border city to seek refuge with her full brother, who was stationed there. At a banquet in the prince's residence, she met Zhao Tan, Prince Jing, who guarded the north. Zhao Tan holds a high position and immense power, but is frail and afflicted by a hidden ailment. He is volatile and gloomy. At a dinner banquet, he saves Kang Chao after someone sabotages her. After a night of passion, Zhao Tan realizes that he isn't incapable after all. He simply hadn't met the person fate had meant for him. When Kang Chao wakes up and realizes the trouble she's caused, she flees in a panic and returns to Bianjing. As New Year's Eve approaches, Kang Chao goes to the post station to meet her brother, only to encounter Prince Jing, Zhao Tan, who has been summoned to the capital for the New Year's court celebrations. After months of searching, he finally finds her. Zhao Tan refuses to let her leave again and forces Kang Chao to become his princess consort. Prince Jing returns to his fief with his new wife, bringing her to his residence in the border city. The military officers and officials in the prince's household worry every day that frail Zhao Tan will be worn out by his beautiful, healthy wife. Who would guess how hard Kang Chao works to keep up with Zhao Tan's relentless demands, day and night? Theme: A woman refuses to submit to fate, stands on her own two feet, and finds happiness.