The Bright Moon Shines on Me

After her parents die and her family fortune is seized, Jiang Yue learns that her malicious grandmother is plotting to marry her off to the foolish son of the prefect. With no other choice, she makes the long journey to seek refuge with the fiancé her grandfather arranged for her.

Nie Zhao became the leader of a gang of hooligans in the Far City area at a young age. His prospects were "limitless."

With a foxtail grass stem in his mouth and a swagger in his step, he kicked open the door of a grain shop. "I'm Nie Zhao. Get out here and pay up!"

Jiang Yue silently recited the Three Obediences and Four Virtues she had been taught. Then she took another look at her thoroughly unsuitable fiancé. Wouldn't it be better to kill me? Right now!

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The moment Nie Zhao first saw Jiang Yue, he wanted her to get lost.

A few months later, he thought, How much grain can one little girl eat, anyway? She can stay, then...

And in the end, Nie Zhao took up his blade and enlisted in the army. He had to make sure Jiang Yue could live the kind of life where she could pour out a bowl of soy milk after every sip!

A feudal-era girl x a savage, mother-hen puppy of a boyfriend

Content warnings: The heroine has been indoctrinated with the Three Obediences and Four Virtues at the beginning. The hero is a dog, a real dog, and treats everyone equally badly. They have a six-year age gap. When they first meet, he is eighteen and she is twelve.

Coming soon: The Jade That Will Not Fall

Liu Chuyu, the eldest daughter of Minister Liu of the Ministry of Rites, is frail and sickly. Her fate foretells an early death, and both fortune-tellers and doctors have declared that she won't live to see eighteen. Her mother is gone, and her family pays her little attention, so her health grows worse by the day.

Liu Chuyu herself believes that everyone must die someday, so she simply takes each day as it comes, counting down the days until she draws her last breath. She's even had her burial clothes made in advance.

But life is unpredictable. Her younger sister Liu Chuyuan's fiancé, Prince Qi Ji Fuwei, is carried back from the battlefield covered in blood, clinging to his last breath.

Liu Chuyuan weeps and refuses to marry him, so after weighing their options, the family sends Liu Chuyu off in the bridal sedan instead.

Everyone sighs that this marriage to bring good luck is making the best possible use of both parties. Liu Chuyu was not long for this world anyway, and Prince Qi is about to die too. The couple will probably meet again in the underworld before long.

But no one expects that Ji Fuwei will not only survive, but ascend to the throne, while Liu Chuyu's health improves day by day and she becomes empress.

The first order Ji Fuwei gives after waking is to secretly have his new wife executed. But he never imagines that

Liu Chuyu pricks her finger while embroidering.

Ji Fuwei: My fingertip hurts.

Liu Chuyu plays chess all night.

Ji Fuwei: My eyes hurt, my head hurts. Everything hurts.

Liu Chuyu reads a tragic romance.

Ji Fuwei: My heart hurts.

Not only can Ji Fuwei not get rid of Liu Chuyu, he has to treat her like an ancestor and keep her pampered. After a while, he gets used to it.

Might as well make the best of things. It's not like he can get a divorce...

After Ji Fuwei wakes, the first thing Liu Chuyu hears him say is, "This marriage is in name only. You need to understand your place and not entertain any delusions."

Five years later

Ji Fuwei: A Yu, why don't you tell me you love me?

Liu Chuyu: This marriage is in name only. You need to understand your place and not entertain any delusions.

A frail, ill-tempered heroine x a cold, ambitious hero

Theme: No matter how poor you are, never skimp on education. No matter how hard things get, never make children suffer.