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The eldest princess has been deeply troubled lately. She's reached the age to choose a prince consort--
For her first candidate, the newly crowned top scholar, she only invited him to the palace to play chess with Zhao Mingxiu. The scholar had an epiphany during their game and became a monk.
For her second candidate, the son of the Northern Garrison's great general, she arranged an outing with him. They happened to run into Zhao Mingxiu holding a small child, who saw the young general and called him "Dad."
The third candidate had a spotless family background and handsome looks, and she was quite pleased with him. But Zhao Mingxiu claimed he was helping her assess the man, and the moment he stepped forward, the candidate got so scared he hid behind his mother...
After a careful process of deduction, she finally found the culprit behind her inability to find a prince consort!
"A-Xun, just because you can't get married right now doesn't mean you can stop everyone else from marrying before you..."
"I'm your aunt. What kind of younger relative meddles in an elder's marriage?"
Zhao Mingxiu had never been able to tolerate any filth before his eyes. Just then, the person in front of him angrily slapped the table, accidentally knocking over the inkstone and splashing ink across his desk and the memorials he had yet to review.
The more the eldest princess thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. But Zhao Mingxiu gently wiped the ink from her hand and calmly asked, "Aunt, why do you think I'm stopping you from choosing a prince consort?"
She looked up. Zhao Mingxiu's eyes held an unreadable emotion. A sudden thought struck her. "Could it be that you...?"
Zhao Mingxiu had a feeling she wouldn't say what he wanted to hear.
Sure enough--
"Could it be that you don't want to call a man younger than you Uncle?"
"A-Xun, get over yourself!"
Zhao Mingxiu thought: Better to become his own little uncle than let those fools become his uncle.
In his previous life, he became a wise ruler, but could only watch the woman before him die unjustly. Now that he's been reborn, what does it matter if he lives a little recklessly?
(Important: The leads are not related by blood! The male lead knows this! Their current ages: the male lead is twenty, the female lead is seventeen.)
Adorable girl x scheming fox (New blurb, June 30)
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On their wedding night, Shen Yu woke up, jolted awake by sheer rage.
As he lay on the brink of death, he heard a woman speaking beside him.
First, she sighed sorrowfully.
"Sigh, even a wedding to bring you good fortune couldn't bring you back to life. I guess I'll have to be a widow."
Then she sounded delighted. "The title of the heir's widow, my monthly allowance of thirty taels, and the family wealth you've left in your room. I'll gladly take them all."
This woman was so chatty, and shamelessly went on listing all the benefits she'd get after he died.
Did she marry him just because she was hoping he'd die so she could become a widow?
He couldn't swallow his anger. In a fit of rage, he opened his eyes. The woman's expression shifted seamlessly from delight to shock to joy. She threw herself at his side and cried with heartfelt sincerity, "Husband, you're finally awake! My sincere prayers to Heaven have been answered."
She was weeping like a flower in the rain, her eyes full of devotion. Anyone else would have been deeply moved.
Shen Yu watched her coldly as she acted. If he hadn't heard what she said while he was unconscious, he would have believed her.
Wen Yu had her reasons for being forced to take her cousin's place and marry Shen Yu in a wedding meant to bring him good fortune.
The Shen family was so prominent that no family in the capital could compare.
Shen Yu was the Deputy Commander of the Palace Guard, and behind his back, people in the capital called him the Living King of Hell.
They all said Shen Yu's illness was dire and he had only three to five days left to live.
The lucky wedding was simply the Shen family's last resort.
She was practically destined to become a wealthy widow.
So why had her husband woken up, and why was he glaring at her as if he'd heard her little scheme?
On the verge of tears, she had no choice but to use every trick she could think of to escape and save her own skin.
Bonus scene
One day, Wen Yu packed her things and knelt before the Shen family's matriarch. Putting on a dignified, resilient expression, she said with reddened eyes, "I was only able to marry into the Shen family because I brought my husband good fortune. Now that he's completely recovered, I respectfully ask to be cast aside, so my husband and the woman he loves can be together."
The matriarch was so taken in by her that she nearly agreed.
Shen Yu blocked the doorway and gave a cold laugh. Trying to escape? Not a chance.
He spoke calmly. "What are you saying, my wife? Once married, always married."
"The only way you'll leave is over my dead body."
Wen Yu was astonished, then suddenly blushed and said, "Husband, do you love me more than life itself now?"
Shen Yu had been played by Wen Yu yet again: ...
His wife was an expert in the art of tea. What could he do? He could only play along.
Theme: Don't wait until regret consumes you to lament that you failed to protect the one you love.
Before I finished reading, I read the ending first... I couldn't understand why the ending had to write about my childhood sweetheart in the next generation? That Yuan Yuan, I was speechless as soon as she appeared. Da Speechless. As soon as I saw it, I forcibly arranged for a childhood sweetheart to be given to the prince, and he was also very annoying!
What should I say? Don't tell me that this is the young prince's target. You can't accept it. This girl is no good.
Ah Xun really wins my heart now, hahaha
In the previous life, Zhao Yunxi hanged himself. Could it be that he fell in love with Ah Xun and felt that ethics and morals did not allow it, so... My guess is
I don't understand why I have to break up Boss Wu's family's current life. Isn't it enough to understand their thoughts? I have to uncover their scars and make their second wife feel grudges.
Will the next chapter be about Su Huai?
She is as clean as the snow on the mountain. Ah Xun doesn't want her to be contaminated by half of the world's dust.
Congratulations on the completion! Really pretty!
In fact, after so many years, there is no need to suddenly search for relatives. Now I can just live a peaceful life. These chapters feel like I am going through the process. Besides, I have found my biological father and have a new life of my own. Why do I have to get to the bottom of it to break the status quo? Most importantly, I just want to see their sweet love
Whether he remembers it or not, after seeing his second wife and daughter, it actually doesn't matter anymore. His biological father has already had a new life, and the dead can only be buried in the soil.