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Mingyue's fiance was her childhood sweetheart, her maternal cousin. He was devoted to her, but that didn't stop him from developing a wandering eye.
Mingyue was upset for a while, then decided to find herself a new fiance.
Luckily, though her family was not well connected and her status was low, she had plenty of cousins.
Mingyue counted them off one by one:
Cousin Yu was handsome and accomplished, Cousin Zhang was refined and good-looking, Cousin Zhao...
Xie Langyu watched her quietly for a moment, then smiled. "What about me? I suppose I'm only good enough to hold up your skirt..."
Mingyue said awkwardly, "Cousin Xie, Cousin Xie, Cousin Xie, you're the most handsome..."
Xie Langyu said gently, "Cousin Xie is the richest, Cousin Xie holds the highest office, Cousin Xie likes you best. Say it three times, and Cousin Xie will do whatever you say."
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Xie Langyu was born into a distinguished family. Handsome, gentle, and courteous, he was praised by the emperor as a gentleman of impeccable character and was the dream of countless young ladies in the capital.
He should have followed his family's arrangements, married a woman of equal standing, and become a powerful minister.
He never imagined he would put his dignity aside and do something that would make people gossip.
The young lady named Mingyue had a pair of bright, dark eyes and black brows. When she smiled, she was as sweet as honey.
When the young lady knocked at the gate of his little courtyard, Xie Langyu was too ill to get up. Still, he changed into proper clothes, put on a handsome jade crown, and carried a lantern to welcome her.
The man's face looked pale and gentle in the candlelight as he stood on the threshold. The young lady had to clutch his wide sleeve while he softly reminded her to watch her step.
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Not long after Mingyue's coming-of-age ceremony, a young gentleman came to stay at her family home.
He was noble-born, elegant, and refined, a true favorite of heaven.
Mingyue knew her place and did not dare to dream of him.
Mingyue had lived with her uncle's family for over a decade. Now that her marriage was imminent, several of her male cousins were eyeing her with interest.
She thought she would marry the cousin who suited her best and spend her life in quiet contentment.
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In the spring of the year after her coming-of-age ceremony, Mingyue donned a magnificent wedding gown, wore an eastern pearl in her hair, and married a man surnamed Xie who had been staying at her family home.
After all, if you stretched the family ties a little, she really could call him Cousin Xie.
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The goings-on between a young woman and her male cousins in a grand old mansion~
A stranger from the heavens beats a childhood sweetheart.
PS: Both leads are virgins. No melodrama, just a sweet romance about everyday family life! A slow-burn slice of life, an ancient-era version of marrying a rich, handsome man.
The author loves revising the story!
The heroine is the most beautiful woman in the whole book, nicknamed the Cousin Collector. A wish-fulfillment story.
[The story has changed, so if you're not into that, feel free to remove it from your collection~]
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A Marriage to Bring Good Fortune
Zhou Zhimei's mother died, and her father married a stepmother. Before long, she had a stepfather and stepmother to deal with.
For a thousand taels of silver, the two married her off to Wen Hengjing, the chronically ill eldest son of the Wen family, hoping she would bring him good fortune.
Wen Hengjing was born frail, and the doctor predicted he would not live to twenty.
Zhou Zhimei married him when he was nineteen.
After struggling against it, Zhou Zhimei accepted her fate. To inherit the Wen family's fortune, she resolved to nurse Wen Hengjing back to health, feed him plenty of nourishing medicine, and avoid doing anything else. Ideally, they would simply stay in bed together.
She hoped he would be up to the task and at least leave her a child.
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On their wedding day, Wen Hengjing forced himself through the ceremony, then collapsed as soon as he returned to his room.
Zhou Zhimei wept to herself, and her tears actually woke Wen Hengjing.
The man sat up with an amused smile and wiped Zhimei's tears with his pale hand.
"I'm not dead yet. Why are you crying?"
With tears in her eyes, Zhimei said, "You will die eventually..."
Wen Hengjing: "..."
Well, now he had to stay alive just to prove her wrong.
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After they married, Wen Hengjing's health gradually improved, though he still looked unwell at times.
His mother worried when she saw him and called Zhimei over, asking her to tell Wen Hengjing not to stay up so late reading and to take care of himself.
Zhou Zhimei blushed and agreed.
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When Zhou Zhimei married Wen Hengjing, the townspeople all waited to laugh at her.
That sickly Wen Hengjing surely wouldn't last more than a few days.
Later, Zhou Zhimei's sickly husband rose to the highest position in the government, bringing her riches and glory.
PS: A sweet, everyday romance. This may be revised~
Theme: Love can overcome anything.
What can I say? This book is very emotionally written. The male and female protagonists are quite sweet in the front, but the further back, the more incompetent parents take up the role, and the emotional lines of the male and female protagonists become embellishments, as if they have been married for decades. . . Too plain and watery... The writing style of Madam has improved a lot compared to the previous book, but I still prefer the emotional scenes in the previous book where the male and female protagonists kissed each other every day. At the end of this book, I feel that many of the foreshadowings in the previous chapters are a bit hasty and a bit anticlimactic.
The water flows slowly. Xie Langyu is really gentle
Although it doesn't feel the same as the copywriting, it's still worth a look.
Please author please add more chapters about the male protagonist!! Can't get enough!!!
I can't tell if this extra is like an outline or an English-Chinese translation.
What happened to Li Yuanting and her brother? Didn't Mingyue still have doubts about that matter at that time?
Second brush, I love it so much. The emotions of the characters in this article are particularly vivid, as if I have really entered that world. I really like the sweet relationship between the male and female protagonists
❤️ There will be an update online soon, ah ah, is there any hope for a new post? [Hands together]
Three brushes 🤩 Cousin Xie and Sister Yue may be happy forever.
The male protagonist's relationship really started out of pity