The Bride Who Brings Good Fortune

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Blurb:

[Delicate yet strong, pitiful heroine vs. hero who thinks his secret identity is perfectly concealed]

[From the heroine's perspective]

Gu Yao is a concubine-born daughter of the prime minister's family. But because she was blessed with a beauty that could topple kingdoms, she became a thorn in other people's sides.

To make way for her older sister's marriage, her family sent her to become a concubine and bring good fortune to the gravely ill, whereabouts-unknown General Xie.

Everyone mocked her behind her back, never realizing that leaving the prime minister's residence had been her dearest wish for years.

Gu Yao thinks everything about the general's residence is wonderful.

It's quiet, but she is free. There are no difficult servants or wicked mistresses. All she has to do is care for her husband, who is bedridden, and pray and recite scriptures for his recovery.

The only thing troubling her is that one of the young general's deputy commanders seems to have unusual feelings for her...

[From the hero's perspective]

To catch enemy spies hidden in the imperial court, Xie Qianshan staged a ruse in which he pretended to be gravely injured. But someone outmaneuvered him, and a bride sent to bring him good fortune arrived at his home.

The young lady was not only beautiful, but also sharp and clever. She helped him uncover the spies in more ways than one.

Once the truth finally came out, the young lady announced that she was leaving the general's residence to live a quiet life of her own.

Xie Qianshan quickly stopped her from packing. "The general's residence is still missing its lady of the house. Would you be willing to stay?"

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Ning Mingyu, the second most powerful woman in all of Great Qi.

Her father is a three-dynasty veteran statesman, her elder brother is a frontier general, and the Empress Dowager adopted her as a daughter and made her a commandery princess. She grew up in the palace. After the new emperor ascended the throne, she was made a Noble Consort, entrusted with the imperial phoenix seal and placed in charge of the six palaces. For a time, no one could rival her influence.

Everyone knows that the current emperor was born to humble circumstances. Once a down-and-out prince, he had to rely on Noble Consort Ning's family for everything in order to stabilize the court after taking the throne.

But Noble Consort Ning is willful and domineering, and excels at monopolizing the emperor's favor. Not only does she obstruct him from naming an empress, she also refuses to let him spend the night in any other consort's palace. She truly is a calamity to the realm.

The court officials want to impeach her, but they fear the Ning family's influence just as much, so they can only let Ning Mingyu wreak havoc throughout the imperial harem.

Zhao Xuanzhi was born to a palace maid and never imagined that he would one day sit upon the throne.

That is, until, shortly before his father died, the radiant Princess Mingyu, famed throughout the capital, came to find him in the Cold Palace.

"Third Prince, do you want to be emperor?"

"If you do, let's make a deal."

They agreed that once Zhao Xuanzhi's throne was secure, he would let Mingyu leave the palace under the pretense of her faking her death.

In exchange, the Ning family would give him their full support in the affairs of the outer court, while Mingyu would help him manage the inner palace.

With the harem in constant turmoil, Zhao Xuanzhi wanted some peace and quiet, so he and Ning Mingyu put on a show of a foolish emperor and a wicked consort.

Whenever he picked a consort's name, he would go only to the domineering Noble Consort Ning, lavishing all his attention on her.

But just as his position on the throne was becoming secure, Zhao Xuanzhi wanted to break their pact, foolishly hoping to keep this moon in the sky by his side forever.

A noble consort heroine who cares for no one

A one-sided-love emperor hero, ruthless in his methods and so insecure that he only dares to love her from afar

Theme: When the mountains and rivers seem to have no way through, a new village appears beyond the dark willows and bright flowers.