I Fought Back After the Princess's Consort Took a Concubine

Si Lan is a princess of the highest rank, breathtakingly beautiful and gentle by nature. Countless men adore her, yet she's been brainwashed by romance tales and insists on marrying a talented scholar of humble birth and poor education, convinced that marrying beneath her station is the path to happiness. But unbeknownst to her, Zhou Yuanning, whom she chose after careful consideration, already has a lover. Insecure deep down, he puts her down at every turn after they marry, then uses her inability to bear children as an excuse to force her to accept a concubine. After being tormented and reborn, Si Lan finally sees the truth. She takes back all the love she gave that scumbag, takes on him and his mistress, and even declares that she'll recruit male confidants. She only said it offhand, but men who want to be her confidants come rushing forward to court her. Among them is Pei Boyan, three years her junior, a peerlessly handsome and highly esteemed heir to Duke Pei. Si Lan, caught by surprise: "...Huh?" * After escaping the scumbag and the suffering imposed on her by restrictive female virtue, Si Lan tears up her romance tales, studies hard, and resolves to change the fate of women, who are expected to obey men and forbidden from pursuing education. Step by step, she discovers her own talents, establishes a women's academy, works in diplomacy and translation, and makes a great success of her life. The people love her, and history remembers her name. The scumbag and his mistress really do end up together, but they can't stand each other. He starts to miss how good Si Lan was to him, but she never looks his way again. * Si Lan only agreed to make Pei Boyan her male favorite as a temporary measure. She never expected the puppy-like young man to keep pressing her, insisting he be made her official husband. Before she knows it, Si Lan has dumped the scumbag, gotten together with Pei Boyan, and become pregnant. Si Lan is stunned: "I can get pregnant?" Meanwhile, Zhou Yuanning took five concubines for Si Lan, and they only produced one son, who doesn't even look like him. Coming soon: The Delicate Prince's Beloved As the most beautiful illegitimate daughter of the Su family, Su Yuwei has almond-shaped eyes, peach-blossom cheeks, a slender waist, and skin as pale as snow. She's always been a thorn in the side of certain people. As an illegitimate daughter, her only purpose is to secure the Su family's future through marriage. In the end, the family decides to marry Su Yuwei off to Prince Ling. Prince Ling is crippled in both legs, gravely ill, and cruel-tempered. They say he has only a year to live. He's particular about choosing a wife, and has added one condition: after he dies, she must be buried with him immediately. After Su Yuwei marries into the family, the Su household celebrates. Some are promoted, others get rich, and the inner residence is rid of an eyesore. Everyone is delighted, and no one has time to care whether Su Yuwei lives or dies. When Su Yuwei first meets the man, she's shocked by his beauty, then overcome with fear and unease at his cruelty. From then on, every day is filled with dread, and every night she cries herself to sleep. Until one day, she feels someone holding her and gently patting her back. In a troubled voice, he murmurs in her ear, "What can I do to make you stop crying?" * In his previous life, Gu Ling devoted himself to the imperial family, only to be betrayed in the end, all his splendor turning to dust. While fleeing, he was saved by a disfigured woman. Though she lived in poverty, the woman remained kind and optimistic, and was even willing to host a venomous parasite in her body to draw the poison from his. Only after she died did Gu Ling realize she had truly cared for him. Reborn, he is violent and unruly, wreaking havoc and refusing to be anyone's puppet. He searches everywhere for the woman. The Empress insists on foisting a new bride on him. Gu Ling smiles coldly, determined to make that ill-intentioned woman wish she were dead. Until on his wedding night, Gu Ling lifts the veil and meets a pair of timid eyes, like a deer's. * A year later, the Su family discovers that Prince Ling is still alive, and so is Su Yuwei. What's more, Prince Ling cherishes her above all else. Theme: Live life with courage and resist its injustices.