My Fiance Regretted It After I Faked My Death

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[Blurb is complete]

Female lead:

Commandery Princess Sang Le has a wonderful dream.

The most admired gentleman in all of Great Zhou has become her fiancé!

And he's the one who falls for her first!

At a banquet for the officials, this aloof, refined man, as elegant as a tree in the wind, kneels before the emperor to ask for her hand.

But...

He's always so cool and proud. No matter how gentle and considerate she is, he remains unmoved.

When she presses him, he merely replies, "Though we are betrothed, we have yet to hold the wedding rites. I dare not tarnish the commandery princess's reputation."

Sang Le waits and waits, and at last the auspicious wedding day arrives.

But on the eve of the wedding, the husband she's been longing for arrives with an imperial edict and has the Eastern Palace completely ransacked.

Standing before the gate about to collapse, Sang Le can't help looking back. He stands at a distance,

his usually indifferent face filled with an urgency and fear she's never seen before.

She gives a self-mocking smile, turns around, and throws herself into the sea of flames.

Male lead:

Song Ziheng has known since childhood that hatred will be his companion for life. Romance and tenderness have nothing to do with him. He has been restrained and cautious since he was young, planning every step of his revenge.

The eldest daughter of the Eastern Palace is a notorious pretty fool: spoiled and willful, always throwing tantrums and bullying the servants. Apart from her noble status, she has nothing going for her.

Song Ziheng sets his sights on her privileged status and actively asks the emperor to arrange their marriage.

After spending some time with her, he finds that the commandery princess isn't as unreasonable as the rumors say, but she is chatty and tiresome.

When she gets something new, she wants to play with him.

When she hears a strange tale, she wants to tell him.

When she puts on a beautiful new outfit, she wants him to see it...

Song Ziheng looks at her coldly, annoyed beyond words.

The outfit really is beautiful, making her look graceful and elegant.

The tale is truly absurd, and makes him want to laugh.

The object is genuinely novel, opening his eyes...

Song Ziheng thinks: At least her smile is a pleasure to look at. Perhaps, once everything is settled, it wouldn't be so bad to keep her by my side.

*

Later, the Eastern Palace is plunged into upheaval, and all its former splendor vanishes overnight.

Song Ziheng never imagined that the person who had only ever had eyes for him would throw herself into the flames so decisively...

Content warnings:

1. The male lead does not change, and neither lead is reborn.

2. The female lead is a little naive and sweet at first.

3. An old-school, melodramatic romance. It really is melodramatic!

Sang Le (pronounced le) + one-on-one romance + happy ending + both leads are sexually inexperienced

-- My upcoming novel Marrying Into a Prestigious Family is open for advance collection. Here's the blurb --

The Yun family has been officials for generations. But during Lord Yun's time, the family is demoted several times in a row, and the whole household is forced to move to Sui Commandery.

Sui Commandery is the fief of the Prince of Guangnan. He has two sons. The eldest is talented and accomplished, standing out among his peers and winning his father's favor. Looking at his family's ever-dwindling fortunes, Lord Yun spends the night considering his options and decides to marry off his daughter.

But the eldest son is already engaged. Just as Lord Yun is about to give up, the Prince of Guangnan replies, "My second son, Shen Yu, is still unmarried. You could let your daughter become his concubine."

Lord Yun can't bear to part with his beloved daughter, but he doesn't dare disobey. In a panic, he suddenly remembers the daughter born to his mistress, whom he has barely seen.

Delighted, Lord Yun marries Yun Duo off to the prince's second son.

Yun Duo has lived with her mother since she was little. Only when they're about to move does she learn that she is the illegitimate daughter of the increasingly impoverished Yun family.

Being acknowledged by her father doesn't improve her life. Every day, she still has to push her sweet-soup cart out to make a meager living.

People urge her to set up on the busy street opposite, but Yun Duo only shakes her head gently, sneaking glances at the handsome young gentleman enjoying tea in the building across the way.

*

Yun Duo once thought that until she married, she should look at him as often as she could. She never dreamed that the husband her father had chosen for her would be Shen Yu, the man who always sat by the window, with eyes bright as stars and a bearing as refreshing as the breeze and moonlight.

Nervous and apprehensive, she enters the prince's residence. On their wedding night, she doesn't even see her husband, and sits alone until dawn.

She hears that he already has someone he loves, his moonlight.

Yun Duo smiles bitterly, quietly puts away her feelings, and dutifully remains alone in her room.

Not long afterward, at Shen Yu's coming-of-age ceremony, the Prince of Guangnan arranges for him to marry the woman he loves.

Shen Yu seems delighted and drinks until he's completely out of his mind...

As the waves of passion surge, Yun Duo thinks it is time for her to leave.

After a wild night, Shen Yu hasn't even gotten out of bed when his usually quiet and gentle wife says in a trembling voice, "I have failed as a wife. I ask only that you grant me a letter of divorce."

Shen Yu still wears his usual indifferent expression, but his gaze lingers for a long time on her flushed face...

*

A year later, upheaval shakes the royal family, and Shen Yu inherits the title.

By then, Yun Duo is the owner of a small porridge shop outside the city. Her days aren't too busy, and she's reasonably content, though she often stares at the moon in a daze.

Until one day, a customer comes into the shop.

He sits in the same place every day, from opening to closing, never bothering her and never leaving.

Late at night, he finally begs Yun Duo: "My wife abandoned me, and I don't have a penny to my name. Could you take pity on me and hire me as a waiter to pay for my porridge?"

Reader's guide: One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are sexually inexperienced

1. The leads have only ever loved each other, in body and heart.

2. The male lead is not a scumbag.

Theme: Treasure what you have.