Marrying the Teacher

Beautiful, clear-headed female student x cold, ascetic male tutor

Su Hanzhi, the legitimate daughter of the Governor of Luozhou, was beautiful and pampered from the day she was born.

With her wedding approaching, she had a prophetic dream one day. In it, she learned that after they married, her gentle and refined husband would deceive and use her. Not only would he break his old promise and secretly keep a mistress, he would also bring her to ruin, leaving her family destroyed and her dead in her prime.

When Su Hanzhi awoke, she was troubled.

Later, after confirming that the dream was true, she set her sights on the music tutor who had recently joined the household, hoping to get out of her engagement as quickly as possible.

The tutor was exceptionally handsome, but suffered from a serious illness.

In her dream, he was no merchant. His true identity was Prince Duan, a member of the imperial court, and he was fated to die from poison the following year.

Su Hanzhi began scheming. She thought, "Rather than marry a two-timing man and die full of resentment, wouldn't it be better to become a wealthy widow?"

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The tutor was stern and proper.

Su Hanzhi flirted and wheedled until she had him wrapped around her finger.

Later...

When Su Hanzhi took the initiative to ask for a divorce, the man who had always been distant and cold toward her, for some unknown reason, buried his face against her neck with reddened eyes. He called her childhood nickname in a gentle voice, his expression intoxicated and utterly besotted...

Su Hanzhi bit her lip in confusion, her delicate body trembling. She couldn't understand it at all. Why hadn't he died yet? What happened to her becoming a widow?

[Bonus Scene]

One night, Su Hanzhi was suddenly summoned to the music room by Prince Duan to practice the zither...

The next day, the servants whispered among themselves:

"The prince really doesn't know how to be gentle with his wife. He made Madam practice the zither all night, and even 'spanked' her until she cried."

"It was so loud. She must have been 'hurt' badly. He even carried her back to 'apply medicine.'"

"How 'pitiful' of her~"

P.S. 1. Romance-focused, cozy everyday life, sweet and doting.

2. The heroine is stunningly beautiful and clear-headed. Teacher-student romance, with a nine-year age gap.

3. From the heroine's perspective: prophetic dream, marriage first and love later. From the hero's perspective: reborn, he loved her but could not have her in his past life, and in this life his secret love comes true. He really is cold and ascetic at first, but later remembers his past life.

Theme: Like a boat sailing against the current, the heart must be harder than iron.