The Husband I Picked Up Is the Emperor

Before Xue Lingzhi was reunited with her birth family, she picked up a husband.

He was very handsome, but aloof, ill-tempered, and sickly.

She didn't mind at all. She worked hard raising chickens to help him regain his strength.

Unfortunately, after her birth parents found her, she was taken back to their home, and he vanished without a trace.

When the Empress Dowager set out to find a suitable wife for her youngest son, Xue Lingzhi went along for the fun.

Prince Shu was handsome and somewhat resembled her former husband, but he was much gentler.

Xue Lingzhi couldn't help feeling a little tempted.

That very night, however, the young emperor cornered her.

Her former husband looked grim. "I'm not even dead yet, and you're already thinking of marrying again?"

From the male lead's perspective:

Betrayed and surrounded by enemies, Zhao Yan was gravely injured and had no choice but to hide temporarily in a farmhouse, where he even became someone's husband.

On their wedding night, the young girl looked wary. "We can get married, but let's agree on this: you can't touch me for three years. I'm still in mourning."

Zhao Yan said nothing, thinking, Who'd want to touch you? I'm not some lecherous pervert.

Once his wounds healed, he left without hesitation to seize power and the throne. He figured he could send her some gold and jewels to repay her for the time they'd spent together.

But when the people he sent to find her reported back, she was nowhere to be found.

He had no choice but to let the matter go. Still, whenever he saw chicken soup, he would remember those days.

Later, he saw her at a banquet ostensibly held to admire flowers, but really intended for matchmaking.

The banquet's guest of honor, his younger brother Prince Shu, excitedly told him: Among all these lovely ladies, the girl named Lingzhi is the most special. It would be the greatest blessing in life to marry her.

Zhao Yan sneered. "Of course she's special. She's your sister-in-law."

Reader's guide:

1. One couple, sweet romance.

2. The heroine is innocent and clever, while the hero is arrogant and complicated.

Coming soon: The Blackened White Moonlight

Su Zhenyue accidentally discovers that she is living in a novel about a man pursuing his wife after she leaves him.

At the end of the story, the hero wins his wife back and kills the blackened white moonlight.

Su Zhenyue isn't the heroine. She's the white moonlight who gets killed.

The hero and heroine have just gotten married, and in a hundred days, she'll be forced to marry a pervert and begin her path toward being abused and turning dark.

To change her tragic fate, Su Zhenyue decides to find a husband within three months and marry as soon as possible.

So she sets her sights on her distant cousin, Shen Ji.

She knows that in the near future, Shen Ji will place first in the imperial exams and become famous throughout the land. For certain reasons, he'll also leave the capital, making him the perfect husband for her.

But she never imagined that Shen Ji would be so hard to win over. No matter how much she flirts with him, he remains unmoved.

Seeing that this approach isn't working, Su Zhenyue decisively shifts her attention elsewhere.

One afternoon, after asking her fourth cousin for help with calligraphy and painting, Shen Ji corners her beside a rockery.

The young prodigy gives her a dangerous look. "Cousin, is this what you call being devoted to me?"

From the male lead's perspective:

Shen Ji originally thought that his cousin from the Su family loved him dearly, which was why she went to such lengths to get close to him.

He thought that, in light of her deep affection, he might ask their elders to arrange a betrothal once the period of mourning for the late emperor was over.

But then he unexpectedly discovered that her advances had another purpose.

Shen Ji had always been proud and confident. After thinking it over, he decided to give her the cold shoulder for a while. Who could have known that she'd turn around and flirt with someone else, using the same tricks she'd used on him?

Shen Ji: ???

Theme: Cherish life