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| Marriage First, Love Later | Mutual Pining | Both Leads Are Each Other's Firsts |
1.
Song Youning once fell for a handsome young gentleman at first sight and remembered him for three years. She drew so many portraits of him that an entire cabinet could barely hold them all.
Later, as one of only two daughters of the Song family, she had to marry in place of her legitimate elder sister, who had gone mad.
She had heard that her prospective husband was one of the finest men in the capital: gentle and handsome, with great achievements to his name.
Song Youning clapped her hands. If she couldn't marry the man she loved, at least her future husband would be good-looking!
But after she arrived in the capital, everything changed. Who could tell her how her gentle, handsome husband-to-be had become the cold-hearted, cold-blooded Chancellor Lu?!
Chancellor Lu wielded immense power and kept everyone at arm's length. Rumor had it that if a woman came within three feet of him, he would scare her unconscious.
Song Youning pressed a hand to her forehead in despair. Bodhisattva, is it too late for me to run away from this marriage?!
2.
How many days had it been since Song Youning had been married off into the Chancellor's household?
She'd lost count.
"Why do you cry every time you see me?" he asked.
Song Youning tilted her head back, crying so hard she could barely breathe.
She didn't want to cry. She was just a little sad. She'd somehow gotten married, and after entering the household she'd met someone from her past, only to find that he already loved someone else.
The powerful lord sighed softly and wiped the tear tracks from the young woman's cheek, along with a little pastry crumb. "I won't make you leave."
Song Youning instinctively stuck out her tongue. The warmth of his fingertip lingered at the corner of her lips, and it tickled a little.
Her nose red from crying, she finally managed her first smile in days.
Chancellor Lu wrenched his gaze away from the young woman's face and, as though avoiding her pitiful gaze, looked elsewhere. "Starting tomorrow, send my wife a box of almond pastries every day."
The lord's lips were pressed into a straight line, but his heart was about to leap out of his chest. "Or... make that two boxes. No, three."
3.
It was said that Lu Feichen, the current chancellor, was a brilliant writer who recorded amusing incidents from daily life in a book. Its pages overflowed with memorable phrases and elegant lines, inspiring countless scholars and writers to dream of reading it.
The Jingqian Chronicles
1. The madam adores almond pastries. Be sure to bring them to her within fifteen minutes of taking them out of the oven.
2. The madam is terribly endearing...
3. The madam dislikes being disturbed while painting. Remember not to approach her then, lest you spend the night in the study.
4. The madam is so terribly endearing.
5. If the madam's braids are loose when she wakes, as her husband, I must personally do her hair. She will thank me with a kiss. (The word "kiss" is circled in red ink.)
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♡ A few things to know:
1. This is a sweet, one-on-one romance with no melodrama, just sweetness. If that's not your thing, please read with caution.
2. I'll try to update daily. Once the novel makes the rankings, updates will follow the schedule, with plenty to read.
Theme: Chase your dreams.
