In the End, I Married the Ninth Concubine

To secure the title, the eldest branch of the Marquis's household, which had no sons, blurted out a lie and reported the newborn Su Yue as a boy. From the moment she was born, Su Yue became the heir to the title, and spent seventeen years disguised as a man.

On the wedding night of his eighth concubine, Su Yue, tipsy and bleary-eyed, opened the window and lifted the chin of Duan Chen, the guard who had followed her for seven years. "These days, all the young masters in the capital are collecting pretty boys. How about I take you as my ninth concubine?"

Duan Chen gazed down at her in silence for a long while, then said, "You can try."

Later, on the day of the new emperor's wedding, he lifted the empress's veil and asked, "Still collecting ninth concubines, Heir Apparent?"

Su Yue: ...

Theme: Joining hands to move forward together