The Ugly Wife Reigns

Announcement: This novel will be published on December 20, 2023. The paid chapters start with Chapter 24, so please don't buy them again if you've already read them. Thank you for sticking with me all this way, and I hope you'll continue to support me!

The greatest disaster of my life came from this face. Because of her mother's last words, Liu Chen began making herself ugly when she was young. A dose of medicinal makeup ruined her face, turning her into an ugly girl everyone mocked.

At fifteen, she was ordered to return to the capital. By chance, someone stopped her carriage. The man outside had striking features and spoke with utmost seriousness as he confessed his love: "If you are willing, I will offer everything I have as a betrothal gift and welcome you into my home with a procession stretching ten miles."

Liu Chen lifted one corner of the carriage curtain and asked with a smile, "Have you taken a good look, sir? Is it me you want to marry?" It was only when they met that Xie Tian realized he had stopped the wrong carriage. The person he liked was beautiful, nothing like the woman before him.

But their misunderstanding was exploited by those with ulterior motives, and in the end, the emperor personally issued an edict to arrange their marriage. On their wedding night, Xie Tian delayed returning to their room. Knowing he didn't like her and unwilling to force him, Liu Chen suggested, "How about we make a sworn-siblings pact?"

Xie Tian: "...All right."

The times were turbulent, and before long, everything had changed. Under the pretext of being siblings, she stayed by his side as he went from wealth and power to ruin, then rose from ruin to the heights of success. When he stood at the top, the woman he had once loved came to him of her own accord. Yet, inexplicably, all Xie Tian could think about was Liu Chen.

"Let's tear up that sworn-siblings pact," Xie Tian tried to persuade Liu Chen. As soon as he finished speaking, a man emerged from behind the screen. Standing behind Liu Chen, he smiled at Xie Tian and said, "I'm afraid that pact can't be torn up with me around."

Coming next: With the Dust · In his previous life, Jiang Yao was passing Mount Yeshan when he kindly rescued an old woman. She was filthy and stank, and made things difficult for Jiang Yao at every turn on the way, but he patiently put up with it. Later, the old woman transformed into a beautiful woman, abducted Jiang Yao to the Nether River, and forced him to become her child bridegroom. The Lord of the Nether River treated Jiang Yao fairly well. The only drawback was that she was a little old, a full three hundred years older than him. She was also a bit of a lecher, pestering him to drink and carouse every day. The Lord of the Nether River forced Jiang Yao to master all sorts of skills and kept him imprisoned in the underworld for three whole years.

Later, the five great sects joined forces to attack the underworld. At the critical moment, Jiang Yao couldn't help stepping in to protect her. Lan Wangshu was gravely injured and, at the last moment, passed her life-bound lotus to Jiang Yao. That night, Jiang Yao subdued the Three Ghost Kings all by himself and became famous in a single battle. From then on, the world had fewer evil spirits and a new champion of justice, Lord Fuguang.

Many years later, Jiang Yao happened to pass through a market when a young girl suddenly threw her arms around his waist and begged him to take her as his disciple. The blue lotus, silent for many years, suddenly glimmered. Jiang Yao knew she had returned.

Upcoming novel: Crossing Love · He was the Marquis Dingzhong, the highest-ranking noble at court. At thirteen, he rode into battle to kill the enemy; at twenty-three, he brought peace to the four seas. At the height of his military glory, he once buried an entire army of two hundred thousand enemy soldiers alive. His bloodthirsty slaughter won him countless military honors, but also brought a deadly backlash. Before he had even turned thirty, Fu Heng's health was rapidly deteriorating. He would suddenly faint and cough up blood, and the imperial physicians predicted he wouldn't live past thirty-two.

To treat Fu Heng, the emperor posted a notice throughout the land, offering ten thousand taels of gold to any skilled physician. The person who eventually answered the call was a woman with a slender waist. Her name was Liu Fufeng. She claimed to be from the Tang Clan, skilled in poisons and even better at treating illnesses.

The first time she met Fu Heng, the woman frivolously stroked his face. "Want to be cured? Give me a kiss and I'll give you an antidote."

Fu Heng: "Are you asking to die?"

The ministers earnestly urged him, "The young lady is quite pretty. One kiss won't hurt, and she can treat your illness too. We beg Your Lordship to put the affairs of the state first."

So, putting the affairs of the state first, Fu Heng kissed her with great reluctance under the ministers' watchful eyes. The woman gave him an antidote, and after he took it, his symptoms really did ease. The ministers were delighted and took turns going to his residence every day to supervise him kissing the woman.

At last, Fu Heng got fed up. Pinning the woman against the wall, he demanded, "How long are you going to keep kissing me? When will my illness be cured?"

The woman smiled seductively. "There's one way to cure you completely: marry me, and I'll give you all the antidotes."

Fu Heng ground his teeth in anger. "Dream on!"

There is a kind of antidote in this world called Crossing Love. The so-called method of detoxification is simply to transfer the poison in another person's body into oneself.

By the time Fu Heng learned the name of the medicine, the woman who had spent every day teasing him was already lying quietly in her coffin. From then on, the world knew only the Marquis Dingzhong. No one remembered Liu Fufeng.

Fu Heng's heart twisted with grief as he tenderly stroked the woman's pale face. "Get up. I want to marry you. From now until the seas run dry and the stones crumble, I will love only you, Liu Fufeng."

Upcoming novel: Perfect Union · Mu Rulan was born to a humble family, but her ancestors had earned her good fortune: by chance, she had once saved the life of the Zhao family's grandfather. Years later, someone came to propose with a marriage contract in hand, and the commoner Mu Rulan became a general's wife.

On their wedding day, Zhao Qingxuan spoke coldly and distantly from behind her veil. "I'll give you the title of a general's wife and a lifetime of wealth and honor. Consider it repayment for your Mu family's kindness in saving my life. From now on, we're even. We won't interfere with each other's lives."

She learned later that Zhao Qingxuan had agreed to the marriage only because his elders had pressured him. A forced marriage was bitter and unpleasant. Mu Rulan held the position of his wife and watched helplessly as Zhao Qingxuan took a concubine and had children.

One day, ten years later, Zhao Qingxuan was ambushed, struck by a poisoned arrow, and plunged into a lake. Seeing that the situation was dire, his concubine shoved Mu Rulan into the water.

The last thing Zhao Qingxuan saw in this world was Mu Rulan desperately swimming toward him. He was overcome with regret, wishing he had treated her better while he was alive.

Mu Rulan desperately tried to grab the piece of wood behind Zhao Qingxuan, but halfway there he caught her hand. Furious, she swallowed a mouthful of water and died right alongside him.

After being reborn, the first thing Zhao Qingxuan did was send someone to the Mu family to propose. But his mother took Mu Rulan by the hand and brought her over, smiling as she said, "This is the goddaughter I've just taken in, your sworn younger sister."

Mu Rulan smiled and greeted him. "Greetings, elder brother."

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Theme: Changing yourself is the beginning of changing your fate.