A Guide to Winning Over a Possessive Minister

[Blurb] - Fake uncle-and-sister-in-law relationship + double secret identities

Everyone in Lingcheng knew that the Jiang family's only daughter, Jiang Shengyue, was as radiant as the moon and graceful as a willow. But no one knew she had a younger full sister, Jiang Shengnuan, born of the same mother.

Twins were considered unlucky, and Jiang Shengnuan was frail and sickly, so she was raised at a country estate from childhood and soon forgotten by the Jiang family.

Only when a powerful minister of the court sent people to arrange a marriage did Jiang Shengnuan return to the Jiang residence. There, she learned of her elder sister's past romance with Pei Suibai, the minister of the Court of Judicial Review. Her sister, however, had died in childbirth...

The Jiang family dared not offend the powerful, so they switched the sisters and sent Jiang Shengnuan to the Pei residence as a second wife.

*

On the day she arrived in the capital, "Pei Suibai" stood outside the residence to greet her. His peach-blossom eyes brimmed with tenderness. "Yue'er, I made you suffer before. From now on, I'll take good care of you."

But that night, he tore away his gentle facade and cornered her by the bed, asking, "Do you like Pei Suibai?"

Jiang Shengnuan's heart raced and her lips trembled. "I-I do..."

"Oh?" The man chuckled softly, fervent madness appearing in his dark eyes. "Do you like me?"

Jiang Shengnuan stared at him in shock and confusion. Wasn't that the same question?

*

After a palace banquet one day, the man got drunk. His eyes bloodshot, he pinned her beneath him. "You think I'm not as good as him too? What did I do wrong? What did I do that wasn't like him, hmm?"

The red candles shattered; tears fell upon the warm bed curtains. Jiang Shengnuan stared at the disheveled bed and curled up, hugging her knees. She whimpered, "I-I'm not..."

But the man swept her into his arms and held her tight, their lips and teeth entangled. "It doesn't matter."

-It doesn't matter who it is, as long as you stay by my side forever.

Please note:

1. Gentle, frail beauty x obsessive, unhinged villain

2. Fake uncle-and-sister-in-law relationship / double secret identities / the male lead is genuinely unhinged and not a good person, with an extremely possessive streak

3. One-on-one, both virgins, happy ending~

[Blurb drafted on 2022.2.20, revised on 3.1, screenshots saved~ I may make minor revisions before starting, but the central premise won't change~]

Theme: Love can heal us both.