The Imperial Guard’s Substitute Bride

Shen Rong, commander of the Imperial Brocade Guard, was cool and refined, as graceful as an orchid and elegant as a tree. He had risen to high office at a young age, and was the dream lover of countless young women in the capital. An accident left Shen Rong gravely injured and blind. The Third Miss Lu, whose engagement to him had been arranged when they were children, refused to marry a blind man with enemies everywhere and no future to speak of. On the eve of the wedding, she fled under cover of night. The Shen and Lu families had intermarried for generations, and their ties in court were inseparable. The Third Miss could flee, but the marriage between the families could not be called off. Lu Mian, an unfavored concubine-born daughter, became the sacrifice in the political marriage and was sent to the Shen family as a bride. On their wedding night, Shen Rong sat silently on the bridal bed. A lovely young woman in a phoenix coronet and embroidered wedding robes, with skin as smooth as jade and bones as delicate as ice, stood before him. She timidly took his hand and lifted the bridal veil from her head. Red candles flickered throughout the room. Shen Rong's eyes were tightly shut, his face pale and almost translucent as he recovered from his serious illness. Even his lips had almost no color, yet he carried an indescribable air of refinement and elegance. Everyone thought Lu Mian had been forced to marry into the Shen family. Even Shen Rong thought so. Only Lu Mian knew how long she had secretly wished for this unexpected marriage. A little scene: Shen Rong was reserved and self-controlled, unwilling to force Lu Mian into anything. He brought out the divorce papers he'd had drawn up long ago and made her a promise. "Sixth Miss, there's no need to worry. I, Shen, have no intention of taking advantage of you. In one year's time, I will divorce you unconditionally and find you a suitable husband." A year later, Lu Mian presented him with the divorce papers, just as promised. In public, Commander Shen was proper and aloof, the very image of a self-denying gentleman. In truth, he had long since taken the beauty into his arms and was living a shamelessly intimate life with her. He reached out and tore the divorce papers to shreds. Lu Mian: "Didn't Your Excellency say you would find me another suitable husband?" Shen Rong pulled the beautiful young woman, with her snowy skin and flowerlike face, into his arms and coaxed her gently. "Don't be angry, Mianmian. I was blind back then." Lu Mian: "..." Shen Rong hadn't been lying. He really had been blind back then. [An outwardly proper, self-denying gentleman x a beauty who knows how to deal with fakes] One couple, devoted to each other in body and heart, first love for both, happy ending Married first, fall in love later, sweet romance 2022/04/01, screenshots posted on Weibo Theme: Perseverance is rewarded