My Heart Has Always Belonged to the Bright Moon

[Body-swap romance] Three years into his marriage to Chancellor Wen Yujing, Xie Shi'an finally asks for a divorce. In this relationship, Xie Shi'an has learned the hard way that a melon forced from the vine will never taste sweet. The heartbroken Prince Jing, Xie Shi'an, leaves a divorce letter, then drinks hard liquor in a dark alley in the middle of the night and gallops down Shenwu Street. He is spotted by Pei Zhou, the Marquis of Dingning, who has just returned to the capital and is out for a stroll. Xie Shi'an, drunk out of his mind and making a scene: “Out of my way!” Pei Zhou, delighted and long fed up with the chancellor: “Well, well. Trouble in paradise? Drowning your sorrows?” Xie Shi'an: “…” The furious, humiliated young wolf lunges forward and shoves the famous Marquis of Dingning into a puddle. The marquis kicks him so hard he cracks his head open. Pei Zhou, Marquis of Dingning: Damn it, I’m doomed. The emperor’s going to strip me of my title for this. Xie Shi'an is the ninth prince of Great Qi. He has been adored by everyone since childhood, and in his first twenty years, the only person to ever make a fool of him was Chancellor Wen Yujing. He earned a reputation for being unreasonable and delusional, daring to desire a lofty beauty beyond his reach. Even though he was a prince, he was still the one who got dumped. After learning his lesson, Prince Jing swears he will never let love trip him up again then he meets Pei Zhou, the Marquis of Dingning. The two enemies see each other and immediately get into a fight. Less than two months later, the emperor, whose eyesight is failing, arranges for Pei Zhou to become Prince Jing's consort. Xie Shi'an: !!! Pei Zhou has fought hard for Great Qi, driving the Di-Rong out of its borders. He returns to the capital to report on his service and take a little time to recover. He never expected that, on this trip, he would settle the question of his marriage for good: he has been promised to the ninth prince, Xie Shi'an, who turns out to be his sworn enemy's ex-husband! Pei Zhou: I’m doomed!!! Cute, fiery top × carefree, sharp-tongued, unlucky bottom (the actual bottom) Also known as: “After Returning to the Palace, I Was Promised to My Enemy’s Ex” “An MMP Chronicle” “The Sweet Smell of Regret” “Getting Married First, Falling in Love Later Is No Lie” [Reader's Guide and Content Warnings] 1. Body-swap romance!! Body-swap romance!! Body-swap romance!! Repeating it three times because it’s important!!! If it’s not your thing, please don’t read... 2. The ex, Wen Yujing, has quite a lot of scenes and is an important character in the main plot. If you can’t accept an ex getting plenty of page time, proceed with caution. 3. Strictly speaking, this isn’t a face-slapping story about an ex who pursues the top and regrets it too late. If that’s what you’re looking for, please proceed with caution, because it might not happen. 4. A love triangle means there’s bound to be a mountain of melodrama. 5. The story has multiple points of view, with the top’s perspective appearing most often. Readers who are strongly attached to either the top or the bottom may want to think twice. This clueless author’s advice is to proceed with caution, and if you feel uncomfortable, run! Don’t look back!!! 6. The characters’ values do not represent the author’s. 7. The author is terrible at logic, so please go easy on me~ 9. The title comes from Gao Ming’s The Story of the Pipa: “I gave my heart to the bright moon, but the moon shines on the ditch instead.” Blurb archived on 2022.5.21, screenshot saved Theme: How to build a healthy view of love