My Wife Is a Little Demon

[1]

Third Miss Wei is getting married, but the groom isn't the young master of the Chen family, the boy she's clung to since childhood.

It's Cui Er, who just placed third in the imperial examinations.

Everyone in the capital knows she likes Chen Jing.

But Chen Jing likes her second sister.

Wei Zhizhi went to Cui Er in tears.

"You like my second sister, and I like Chen Jing. Let's get married first and make them furious!"

Cui Jue gazed silently at the little girl, her face streaked with tears, and agreed.

[2]

After they married,

Wei Zhizhi spent her days whispering schemes in Cui Er's ear.

"The Empress is hosting a flower-viewing party today. I want to push my second sister into the water. Distract Chen Jing, and don't save her."

Cui Jue said, "There are eunuchs and palace maids all around. Nothing will happen, and you won't get away unscathed either. You'll be caned twenty times."

Never mind, then.

"Chen Jing is handling this case. Sabotage him and frame him for embezzlement!"

Cui Jue said, "...I'm the director of the Ministry of Justice. Do you want me demoted and exiled, then have to follow me to the frontier and suffer with me?"

No, no, I don't.

"Then let's just get someone to kidnap Chen Jing! Beat him to within an inch of his life!"

Cui Jue sighed.

He wiped the grease left by the roast chicken from the corner of her lips.

"He's a military officer and I'm a civil official. Without Zhizhi protecting me, it's hard to say who'd beat whom..."

Wei Zhizhi frowned.

"Cui Er, you're so useless!"

Outside the home, Lord Cui, the stern and impartial head of the Court of Judicial Review, smiled.

"So please don't despise me, my lady. You'll have to protect me forever..."

[3]

Cui Jue had been cold and unfeeling since childhood, with no attachment to the world.

Some called him a smiling Buddha, while others called him the true King of Hell.

Cui Jue never bothered to explain.

Until one day, someone really did try to harm Wei Zhizhi.

That night, the supposedly impartial Lord Cui cornered the culprit.

And cut off their fingers, one by one.

Blurb written on: 20260804, kept for reference

P.S. The male lead has never liked the second sister.

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