I Got a Happy Ending with My Arch-Rival's Crush

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--Blurb--

Yuan Yuan was the least favored daughter of the Marquis of Jiangning's household. Betrayed by the sister she trusted most, she was married off to a wealthy Jiangnan merchant and eventually threw herself into a river.

Reborn on the eve of her wedding, Yuan Yuan fled the capital in the middle of the night. By a twist of fate, she was rescued by Pei Yan, the man her sister loved.

To avoid being dragged back, she pretended to have lost her memory and insisted that she was Pei Yan's betrothed, claiming not to know the answer to anything else. She followed him around every day, playing the part of his little wife, unaware that her secret identity had already been completely exposed.

Later, the emperor issued an imperial decree arranging their marriage. Only then did she suddenly realize she had fallen into a trap he had carefully laid for her.

That night, Yuan Yuan packed her bags, ready to flee under cover of darkness. "My memory's back. I'm not your wife. Maybe we'll meet again someday."

A strong arm pulled her in by the waist, and a husky voice murmured beside her ear, "Isn't it a little too late to get your memory back now?"

*

If anyone in Chang'an was known for keeping women at a distance, it was the lofty Prince of Qi, Pei Yan. At twenty-four, he had not even taken a concubine.

Yet one day in Yuzhou, a young woman in bridal robes stopped his carriage in the street, claiming to be the little wife he had seduced and abandoned. Her performance was so moving that it brought tears to the eyes of everyone watching.

The little wife followed him around all day, sweetly calling him "husband," while privately plotting when she would have saved enough money to bundle up her things and run.

On the night before their return to the capital, Pei Yan caught the collar of the person trying to escape beneath a wall and narrowed his long eyes. "So, you had the nerve to lie, but not the nerve to keep your story straight?"

* I pretend to have lost my memory.

* He knows I'm pretending to have lost my memory.

* I know he knows I'm pretending to have lost my memory, but I still grit my teeth and keep pretending.

Yuan Yuan: Help me up. I can still act.

Pei Yan: I'll just sit here and watch you act.

[Reading Guide]

1. Both leads are each other's only partners; happy ending.

2. The male lead never loved the older sister, only the heroine.

3. The male lead is seven or eight years older than the heroine.

4. The setting is fictional, so please don't scrutinize historical details.

--Preview Blurb--

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[Possessive Romance * Classic Groveling Arc]

[Chancellor by day, Prince Qin's Consort by night]

Ming Shu was born into a prestigious Jiangnan family. Her older brother could not travel to the capital to take up the post of chancellor because he was gravely ill, and their whole family was massacred by an old enemy.

Given another chance at life, Ming Shu resolutely disguised herself as a man, took her brother's place as chancellor, and went to the capital to help the eight-year-old emperor govern the state.

The court was a stormy place, especially with Prince Qin, that lofty, shrewd, and ruthless man who saw through everything.

Ming Shu spent every day on edge under his watchful eye, walking on eggshells, until someone framed her and she mistakenly entered Prince Qin's bedchamber. One wild night followed.

Looking at Ming Shu's lovely, peach-blossom face, Xiao Si lifted her chin with amused interest, a shadow of light lurking in his phoenix eyes.

"I never expected the chancellor to be such a delicate little girl."

To save her life, Ming Shu swallowed her pride and begged him to keep her secret. In exchange, Xiao Si demanded that she marry him and become the most loyal pawn at his side, helping him seize power.

From then on, by day Ming Shu was the upright, admired chancellor in everyone's eyes; by night, she was the mysterious Princess Qin people whispered about.

Under Xiao Si's tutelage, Ming Shu learned to review memorials and navigate social situations. The inexperienced young woman gradually established herself at court and slowly fell for Xiao Si.

But Xiao Si used her, mocked her, and tormented her. After climbing step by step to the position of regent, he threw a letter of divorce before her.

By then, her brother had recovered from his serious illness. Heartbroken, Ming Shu faked her death and switched identities with him, then returned to her hometown in Jiangnan to open a weaving workshop and live an ordinary life.

When Xiao Si heard that Princess Qin had died, his eyes suddenly turned bloodshot. He spat out a mouthful of blood, only then realizing that he had long since fallen too deep.

Later, in the spring sunshine of Jiangnan's waterside towns, Xiao Si came across a figure who matched the person in his dreams. Ming Shu, however, gave him only a polite smile.

"Ming Shu is but a commoner. How could she possibly know someone as distinguished as the Regent?"

[Reading Guide]

1. Both leads are each other's only partners. Happy ending. The setting is very loosely based on history.

2. The cover is used with permission. Artist: Paigu Xiaobao.

3. The blurb was written on 2022.7.14 and has been screenshotted.

Theme: Gold will always shine.