Also known as The Startled Tang.
Barely had the Beginning of Spring passed when the capital was thrown into an uproar:
His Majesty wanted to arrange a marriage to bring good fortune to the sickly heir of the Marquis of Yong'an. The high-ranking officials all scrambled to decline, afraid the misfortune would fall on their own families.
The unlucky official had the surname Yuan.
The ill-fated bride-to-be was Yuan Weitang, the second daughter of the second branch of the Yuan family.
Just back from her hometown, she was hastily sent off in a bridal sedan to marry into the heir's household.
Fine, a widow it is. At least she'd be the future mistress of the marquis's household, which was better than becoming a concubine.
All she wanted was a marriage of mutual respect, and for him to pass away peacefully without any trouble.
But something was very strange.
How did the heir, who coughed up blood with every breath and looked as frail as a willow, as if he could die at any moment, manage to survive year after year?
The first month of the year was one of the rare times when she could enjoy a few quiet, comfortable days. Then a message came from the palace, inviting the wives and daughters of officials to celebrate the New Year with the Empress. Yuan Weitang had been dreading it all morning.
"Don't want to go?"
Yuan Weitang propped her chin on her hand and nodded listlessly.
Si Yan smiled. "Bring me the medicine on the table."
"I want my wife to feed it to me herself."
The trusted aide who had come to change his bandages stared wide-eyed. "Heir, it's the New Year! Why are you drinking poison again?!"
Si Yan smacked his lips, savoring the faint taste. "Go. Send for the imperial physician, and tell the palace the heir's poison has flared up, so the heir's wife must stay by his side to nurse him."
Blurb revised on 2024.10.31
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▽ Male lead: a ruthless man who poisons himself
▽ Female lead: If I can stay alive, I must have some skill of my own
▽ Both leads are virgins
▽ The springtime chaos in the heir's household
▽ New title: The Startled Tang
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