After Taking a Son-in-Law

Upcoming novel: The Princess Consort Always Wants to Escape

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Blurb

Jiang Zhaoli is the eldest legitimate daughter of the Jiang family and its heir apparent.

Ever since she was born, the Jiang family has publicly declared that their eldest daughter would never marry out of the family. Instead, they would take in a son-in-law.

So from childhood, she was taught to recognize all kinds of spices and learn the art of commerce.

As a result, everyone pretended to flatter her, hoping to become her husband and gain a fortune.

When she came of age, her grandfather personally arranged a contest to find her a husband.

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A deep, hearty male voice came from the covered walkway. She looked toward it and saw that the embroidered ball had landed in the hands of a handsome man with a gentle, refined air.

He toyed with the ball in his hand, wearing a faintly amused smile. Looking up at the beauty above, he cupped his hands in greeting and said with carefree confidence, “It would be my honor to become Miss Jiang’s husband.”

But Jiang Zhaoli was unimpressed. She thought he had nothing but a handsome face, and that his words were frivolous. Like all the others, he was only approaching her for the fortune behind her.

In private, she agreed with him on a three-year arrangement. Once she had established herself, she would let him leave and give him a sum of money as compensation.

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Before the three years were up, the man vanished without a trace, as if he had evaporated into thin air.

Later, Jiang Zhaoli suddenly received an invitation to a banquet in Yuncheng.

As she neared the city, she happened upon the people paying homage to Yuncheng's lord. The sight was breathtaking.

Jiang Zhaoli looked up. The figure in white atop the high platform was the very man who had left without a word two years ago.

Now he looked down on the crowd, his features gentle, his eyes cool and distant.

Jiang Zhaoli packed her things, intending to leave that very night. Before she could step out of her room, a large hand suddenly settled on her waist. It brushed the loose strands of hair from her cheek, then traced the line of her face with its fingertips. Through gritted teeth, he said, “My lady, I hear you have a new lover?”

Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are each other's first and only. Happy ending. They marry first and fall in love later.

2. The male lead has to win his wife back.

3. A sweet romance that will tug at your heartstrings. It won't be very long or angsty. Come on in if you like it!

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Taciturn Prince VS lively, radiant Princess Consort

Possessive pursuit / secret crush / male lead wins his wife back / sweet romance / the woman he has always cherished

Yuan Wusi was the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister, yet she had never enjoyed the privileges of a noble young lady. She was raised in a country estate in Yanzhou from childhood. At fifteen, she returned to the capital, only to live under someone else's roof. She spent three years treading carefully, all for the chance to reunite with her elder brother.

Then came terrible news from the border: her eldest brother's life or death was unknown. To search for him, she pretended to accept a marriage to the Prince of Yu.

On the eve of the wedding, she ran away.

She was sure the Prince of Yu was far too busy to spare a thought for a stranger he had met only once, so she let down her guard and rested at a post station.

Who could have guessed that the prince would personally lead his men in pursuit, surrounding the entire post station and waiting for his prey to leap into the net?

His expression darkened as he closed in on her step by step. “Why did you run?”

His long fingers stroked her cheek and tipped up her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze. “Wouldn't it be good to be my princess consort?”

Yuan Wusi couldn't understand why he refused to let her go. Then one day, she happened to see a portrait of a woman in his study. The woman looked seven or eight parts like her.

The scroll was yellowed with age, as if it had been there for a long time.

For a moment, she was stunned, thinking the woman in the portrait was herself. But on closer inspection, the woman looked a little younger. She stood beneath a peach tree in Yizhou.

But Yuan Wusi had never been to Yizhou.

So had she been mistaken for a substitute?

She secretly vowed to find this cherished woman. Everyone searched high and low until someone finally dared to compare the portrait with the princess consort.

They looked at the portrait, then at her.

They came to a conclusion:

“Isn't this the princess consort herself?”

“Why is she accusing herself of stealing?”

Princess Consort: “...”

Reading Guide

1. An alternate historical setting combining elements from different dynasties. Please don't nitpick the history.

2. Possessive pursuit, the male lead has a secret crush, there is no substitute, and the woman he has always cherished is the female lead all along.

3. The female lead lost a short period of memories and doesn't remember the male lead.

4. Sweet romance, no angst.

Theme: In the days I spent chasing the light, I worked hard to grow.