Xu Jingshu disguises herself as a Yangzhou “slender horse” to capture invading foreigners. Along the way, she encounters a fallen young nobleman traveling to broaden his horizons.
The young man is noble and virtuous, as bright and pure as moonlight. Xu Jingshu is completely captivated by him.
She throws herself wholeheartedly into a romance with him.
Once her mission is complete, Xu Jingshu dumps the scholar, claiming he is “too poor,” then invents an identity for herself as a vain woman who drowned herself in a river, and fakes her death.
Three years later...
At the selection for the prince's consort, the emperor and empress host a banquet for the noble young ladies.
At the palace banquet, Xu Jingshu unexpectedly sees the impoverished scholar from back then. And he... is actually the crown prince regent, praised throughout the empire for his virtue and said to rival the sun and moon in brilliance.
The moment their eyes meet, Xu Jingshu is struck as if by lightning.
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In the winter of the ninth year of Jiayi, Gu Nanxun watched helplessly as the woman he loved drowned. His heart was shattered.
Ignoring everyone's objections, he made a dead woman his secondary consort, personally built a tomb for her clothes and belongings, and mourned her every year on Tomb-Sweeping Day with a jug of rough wine.
Little did he know... she had been alive and well all these years, even laughing and chatting with other men.
Ever since his secondary consort's death, the crown prince had shown little interest in the annual selection. Now he toyed with the list of candidates, the crystal night-glow cup swaying between his jade-like fingers. After a long while, he finally spoke:
“The eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei is virtuous and gracious, well suited to family life. Make her the Crown Princess.”
The eunuch was overjoyed. “Yes, yes, Your Highness!”
#Sorry, I'm both the secondary consort and the Crown Princess
Also known as:
“I Have a Thousand Secret Identities”
“Max-Level Expert Charms the Newbie Village Champion”
Theme: Growing through adversity
A Startling Glimpse
What If I Became Rich?
Cinnabar Love in the Eighties
A Jade Platter of Delicacies
Waiting for Your Kiss
White Moonlight in the Eighties
The Super-Popular High School Cafeteria
A Dream in the Spring Boudoir
Getting Rich in the Age-Era Novel
Ping Sheng’s Extra Stories Collection
Learning Makes Me Rich
A Delicate Bride in the Seventies