The Salted-Fish Bride

Shu Yao, a modern woman with Bai Ze blood, wakes up in another world as a bride forced to take the place of the original bride and marry the disabled Prince Yan Suining.

Rumor has it he's eccentric and unpredictable, and all three of his previous wives died on their wedding nights, without exception.

Sure enough, as soon as Shu Yao enters the house, before her veil is even lifted, the man grabs her by the throat with a murderous look. "If you don't want to die, leave. Now."

Her veil slips off. The beautiful woman looks wronged, tears welling in her eyes. "Husband, I'm hungry."

Yan Suining: "..." Is this woman out of her mind?

Yan Suining spent his life on the battlefield, earning countless military honors, only to incur the emperor's suspicion. At a victory banquet, a cup of poisoned wine left him with crippled legs, no martial arts skills, and little time to live.

Even then, the emperor wasn't satisfied. He arranged three marriages in a row, each ending with blood on the wedding curtains on the wedding night.

But this fourth time, his bride didn't attack him. Instead, in the middle of the night, she said she was cold and wanted to cuddle up with him.

Yan Suining guessed the emperor had run out of ideas and was trying a new trick.

Hah, let's see how long she can keep up the act...

From then on, Yan Suining granted Shu Yao's every wish.

Shu Yao complained that the bed at home was hard, so he sold off the family possessions to get her a soft bed;

Shu Yao complained that the food was bad, so he put pressure on his subordinates until they all became chefs;

Shu Yao complained that the household was poor, so he dragged his disabled body out to earn money.

Shu Yao went on to live a carefree life, with everything she needed brought to her, but everyone thought Yan Suining was only pretending to be kind and waiting for his chance to strike.

Until one day, while he was away, the emperor summoned Shu Yao to the palace and tortured her until she was barely recognizable and nearly dead.

The man who had always been calm and in control flew into a rage. "I've spoiled her this much already. Is it really too much to make her the most honored woman in the world?"

[I was a lonely spirit wandering by the banks of the Underworld. You brought me back to the world of the living.]

Theme: Even in adversity, there is light