[My new novel, Scheming for a Wife, is now available. A gentle ex-husband goes mad for love. Click the author's profile in the upper right to check it out!]
In her previous life, Yu You was nearly twenty and still unmarried. After helping her imperial brother secure his throne, she was repaid with treachery.
She died violently in a river, her body sinking to the bottom of a lake. Even after seven days, it hadn't decayed. Her soul witnessed Jinling crumble and her homeland vanish in smoke.
The one who ignited the flames of war and led his troops into the Jiankang Palace was the crown prince Qin Chang, later known as the Northern Qi God of War.
When she opened her eyes again, Yu You had returned to the day of her coming-of-age ceremony. The nation's finest young men had gathered at the matchmaking banquet. This time, she gladly accepted Qin Chang's marriage proposal and left with the man who would one day destroy her homeland.
The ministers of Northern Qi: The crown prince spent half the treasury to marry himself a little ancestor.
Qin Chang agreed: This little troublemaker really is hard to take care of.
Northern Qi was cold and poor, and men from the north didn't like to bathe. Yu You was thoroughly disgusted.
In time, though, she did find one good thing: the men of the north were brave and strong...
She became immersed in the passion of their shared bed, hoping he'd soon point his sword at Jinling and send her homeland and imperial brother up in flames.
The ministers of Northern Qi were heartbroken: The crown prince has changed.
He used to be wise and astute. Now he always meddles in his ministers' family affairs, making their children kneel in the ancestral hall and copy the family rules at the drop of a hat.
He used to be a fearless warrior. Now he even takes his wife along to war.
Is the crown princess... some kind of wicked enchantress?
The crown princess of Northern Qi became famous throughout the land. The outstanding young men of her past came with their families to seek her out, while Qin Chang was busy training his troops and guarding against his rivals in love.
Meanwhile, the once prosperous banks of the Qinhuai River had long since rotted from within like an ant's nest. Foreign cavalry swept south, Jinling crumbled, and her homeland vanished in smoke...
Yu You looked at Qin Chang suspiciously. In her previous life... who was it that destroyed the country?
Reading Guide:
One-on-one romance, both leads are inexperienced. The female lead is reborn. She's a gentle girl with a strong heart, but this isn't a story about a dominant heroine. She became regent in her previous life because she was pushed into it. Her golden finger is extraordinary memory, but she refuses to use it.
The story focuses on married life. Sweet and satisfying.
A beloved princess is reborn and just wants to lie flat x a jealous, fiercely loyal wolfhound who wants to distinguish himself and guard against fires, thieves, and rivals in love
Blurb for Scheming for a Wife
#A Gentle Ex-Husband Goes Mad for Love#
After three years of marriage, Ruan Rou and Shen Zhiyan treated each other with respect and courtesy.
His mother looked down on her and his sisters-in-law excluded her, but he always stood up for her. At banquets, he would lift her skirts and arrange her hair, and serve her food while taking the wine meant for her.
Everyone in the capital said that Ruan Rou was blessed beyond measure to have married the refined, gentle top scholar, a man as pure as a breeze beneath a bright moon.
Only Shen Zhiyan knew that Ruan Rou had someone else in her heart, her gentle smile concealing bitterness and longing.
Then Zhai Tianxiu, who had been defeated and presumed dead on the frontier three years earlier, came back to life and returned to the capital in glory. At the welcome banquet, Shen Zhiyan saw the joy in his wife's eyes and realized that her real smile was so charming and radiant, like the brightest pearl.
It turned out that he had been the one to dim that pearl for the past three years.
As cold rain and wind battered him, Shen Zhiyan stood outside a bamboo house all night and heard the woman inside say:
Zhiyan is kind by nature and generous. He'll surely agree to divorce me. Then you can come and ask for my hand.
He went home and got drunk for three days. Just as Ruan Rou had predicted, he wrote the divorce papers and set her free.
Ruan Rou returned to her family. The marriage proposal from Zhai Tianxiu arrived just before the imperial decree accusing the Ruan family of treason, confiscating their property, and exiling them.
On the way to exile, Shen and Zhai arrived to find only Ruan Rou's frozen body.
When she awoke again, Ruan Rou had returned to six months earlier, just after receiving word that Zhai Tianxiu was still alive. Suspicion and scrutiny quietly turned toward the husband who shared her bed.
She was shocked to discover that his refined and proper manner crumbled under scrutiny, and his mild generosity was merely a facade. Beneath that handsome exterior lay a heart as black as ink.
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In his second life, Shen Zhiyan tore away the facade of self-restraint and propriety with his own hands, revealing the dark and obsessive nature beneath. He was ruthless and merciless.
He no longer wanted to be so-called kind and generous. If he couldn't win her heart, then he would become her prison and keep her within three feet of him for the rest of her life.
Warnings:
1. This is not a story about a dominant heroine.
2. Male rivalry. No choosing between love interests. The husband is the male lead, and the ending is a happy reconciliation.
3. The female lead has been chaste in both lives. As for her heart... she had feelings for her childhood friend, the general. In her previous life, she was grateful to her husband. At the beginning of this life, she remains undecided about him.
4. In the previous life, a series of misunderstandings led to tragedy. The childhood friend may not be a bad person.
5. In this life, the male lead is not a good man by conventional standards. He's genuinely crazy and truly willing to do whatever it takes... If you find that uncomfortable, feel free to drop the novel without telling me.
6. The female lead is somewhat passive by nature and can be constrained by family and friendship, but she won't just go along with the crowd. Overall, she's a sweet, lovable girl who looks on the bright side.
Theme: Ten miles of spring breeze could never compare to having you in this world
Luoyang doesn't seem to be a very cold place (I suspect the author is from the south)
After watching the extra chapter, I was satisfied. It would have been nice if there were more sweet content. The ending was a bit brushed off. It would have been nice if it could be a little more detailed.
Why has the thought of marrying her never occurred to him? Isn't the purpose of his visit this time just to marry her?
The lips and chin are written backwards, right?
By the way, I hugged the beauty back... It's just by the way... Male protagonist, you'd better be duplicitous.
Finally, I don't understand this. Didn't the male protagonist plan to marry the female protagonist from the beginning? Why is it mentioned here that the thought of marrying the heroine came up that he had never had before?
This man's great success in the future should be achieved by losing love and achieving his career. He is completely mentally retarded.
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Ah? It ended so suddenly
These people are just like grasshoppers... They will believe whatever a person says. Sometimes they will despise the heroine, and sometimes they will be soft-spoken and flattering. .