Yu Xian, the junior disciple NPC who hands out beginner quests in the online game Penglaike, suddenly and inexplicably awakened one day. He finds somewhere to shelter when it rains, eats enthusiastically but works half-heartedly, keeps nine-to-five hours, and often arrives late, leaves early, and slacks off.
Even more absurdly, this game character transmigrated into a book and became the substitute bride sent to marry the emperor's uncle to bring him good fortune!
The good news: The original host was a cross-dressing man. And still a man.
The bad news: Her husband, the emperor's uncle, is disabled in both legs, badly injured, and disfigured. He was at death's door right after Yu Xian carried a rooster through the wedding rites, and his in-laws, who came with him as part of the dowry, immediately called for the new princess consort to be buried with him.
Luckily, he transmigrated with his game System. He's a poison-healing hybrid support who can go fifty-fifty against players of any level, and he has a set of life-saving golden needles that can keep even the gravest patient alive!
Add one of his special detox pills, and the medicine works instantly!
When the old man asked what he wanted, of course he asked for a divorce!
The old man agreed, but said the divorce papers would have to wait a year. Until then, Yu Xian had to pretend to be the princess consort and deal with the Empress Dowager.
With the System at his fingertips and an inventory packed with 9,999+ items, Yu Xian is living the good life in the Prince of Yan's manor. He just hopes the old man keeps his word and lets him run off with the handsome old Wang from next door soon!
Hmm... hopefully Brother Wang next door won't be scared off by his being the prince's nominal consort.
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The emperor is young, and his maternal relatives hold power as regents.
Having become too powerful for his own good, the Prince of Yan has no choice but to return his tiger tally and obey the imperial order to return to the capital and marry the Empress Dowager's niece.
On his wedding night, the Prince of Yan is poisoned to the point of death. Fortunately, someone presents an antidote, and he narrowly survives.
After enduring the worst, the Prince of Yan, who has been a widower for nearly thirty years, also finds himself lucky in love. He and a little beauty hit it off.
The beauty is perfect in every way: gorgeous, sweet, and adorable, and uninhibited when they're together.
The once cold and brutal General Prince Yan Jinlin has had his heart of steel softened into silk. He falls in love at first sight and can't pull himself away.
There's just one thing he doesn't like. The beauty is clearly a man, slim-waisted and long-legged, yet he wears red dresses every day.
The male beauty says that his unscrupulous family forced him to marry an old, sick man, so he has no choice but to dress as a woman in public.
The Prince of Yan is heartbroken for him and vows to rescue him from that living hell, then proceeds to spend three hundred rounds in bed with him.
Until his subordinate reports that the male beauty he's been having an affair with is none other than his own princess consort, who also gave him the medicine that saved his life. He even personally promised not to interfere with each other's lives and to give him divorce papers in a year.
Yan Jinlin: The sick old man was me?!
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With the one-year deadline approaching, his wife lies in his arms and says he's planning to say goodbye to the old man, asking if he'd like to leave together.
The Prince of Yan, who has only just turned thirty, isn't sick at all and has kept himself looking young: ...Why does my little fish wife see me as the old Wang next door and keep trying to elope with me?
A seemingly cold, career-minded top who's actually a doting romantic × a laid-back, cross-dressing beauty and poison doctor who can go fifty-fifty against anyone
Age gap: The top is 10+ years older than the bottom
A light, everyday story, with an overpowered golden finger, 1v1, both leads' first time
Theme: Life is unpredictable, so take things as they come.
