[The ex-husband's regret comes too late; the second male lead wins]
Delicate little princess x rugged, loyal bandit
Qi Tang was a princess born to an unfavored imperial consort. The year she left the palace at sixteen, she accidentally fell into the hands of bandits. She was later rescued by Chen Zhongshu, the second son of the Duke of Protecting the State, and fell deeply in love with him.
After she returned to the palace, rumors about her spread. For the sake of her reputation, the emperor betrothed her to Chen Zhongshu.
Qi Tang was overjoyed, believing Chen Zhongshu loved her too. But after they married, he treated her coldly and never touched her. Her mother-in-law mistreated and insulted her, while her sisters-in-law mocked and framed her.
She couldn't warm Chen Zhongshu's heart or make his family like her. Qi Tang grew more and more timid, eventually almost never leaving the house and shutting herself away in a small courtyard.
Later, the Chen family successfully usurped the throne and slaughtered the entire Qi clan, leaving her as the sole survivor.
On the day Chen Zhongshu was named crown prince, his true love brought Qi Tang a cup of poisoned wine and news that he would soon make her the crown princess. He could no longer allow her to live. Heartbroken, Qi Tang drank the poison and died.
Not long after her death, her spirit still hadn't entered the cycle of reincarnation. She witnessed the chaos of war with her own eyes. The one who finally brought it to an end was the young bandit who had abducted her all those years ago: Wei Shuo.
He killed Chen Zhongshu with his own hands, retrieved her body from the freezing, dry well, and buried her in the imperial mausoleum.
Every day after court, Wei Shuo visited her grave without fail to talk to her and bring her flowers. Only then did Qi Tang learn that he had fallen in love with her at first sight.
When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn on the day she was abducted. Before her stood a burly bandit with a full beard, desperately scratching his head because he'd made her cry.
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By the time Chen Zhongshu arrived, Qi Tang had vanished.
Some said she'd escaped in the chaos. He didn't believe them. Qi Tang was so timid she wouldn't even go through the moon gate. How could she have run off?
But afterward, he truly could never find her again.
In the middle of the night, he would think of all the good things about Qi Tang, and miss the gentle warmth she had shown him.
After he was reborn, he hurried to find Qi Tang and bring her back. Instead, he saw her leaning affectionately against a young man, smiling more brightly than he had ever seen her smile before.
How could his princess be with some uncouth country bumpkin?!
The ex-husband's regret goes up in smoke, and the loyal second male lead with the big fluffy tail wins. He's incredibly handsome; the full beard is just a disguise!
Reader's Guide:
1. One-on-one, both leads' first time.
2. The ex-husband gets put through the wringer.
3. Sweet romance.
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Theme: Choose the right person
