Her elder sister dies of illness, and Xue Ci takes her place and marries into the Shen family. Her husband's family has no idea she's a concubine-born daughter of the Xue family, and after the wedding, her husband treats her wonderfully.
He's gentle and considerate, attentive in every way. Six months into their marriage, they grow more and more inseparable.
But her husband doesn't know that his wife is hiding two things from him.
First, the Xue bloodline is cursed with Gu. Xue Ci has the Acacia Gu.
The Acacia Gu is planted in both her and her partner on the night she loses her virginity. After that, if they don't make love on every full moon night, Xue Ci will gradually weaken and die.
After convincing herself for half a year, she finally shares a bed with her husband.
The second thing is this:
One day, her husband tells her that his younger brother, who had been away at war, has returned.
Xue Ci's hand trembles as she arranges flowers, and a peach blossom slips to the floor with a soft plop.
*
No one knows she once had a love affair with the second young master of the Shen family.
They were childhood sweethearts who swore eternal love, but later she heard that Second Young Master Shen had died on the battlefield.
The next time she sees him is on a snowy New Year's night, when he swings down from his horse.
Word has it that he returned to the capital to pay his respects to the emperor. He refused every reward offered and asked only for the hand of the girl he had loved since childhood.
But then he learned that his beloved had "died of illness." Ignoring everyone's protests, he insisted on marrying her memorial tablet.
*
Amid flying snow and bitter frost, Second Young Master Shen stands beneath the eaves, tall and straight.
Led by her husband, she walks toward him with her head bowed, not daring to look at his expression. Her voice trembling, she calls him, "Erlang."
[Mini-scene]
"I've planted the Acacia Gu in my husband. Erlang, if you stop me again tonight, I'll die..."
[Important]
The female lead is not a virgin, while the male leads are. The romance is a one-on-one pairing at different stages: first with the elder brother, then with the younger brother.
She ends up with the younger brother, and they get a happy ending.
Theme: 2022/12/17
