Twelve years ago, Huo Xiaolou made her living telling fortunes on the street. That was where she first met Rong Yu. “Young sir, your cheekbones are too high, and you have a dark mark between your brows. You’re doomed to be a lone star, fated to bring disaster to your parents, your wife, and your children.”
Back then, Rong Yu was young, reckless, and clueless. He handed over everything he owned, then clung to her leg and cried, “Master! You have to save me!”
Huo Xiaolou turned around, brought him a bowl of horse urine mixed with a little stove ash, and said, “Drink up. Immortal water.”
Rong Yu downed it in one gulp.
Twelve years later, Rong Yu had become a powerful chancellor who could control the whole court with one hand. Huo Xiaolou was still a street charlatan.
One day, after swindling the ruler, she was brought back to the palace and appointed Imperial Preceptor. At first, the ruler and his ministers all got along just fine. But for some reason, Chancellor Rong, known as the Black-Faced Demon, kept looking at her in a very strange way, as if he wanted to devour her whole.
“Im-Imperial Preceptor, why does the Chancellor always look at you like that?”
“You’ve noticed the love in his eyes too, along with that possessiveness?” Huo Xiaolou felt her face, thicker than a city wall, and nodded solemnly. “I’d say he’s got his eye on me.”
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Chancellor Rong Yu was powerful, elegant, and proud beyond measure.
Then, one day, he spotted an old acquaintance at court, someone he’d recognize even reduced to ashes.
The first time he looked at her, he wanted to kill her.
The second time he looked at her, he wanted to kill her.
Before he could take a third look, the man on the throne suddenly spoke:
“Since you two have no interest in court and are busy exchanging glances, why don’t I make the decision and arrange a marriage for you?”
Huo Xiaolou: “!!!”
Rong Yu: “?”
"Reading Guide"
1. Marriage first, love later.
2. Lighthearted.
3. Both are virgins. Bickering enemies-to-lovers.
4. Also known as “The Hectic Married Life of the Imperial Preceptor and the Chancellor,” “After My Boss Started Shipping Us,” and “The Woman My Glares Couldn’t Kill Somehow Became My Wife.”
Theme: If you can make it work, make it work. If not, then forget it.
