Enticing Branches

Someone told Yaozhi that her beloved was already dead.

He had died three years ago.

Yaozhi didn't believe it.

If her beloved was dead, then who was the man who held her that night and tenderly called her "Zhizhi"?

Male lead is a substitute, younger brother inherits elder brother's wife. The heroine is not a virgin, but the male lead is.

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Lin Ruzhao was the daughter of the prime minister. Lovely as a porcelain doll, she had been raised in indulgence. Since childhood, she had been given anything she wanted, and life had always gone her way.

There was only one thing that went terribly wrong for her: her marriage.

The emperor arranged for her to marry Lu Jin.

Lu Jin was known as "Ghost's Lament." The name said it all: he was so savage and cruel that even ghosts would weep when they saw him.

Before her wedding, Lin Ruzhao secretly snuck out to see him. He was all muscle, with a hard face and a cold heart, and he punched a boulder to pieces.

Lin Ruzhao fainted in terror.

On her wedding day, her maids sobbed in the bridal chamber. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought the Lin family was preparing for Lin Ruzhao's funeral.

Lin Ruzhao thought she probably wasn't far from death.

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The Lu family had given generation after generation in loyal service, leaving only Lu Jin as their sole heir. The emperor was concerned and, afraid the Lu family line would end, asked Lu Jin what kind of woman he liked. If he asked to marry a princess, the emperor would arrange it at once.

Lu Jin recalled fragments of a dream and made his request.

The girl he liked was very fair, as white as snow. She had round eyes like a fawn's. When she smiled, she had two dimples. She was sweet and delicate, blushed easily, and looked like someone he would love to bully.

In the end, he said a woman like that was probably a fairy. There was no one like her in this world.

The emperor gave him a strange look. "There really is."

Lu Jin: ?

Marriage before love, age gap, rugged man x sweet young woman

Theme: Say the words, and let your beloved know.