After Pretending to Be the Unmarried Fiancée of the Court Judge

My Two-Household Marriage Is Complete

My new novel, After Losing My Memory, I Mistook the Powerful Minister for My Husband, is now serializing.

Sixteen-year-old Chen Zisu is about to be married when her fiancé suddenly marries her cousin instead. Her parents sell her to a member of their clan for five taels of silver, and the villagers throw her into a raging river as a river maiden to feed the river god.

But she isn't destined to die. She is swept onto a shallow bank and struggles her way to a nearby ruined temple.

As she takes shelter from the rain, she meets a young woman who has been mortally wounded and is on her way to the capital to seek refuge with her fiancé.

Chen Zisu has no travel permit and no way to survive.

After burying the young woman with her own hands, she takes the woman's travel permit, token, and letter to her fiancé. She decides to live the rest of her life differently.

If Heaven has never given her a way to survive, she'll find one herself!

Han Jin passed the highest imperial exam at eighteen and became a vice minister at the Court of Judicial Review at twenty-two.

He is handsome beyond compare, with the graceful bearing of a clear breeze and bright moon.

Since joining the Court of Judicial Review, he has solved countless cases.

The court's minister once praised him, saying there was no case Han Jin couldn't solve.

After arriving in the capital, Chen Zisu buys a set of reasonably fine clothes and brings the letter to his home.

Han Jin fixes her with a deep, eagle-like gaze, making her extremely uncomfortable.

Afraid she'll give herself away if she says too much, she pretends her throat is injured and she can't speak, then takes out a note she prepared in advance:

"Young Master Han, I know my family is beneath yours, and that this marriage is an imposition on you.

If you're unwilling, please let me stay for a few days while I find a way to support myself. I'll leave the Han household at once.

I'll also tell everyone that I was the one who refused, and I will absolutely not let outsiders accuse you or the Han family of being ungrateful and breaking your word."

Ungrateful! Breaking his word!

Han Jin clenches his jaw. "Get ready for the wedding."

Only after their marriage does Chen Zisu learn what Han Jin does for a living.

The day before yesterday, he solved a case involving a fake husband.

Yesterday, he took on a case involving a fake princess.

Early this morning, someone came to file a complaint: the son he'd raised for more than ten years wasn't his biological child.

Chen Zisu's scalp tingles. It's only a matter of time before this fake fiancée of his gets found out, right?

But before the vice minister of the Court of Judicial Review can expose her, another fiancée shows up.

Chen Zisu secretly watches Han Jin, wondering if he'll realize both his fiancées are fake!

Upcoming: After I Wronged the Mad Crown Prince

Everyone knows the crown prince is cold and gloomy, a violent madman.

Ever since he became bedridden, no woman has dared to approach him.

Everyone believes the crown prince will die alone.

Unexpectedly, one day a delicate beauty appears at his side.

The crown prince is woken from sleep by the sound of someone crying softly.

He opens his eyes irritably.

The little beauty beside him timidly grabs his hand, crying so hard her face is streaked with tears. "This humble girl has admired the crown prince for a long time. If I cannot serve you in this life, I would rather die."

The little beauty is gentle and attentive. She not only feeds him his medicine, but also helps wipe his body.

After devotedly attending to him each day, she gazes at him with her big, doe-like eyes. Crown Prince, you're so handsome. You're the most handsome man in the world! This humble girl is willing to serve you for the rest of her life!

Later, the crown prince gets back on his feet amid the tenderness and affection she has created.

Just as he's about to make her crown princess, the little beauty who promised to serve him for life runs away!!!

The crown prince: He's been used and abandoned!!!

Lu Xi is ordered by the empress to care for the crown prince.

Once the crown prince is back on his feet, she'll receive one hundred thousand taels of gold.

On the day she takes her reward and leaves the capital, Lu Xi has never felt so cheerful.

She boards a flower boat, planning to travel south, but a familiar figure appears at the bow.

At the same time, a haunting voice, as if risen from hell, says, "Didn't you promise to serve me for the rest of your life? I can't let you get away with breaking your word."

Theme: Life isn't perfect, but don't give up.