# Married first, in love later # The powerful man bows his head to a sweet girl #
Cheng Wanwan had a secret no one knew about. She had carefully hidden it for fifteen years.
At her coming-of-age birthday banquet, her stepmother schemed against her. By a twist of fate, the crown prince, Jiang Jue, pointed at her on a whim, and she inexplicably became his future crown princess.
Crown Prince Jiang Jue was volatile, notorious for his temper.
Cheng Wanwan lived in constant fear and wanted nothing more than to avoid marrying him.
Her father didn't care for her, and her stepmother was no mother to her. No matter how hard Cheng Wanwan argued, she couldn't change the marriage arrangement. With no other choice, she went to plead with the crown prince, but on her way to the Eastern Palace, she was abducted by bandits.
Yet fate intervened once more, and Jiang Jue rescued her.
With her reputation in peril, Cheng Wanwan had no choice but to change her tune. Her fingertips trembling, she caught the edge of Jiang Jue's sleeve. "Your Highness... please, don't abandon me."
Jiang Jue had just finished killing someone. He raised his eyes, impatience and bloodlust surging in his gaze. "When did I ever say I didn't want you? Let go."
*
Jiang Jue had been assisting with state affairs since the age of twelve. Ten years had passed.
His imperial father was obsessed with cultivating immortality, and every one of his brothers was plotting something.
The affairs of state and political struggles had him at his wits' end, and now he was being pressured to marry a crown princess who had only just come of age.
Jiang Jue never imagined he would fall for this pampered, delicate little crown princess.
On their wedding night, Jiang Jue was ambushed. He drew his blade and killed a man right in front of Cheng Wanwan, blood spraying three feet high.
The little crown princess turned deathly pale on the spot.
Jiang Jue wiped the blood from his cheek with a handkerchief and looked at her irritably. "Don't cry. There's nothing to be afraid of."
Cheng Wanwan tried to hold back, but his stern warning finally opened the floodgates. With a loud wail, the secret she had kept hidden for fifteen years spilled out.
Jiang Jue: "..."
Everything in Daye was wonderful: good weather, strong armies, and one problem only. They were short on money.
And now his new wife was practically the God of Wealth reincarnated.
*
When Cheng Wanwan's mother was dying, she clutched her hand and warned her over and over: "Wanwan, don't cry. Don't cry..."
Cheng Wanwan, don't cry. Your tears are pearls.
After crying her heart out, Cheng Wanwan thought the crown prince, who killed without batting an eye, would have her executed as a freak. But from then on, Jiang Jue cherished Cheng Wanwan like a goddess.
Reading guide~
1. The heroine is sweet and delicate, not a strong, independent heroine. This is more of a traditional historical romance, so please skip it if that's not your thing.
2. Age gap and size difference. The hero is seven years older than the heroine.
3. Married first, in love later. The hero falls first.
4. Both leads' first, happy ending.
5. More to come~
Blurb screenshot saved on 2023/1/28.
Complete and ready to binge: Fold the Green Branch
Zhu Wuyan and Su Qingwu grew up together.
He had loved her for twelve years, but Su Qingwu had never once looked at him properly.
Zhu Wuyan thought she would follow the usual path, obey her elders, and marry a refined gentleman from a suitable family. But when she was sixteen, she defied all propriety for a poor scholar and caused a scandal throughout the city.
She married another man. He left the capital in a huff, and years later returned in triumph, renowned for his military achievements, only to learn that she had died in the depths of her husband's household.
Zhu Wuyan opened his eyes and found himself back at seventeen, just as Su Qingwu was falling in love for the first time.
This time, he would be the one for her.
He would make her heart flutter for him, and make their hearts beat as one.
*
A servant said that the young general from the neighboring manor, Zhu Wuyan, had fallen into the water by accident and nearly died.
The two families were close, so Su Qingwu's mother took her to visit him. Along the way, she warned her not to quarrel with Zhu Wuyan.
Su Qingwu gave a halfhearted agreement.
She never expected her childhood friend, who was always at odds with her, to be lying on the bed with a pale face. The moment he saw her, his eyes reddened.
Su Qingwu's expression shifted. She felt completely awkward.
Zhu Wuyan looked at her for a long while, then spoke hoarsely. "Awu, it hurts."
*
Su Qingwu thought Zhu Wuyan had gone mad. After falling into the water, he had become a completely different person.
He stopped arguing with her and gave way to her in everything.
She loved candied chestnuts but hated peeling them. He stopped teasing her for being fussy and peeled them for her one by one.
When she forgot her umbrella on a rainy day, he brought one to her. Seeing her long skirt, he worried it might get muddy, so he bent down and carried her on his back.
When a drunken lout harassed her at a banquet, he immediately appeared to shield her, gave the man a harsh lesson, then turned back and told her not to be afraid.
Su Qingwu was both surprised and suspicious, until she finally couldn't resist asking him.
Zhu Wuyan leaned against the corridor, his dark eyes unfathomable, emotions she couldn't understand passing through them.
"Su Qingwu," he said, looking at her.
"Marry me." His tone left no room for refusal.
The words he had never managed to say in his previous life, he finally said to her himself this time.
Core message: The harder you work, the luckier you get.
I feel like the fifth princess is a bit... Actually she wants to meet her sweetheart...[Rolls eyes]
After reading the whole article, I just have a feeling of hating iron for not being able to become steel. First things first (try not to spoil anything): The male protagonist is very catchy. He can be both decisive and ruthless, and he can also be tender-hearted. He can also be a "profiteer" by the way, and his character suddenly has layers. The writing is very simple and easy to understand, and you won't feel tired after reading five or six chapters in a row. Very suitable for leisure reading. Some of the subsequent reversals were really unexpected by me, and I realized that there had been foreshadowing very early on. The following is the shortcoming of this article. The heroine's ability was written into the title. I thought it would be a core setting, but it turned out to be useless. It's so useless that if you completely remove this setting, 95% of the plot can still be established (the remaining 5% is not an important plot). And this setting is actually the only "fantasy" part in the entire article. It doesn't mean that if you mark "Fantasy" and "Oriental Fantasy" you have to write about a battle between gods and demons, but you must at least be worthy of this setting, and let this setting at least play a decisive role, okay? The heroine's character is very simple, typical silly and sweet + pitiful. Even if there is a little growth in the later period, it will not contribute much to the main plot. It could have been written with more layers and made the characters come alive, but the heroine was mediocre from beginning to end and it was difficult for people to resonate with her. The most direct way to solve this problem is to add a little background story to the heroine. Where did her abilities come from? What is her mother's identity? But unfortunately, the author has not written a single word in this regard. The emotional line between the male and female protagonists is very interesting at the beginning, very tense and progressive. But once they are in love, they stand still. The conversation between the two people became the same. Although sugar is sweet, you will get tired of the same flavor of sugar no matter how delicious it is. In the later stages of reading, no matter how sweet the two of them talked, I didn't feel any emotion at all. Then there is the issue of writing. It's easy to understand, but the author loves to explain too much. The worldview relies on explanation, the character motivations rely on explanation, and the narrative relies on explanation. It is simply "informing rather than showing". There are many places that can be left blank so that readers can reflect on their own. The author wants to explain it clearly to you. After more than 130 chapters, there is still a sentence like "Jiang Jue is the prince" to explain why the male protagonist sat in the seat at the banquet, as if he is afraid that we will forget the identity of the male protagonist. There is a very important plot point, but I don't know why it was completely missed. The male and female protagonists are on the verge of an emotional breakthrough one second, and then make a 180-degree turn the next second, chatting at length about unrelated things. And there is no follow-up to the conversation. It made me wonder if I was hallucinating. Finally, the article is seriously waterlogged. Many side plots are completely useless and seriously affect the rhythm. Moreover, there are no clear male and female leads, and there are a lot of supporting characters, but no one makes you really want to care about them, so you want to fast forward once the plot deviates from the main line.
Ah ah ah ah ah no, is the seventh prince the big boss?
Tonic, tonic is cruel
Why!!! Update soon, I'm so curious 🥺
Lock it, lock it for whatever you're doing. I have taken Jinjiang. Day by day, I am so sensitive that I die.
Why hasn't DaDa updated yet? 😭