Little Husband

Yin Yiqian transmigrates to an unfamiliar era. Bound by a marriage agreement, she is about to become the wife of the young master of the shogunate.

Before then, Yin Yiqian had kept wondering what her husband-to-be would be like. Going by the usual novel tropes, he would probably be a cold-faced young noble, a ferocious general, or a lovesick young man.

But on their wedding night, the person who lifted her veil was a handsome young master even more delicate-looking than she was, with a slender, upright figure. He was indeed cold-faced, and never smiled. Especially when he saw that Yin Yiqian was taller than him and came over to give him a hug, burying his face against her chest and making it hard to breathe. The young master’s pretty face turned bright red.

Well, he was cold-faced, and he could be ferocious too.

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Yin Yiqian was tall, which did not fit ancient beauty standards, so she always thought Mu Pei did not like her very much.

After all, he often fell silent when he saw her. Yin Yiqian was a modern woman, and she did not want to hold Mu Pei back or occupy the position of his principal wife.

So she secretly began doing embroidery to save money. On the night she planned to leave, she wrote up a divorce agreement and signed her name, then made her escape under cover of darkness.

But all she saw on the road was a blaze of firelight. The thundering hooves kept drawing closer, the pressure overwhelming. At the head of the pursuit was her little husband, who usually couldn’t handle more than a few kisses from her.

“Yiniang,” he said from atop a tall white horse, his face icy and his gaze sinister. “Where are you going?”

Yin Yiqian: ...

Great, now he’s got the lovesick-yandere trait too.

A slightly plump, tall, soft-hearted, gentle beauty x a cold, lovesick young man [the woman is taller than the man]

A niche kink, written to satisfy the author’s own tastes. Domestic married life, sickeningly sweet, with the woman dominant and the man submissive at heart.

Theme: Loving your wife is the key to victory.