A Young Wife Is Hard to Raise

Marriage first, love later | Sweet romance and nurturing | Age gap and status gap

The year Ah Heng was born was a year of famine.

But fortunately, her father, who had traveled on foot to the capital to take the imperial examinations, came first and became a favored guest of the powerful chancellor.

Her mother waited eagerly for half a year, only to receive a letter of divorce.

Ah Heng grew up in the countryside. Though she was beautiful and charming, she couldn't read a single character and had no manners or etiquette.

She was fourteen when her father finally brought her back to the capital.

He said he'd found her a good match. Only in the end did Ah Heng learn that her father intended to give her as a gift to an elderly marquis.

But before the wedding date arrived, her father suddenly fell from power.

Ah Heng was imprisoned in the palace's Yeting quarters for seven days and nights. Countless times, she thought she would die, but in the end, a flippant joke freed her.

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Pei Jing was born into nobility. He was handsome, refined, and elegant.

Having been at the crown prince's side since childhood, he was tactful and adept at handling people. By his twenties, he had reached the pinnacle of power.

His one regret was that all three of his fiancées had died unnatural deaths. He had yet to marry.

At first, when the new emperor jokingly gave Ah Heng to him, Pei Jing furrowed his brow with a smile.

She was lowborn and insignificant, and the daughter of a former political enemy. Even taking her as a concubine would bring shame upon his family.

But considering the matter of producing an heir, Pei Jing reluctantly agreed. He had not built such a vast estate just to let his stepmother's sons inherit it.

The wedding came in a rush, and every eye at the banquet was filled with contempt.

Everyone wondered when Ah Heng would be cast aside.

Ah Heng herself knew that once she gave Pei Jing an heir, she would have served her purpose.

So at the time, no one could have imagined that the well-connected minister Pei Jing would one day bend low and stop at nothing to keep his wife from leaving when she handed him a divorce agreement.

Reader's guide:

1. A tactful, cold-hearted minister x a delicate, resilient beauty. One-on-one romance, both leads' first time.

2. Daily updates, daily updates! ("/ω\")

3. The male lead is very arrogant and amoral at first. Later, he goes mad with love. Twelve-year age gap, the powerful one bows his head. Marriage first, love later; sweet, healing romance and a nurturing relationship. The aloof beauty descends from his pedestal for love.

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