Yi Zhonghan transmigrated into a book, becoming the sickly beauty who shared his name.
He also arrived on the day the original character was to marry Shang Chenji, the illegitimate eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo.
Yi Zhonghan thought transmigrating into a book was bad enough, but it turned out that when you're unlucky, even drinking water can make you choke.
On his wedding day, he was already sitting in the bridal sedan, but his future husband had disappeared.
He realized he was about to become the laughingstock of the entire capital.
Yi Zhonghan sat inside the wedding sedan beneath his red veil, utterly despairing.
But the bridal sedan came to a steady stop, and someone lifted its curtain.
A hand with clearly defined joints entered his field of vision.
The person outside said in a low voice, "Get down."
In a panic, he grabbed the stranger's hand and somehow ended up marrying him.
He thought his future husband had returned.
It wasn't until their wedding night that he sat alone in the room for the entire evening.
The next day, he learned that the man who had married him was Shang Chenji's younger brother, Shang Chenwu, the Duke of Zhenguo's only legitimate son.
To preserve the reputations of both the Shang and Yi families, Shang Chenwu had married his brother's bride in his place.
Yi Zhonghan remained Shang Chenwu's nominal sister-in-law.
Living under another's roof, he had no choice but to bow his head. Although Yi Zhonghan resented the Shang family over what had happened, he could only tread carefully around them.
But he had married the man, and yet they had no official relationship. Seeing each other every day, unable to avoid one another, left Yi Zhonghan feeling that something was wrong.
Worse still, the notorious little tyrant and living demon of Yunjing had begun looking at him in increasingly unsettling ways.
The strange atmosphere continued until the day of the palace banquet.
Shang Chenwu was ambushed, and after returning home, the poison took effect.
Yi Zhonghan became the only antidote at his side.
They became a married couple in all but name.
"We can't keep making this mistake..." Yi Zhonghan said in a trembling voice, his eyes brimming with tears.
The man in front of him pressed down on his ankle, closing in step by step. "I was the one who truly married you that day. Where's the mistake?"
Yi Zhonghan thought in despair: It's over. I can't get away.
Two months later, Yi Zhonghan felt a strange discomfort in his abdomen.
Only after the imperial physician confirmed their suspicions did Shang Chenwu go from disbelieving to overjoyed.
Yi Zhonghan finally accepted reality too, and let down his guard.
Just as Yi Zhonghan decided to remarry because his husband was nowhere to be found, his nominal husband returned.
Content warnings:
1. Angsty melodrama and forced love, with pregnancy and childbirth.
2. The bottom is a sickly beauty.
Theme: Not sure yet.
