The Crown Prince's Record of Doting on His Wife

(Original title: She Became the Crown Princess After One Battle)

Blurb:

Jiang Wanxue, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yong'an's principal wife, sought justice for her birth mother by publicly berating her father at a banquet celebrating his concubine's promotion to principal wife. Her bold words spread far and wide, and she became famous overnight.

To protect their niece, her maternal relatives signed a divorce agreement with the Jiang family, severing their ties by marriage from that day onward.

Then came word that the Marquis of Yong'an had deceived his superiors and concealed the truth, forming cliques for personal gain and bringing ruin to the people of Jianyi!

Marquis Jiang Mingdong was sentenced to death by lingchi. Before he died, he shouted, “Jiang Wanxue! Your mother was already pregnant before she married me! If a single word of that is false, may heaven and earth strike me down!”

Everyone in the capital witnessed it, and soon rumors about Jiang Wanxue's birth spread everywhere.

Crown Prince Ji Yuanzhou asked the emperor to arrange a marriage, hoping to protect the woman he loved.

After all, speaking ill of a member of the imperial family was punishable by death.

On their wedding night, Jiang Wanxue trembled as she helped the crown prince change, then asked, “Crown Prince, why did you marry me?”

Ji Yuanzhou looked at his demure new wife, who was nothing like the shrewish woman described in the rumors, and said nothing.

But inside, his emotions surged like a stormy sea.

How could I tell you? I've loved you for many years already.

Memorable scene:

Jiang Wanxue's eyes reddened as she shouted at him, “It's because, from ancient times to the present, no emperor has ever had a harem with only his empress in it!”

Ji Yuanzhou was indignant. Forcing down his anger, he held the woman's waist tightly and declared, “Then I'll be the first emperor whose harem has only his empress.”

For many years afterward, Jiang Wanxue remembered that promise. And he truly kept it.

Bonus scene:

Jiang Wanxue: “I can't believe it! Before we married, you made it sound like everything would be wonderful! You said you'd listen to me about everything! Now that I'm in your household, you won't let me do this or that!”

All she'd done was use a little extra ice during the hottest days of summer! He'd gone and replaced everyone around her! She wouldn't stand for it!

Ji Yuanzhou held his young wife close and gently soothed her. “You're pregnant. Too much ice isn't good for your health. How about I fan you myself?” The young emperor pulled a small embroidered stool beside the couch and sat down, his gaze utterly tender.

How could he tell her that he loved his little girl more than anything?

Reading guide:

Both leads are romantically and sexually devoted only to each other, one-on-one romance.

A sweet-on-the-outside, cunning-on-the-inside loyal puppy of a male lead who follows his wife's every command x a gentle female lead who turns ferocious when her boundaries are crossed

Coming soon:

The Grand Secretary Ji Shiyan is cruel and wanton, with countless deaths to his name. The court officials, cowed by his power, all keep their mouths shut.

Before his death, the emperor issued an imperial decree arranging a marriage between Ji Shiyan and Qiao Rou, the young daughter of the old chancellor, in order to balance the forces at court.

Though Qiao Chun was chancellor, he was old and close to retiring to his hometown. He had planned to take his entire family back with him, but this unexpected turn of events before their departure left him in tears.

When Qiao Rou's mother, Madam Chen, suddenly heard the imperial decree, she was so shocked that she suffered a fainting fit. Her youngest daughter was only sixteen, and now she had to marry the Grand Secretary, notorious for his cruelty and countless killings. How could she not worry?

Qiao Rou, however, was utterly unfazed. “He's just the Grand Secretary! Let me see what he's like!”

On their wedding night, when Ji Shiyan lifted her veil, he saw a beauty with a lovely face and a graceful figure, and couldn't help but feel secretly startled.

After they married, they kept out of each other's way. Qiao Rou made a scene and misbehaved in the rear courtyard, and Ji Shiyan didn't interfere.

One day, he happened to see the young woman planting a crabapple tree in the rear courtyard, grunting as she dug at the soil with her bottom sticking up.

For some reason, he walked over as if in a trance.

As usual: Both leads are romantically and sexually devoted only to each other, one-on-one romance. Marriage first, love later + female lead is reborn + she runs away while pregnant + the male lead pursues her desperately to win her back

Mad, wolf-dog Grand Secretary x clever, no-nonsense Grand Secretary's wife

Theme: Perseverance leads to victory.