A Cat in Chang'an

Jiang Suizhu, the prime minister's daughter, has a face of celestial beauty, but also an embarrassing, niche hobby: she absolutely loves reading street-corner storybooks.

Then one day, she hit her head and lost her mind.

When she woke up, she thought she was actually the tortoiseshell cat she'd raised for years.

From then on, in Jiang Suizhu's mind, she was the only cat demon in all of Chang'an. She had to keep her identity secret or some Taoist priest might capture her.

Then one day, the regent's heir returned to the capital. Jiang Suizhu saw him from afar, standing upstairs, and immediately recognized that his true form was an ugly big white cat.

As a tortoiseshell cat and a beauty of the feline world, Jiang Suizhu reluctantly approached the regent's heir, hoping to find a kindred spirit.

*

While Wei Huaian was still stationed at the frontier, he'd heard that the prime minister and the regent's household were at odds, locked in bitter conflict for years.

He planned to put the prime minister's family in their place as soon as he returned to the capital. Instead, one night, someone knocked on his door.

A delicate beauty stood there, holding a garishly patterned cat. Blushing, she asked, "Are you looking for a partner?"

Wei Huaian raised an eyebrow. Oh? A beauty trap?

Jiang Suizhu said she was a cat, and Wei Huaian thought it was her kink.

He never expected that, in the middle of the night, she would say she wanted to stroke his tail...

Wei Huaian: ...Have you really lost your mind!?

*

When the cat at home suddenly got pregnant, Jiang Suizhu's expression changed. She said she didn't want to have a kitten out of wedlock.

Wei Huaian waved his hand and went to the prime minister's residence with betrothal gifts. But the moment he stepped through the gate, his future father-in-law kicked him right back out.

Before marrying Wei Huaian, Jiang Suizhu spent every day worrying that the kittens she'd give birth to would have ugly fur.

But the day before the wedding, Jiang Suizhu got her mind back...

The leads' daily life:

Wei Huaian: Your mind's not right, so I'll indulge you!

Jiang Suizhu: You're ugly, but I don't mind!

This novel is also known as: "The Ugliest Husband in the World" and "Ugly in Every Way."

[Blurb written on 2024.01.03]

Theme: Devote yourself to the people.