[A bold, clever, genuine beauty x a gentle, refined student who pretends to be well-behaved]
Shen Song died on the battlefield.
Looking back on the first half of her life, she had been forced to play the part of a proper young lady. The childhood sweetheart she married had once begged her tearfully to accept him, but he seemed to have become a different person, caring only about seizing power. Their marriage was barely a marriage at all. In the end, he tricked her into going to the border, where she died in battle alongside her father and brothers.
When she opened her eyes again, Shen Song discovered that everything had returned to the eve of her father and brothers' departure for war.
At that time, she had not yet been forced into a marriage, but by a twist of fate she had been betrothed to the infamous playboy Prince Liang. How could this marriage possibly work? What did it matter if he held a high position? How could he save her father and brothers?
So she faked her death and became a beauty at the Yihong Brothel, then coerced Prince Liang into heading to the border. This time, she was free to be a daughter of a military family again. She prevented assassinations, won battles, saved her father and brothers, and won herself a young beau!
Wait? She saved the young beau... but somehow forgot about herself.
As it turned out, the young beau, Lin Hanchuan, was as handsome as Pan An, as elegant as a jade tree in an orchid grove, and smiled like a bright moon nestled in one's arms. The rumors were even more remarkable: on a whim, he had sat the imperial examinations and passed the provincial level. Blessed with a star of good fortune, everyone said he had a great chance of coming in first.
Who could have imagined that the newly appointed top candidate in the palace examinations would spend night after night at the Yihong Brothel?
Lin Hanchuan removed his brocade hat, looking aggrieved as he asked in a soft, lingering voice, "Why can't we be close anymore?"
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Reading guide:
1. I can't claim this is a particularly brilliant political intrigue story, and it includes a lot of w.
2. Single-couple romance, happy ending, character growth. Feel free to ship the CP however you like. I'm terrible at writing blurbs, so please give the actual story a chance.
3. This is a fictional setting cobbled together however I pleased. Please don't overanalyze it.
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Theme: To establish a livelihood for the people
