Commandery Princess Mingyi

Mingyi is a princess of the Great Zhou dynasty.

Orphaned of her parents and brothers from a young age, she was raised by the Empress Dowager at her side.

The Empress Dowager cherished Mingyi, cared deeply for her, and couldn't bear to part with her.

To keep Mingyi by her side for as long as possible, the Empress Dowager thought long and hard when Mingyi came of age, then specially arranged a marriage for her:

She would marry the short-lived heir of the Duke of Rong's household.

The imperial physician had long predicted that this sickly heir had no more than three years to live.

Once Mingyi married him, she would soon be able to return to the Empress Dowager's side.

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Lu Simang is the heir of the Duke of Rong's household.

He was frail and sickly from childhood, with no cure in sight, and his health steadily worsened. The year he came of age, the imperial physician declared that he likely had no more than three years left to live.

Lu Simang had thought his life would simply end that way. He had no ambitions to make a name for himself, and he had no intention of marrying and ruining some decent young woman's life. But when he was twenty-one, the Empress Dowager arranged a marriage for him:

He was to marry Mingyi, the princess renowned throughout Shengjing and adored by countless people.

Lu Simang understood that Her Majesty couldn't bear to part with her daughter, so she was using him as a stepping stone. Once he died, she could bring Mingyi back to the palace and let her live in comfort, with every excuse to do so.

Lu Simang took it all in stride. Since he was nearing death, the fact that he could still be of some use to the young lady was a good thing. So he happily accepted the marriage.

But who could have guessed that after marrying Princess Mingyi, his health would improve day by day?

Huh?

Could this Princess Mingyi actually be the cure for his illness?

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Mingyi followed the Empress Dowager's instructions to the letter. After marrying Lu Simang, she simply lived comfortably, eating and drinking well while waiting for her husband to die. Then she could return to the palace and enjoy a life of ease and security.

But things didn't seem to be going as she'd expected...

She waited and waited at the Duke of Rong's estate, as time passed year after year. Yet the news she received wasn't that Lu Simang's health was failing. Instead, he grew more and more vigorous...

Mingyi was utterly confused. Had this man been pretending to be sick all along, or had he suddenly gotten his hands on some miraculous elixir?!!!

This was all so wrong?!!!

And even more baffling, Mingyi felt... that he wasn't so bad after all. She wasn't exactly insisting that he die...

#A sweet, married-first-love-later romance

#An incredibly sweet treat

#This time, the heroine is the hero's cure~

#First version of the blurb written on 2025/7/9

#Revised on 2025/9/24, screenshots available

Theme: Turn the rotten into something wonderful!