A Wife-Bringing Fortune

[Cool, Delicate, Sickly Beauty x Wife-Protecting Ambitious Man]

Yun Tan, a daughter of the Xie clan of Chen Commandery, was famed for both her beauty and talent. Yet she was sickly, and every renowned doctor in the capital declared she would not live to see twenty.

So when bandits attacked and she was about to die by the sword, Yun Tan barely even struggled.

Then a dark figure came swooping in. In a flash of cold steel, the bandits fell dead.

She looked up. The man standing in front of her was tall, broad-shouldered and powerfully built. Even his coarse clothes could not conceal his fierce, commanding presence.

He took off his outer robe and wrapped it around her trembling body. "Don't be afraid."

To avoid the remaining bandits, Yun Tan and the man, whose name was Xiao Shen, hid in a cave.

A night passed, and her clan came to find her.

Though her clothes were still in order, her reputation was ruined.

Just as the clan elders were discussing sending her to the family shrine, Xiao Shen strode into the ancestral hall. "I am willing to marry into the Xie clan and protect this young lady for the rest of her life."

Everyone laughed at the poor boy's delusions. To climb the social ladder, he was willing to be tied to a sickly woman who wouldn't live more than three years.

But Xiao Shen's gaze fell on Yun Tan's pale face. "A fortune-teller said I bring good fortune to my wife. If you will marry me, I swear to protect you so you can live to a hundred."

Yun Tan laughed, not taking him seriously.

She had heard of men bringing good fortune to their wives, but never the other way around.

No one expected that three years later, she would not only still be alive, but would also have escaped the destruction of her clan under Xiao Shen's protection.

Later, he became the founding emperor, and she became his one and only empress.

In the Golden Throne Hall, as thousands bowed before them, he held her hand and whispered in her ear, "See? I didn't lie to you."

* One-on-one, both virgins / Married first, love later / Size difference

* The blurb has been archived. Please don't plagiarize it.

* The original story I had planned just wasn't working for me, so I replaced it with this new one. I'm very sorry.

Intention: United in heart and mind, may we enjoy peace year after year.