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The sun and moon are at their brightest, yet husband and wife are the closest and most distant of kin
Both virgins | Taking by force | Love and hate, life and death | Married first, fall in love later
Zhang Zhi and Zhao Ji spent their whole lives as enemies and spouses.
Before she met Zhao Ji, Zhang Zhi was the youngest daughter of a minor official in Yunshui County. Though she lived in a time of chaos, she was doted on and had never had to take a loss.
That is, until the day of her coming-of-age banquet.
A scoundrel had wormed his way in to eat and drink for free, then brazenly announced that he wanted to marry her.
The palace attendants in the Ming Palace often said that Empress Zhang Zhi was not one to smile, and was as cold as ice.
At the banquet of gratitude, however, Zhao Ji, the founding emperor, saw his first wife gazing at the newly named top third-place graduate, a faint smile on her lips.
That evening, Zhao Ji stayed overnight at Changle Palace.
The person in his arms sat as stiffly as a puppet, but Zhao Ji did not seem to mind. He gently brushed her little face with his thumb and whispered softly in her ear, his warm breath falling against her skin.
“That top third-place graduate... He does look a bit like your late fiancé.”
“Has Your Majesty forgotten? I was the one who killed him all those years ago.”
Zhang Zhi looked at him coldly.
In her eyes, Zhao Ji was no emperor at all. He was still the same lowlife he had been back then.
“Is that so? Then try killing this, too.”
A scoundrel who likes to press his attentions on an emperor who won't return them & an aloof empress who can't go a day without insulting the emperor
P.S. 1: The first half is set in ordinary life among commoners; the second half is set in the palace and among the nobility.
P.S. 2: The heroine is fifteen when she appears, and the hero is nineteen. Neither has been with anyone else.
P.S. 3: This story is not about the historical figures Empress Lu Zhi and Liu Bang, and they should not be confused with the characters here. Both historical figures were great and outstanding politicians of our country. The author has drawn on a few aspects of their stories for this work, but the melodramatic plot here has nothing to do with either of them.
P.S. 4: This is not a historical novel and is very loose with historical accuracy. There will be plenty of melodrama, so don't come in assuming things based on your first impression. It's purely a romance about a young couple, with a focus on their everyday life.
Theme: Life has to go on.
I seem to have been tricked into being a shark. I haven't updated this article since I came across it.
Hahaha, hurry up and get the next chapter
Xiao Zhao is going to be so angry that he is just waiting to go crazy [caidog]
I'm finally back. I want to urge you but I dare not. Wow.
[Orange Candy] actually looks pretty good when you try it. I like this setting.
After listening for three and six hours, didn't they have to eat and go to the bathroom during this time?
What will happen to the male and female protagonists later and they will become enemies?
So he took truth serum, right [Caigou]
[Clown] Huh????? Where can I get someone to have an abortion??? Dr. Huang seemed to have a good level before, but now his face is full of question marks. And how can anyone know that his wife has had an abortion and still go to work without accompanying her?? The logic doesn't make sense. If this is the development, we can pack them up and send them away [Joker]
I'm so scared, I almost thought I had another illicit triangle plot.