A Spring Breeze, A Changed Bride

#Thanks to all our readers for supporting the official edition ^^ #Signed for print publication in simplified Chinese. For updates, see Weibo @Mingchun Yuan~ After her final exams, university student Ming Yao stays up all night gaming and dies suddenly. She transmigrates into the body of a concubine-born daughter in the ancient Duke of An’s household. Ming Yao: ...Why study? Why seek entertainment? Isn’t it best to lie around and enjoy life? With a face as lovely as a hibiscus, she coasts through life until the age of fifteen. Then her stepmother arranges for her to marry her maternal cousin, Wen Congyang. Her future husband is young and handsome, idle and good for nothing. They are a match made in heaven: a pair of lazybones. Ming Yao is just about to pack up and find somewhere else to lie around when her legitimate elder sister suddenly refuses the top scholar her stepmother carefully chose for her, insisting on swapping marriages with Ming Yao instead. Her maid worries: “I’ve heard the young master rises at cockcrow and sleeps at midnight. That’s how he passed the palace examination and became the top candidate at such a young age. If you marry him, you might not get enough sleep.” Ming Yao sleeps five shichen a day. She thinks it over. That really is a serious problem. - Cui Jue comes from a distinguished scholarly family and has devoted himself to study and the civil service examinations since childhood. He is determined to serve the country and believes he has no interest in romance. So when the Duke of An’s household suddenly replaces his bride after the marriage has been arranged, Cui Jue is displeased, but does not take it out on his new wife. As long as she behaves properly and observes the rules, he will treat her well. On their wedding night, after they have shared a tender moment, Cui Jue looks at his exhausted wife in his arms and feels a rush of affection. He asks if there is anything she wants. His new wife suddenly opens her eyes wide and asks solemnly, “What’s the latest I can sleep in?” Cui Jue: ... - Ji Mingda is the Duke of An’s legitimate daughter, cherished and indulged since childhood. No one in her family would ever dare let her suffer the slightest grievance. But one night, she dreams that she and Cui Jue become bitter enemies after marriage, while Wen Congyang and Ming Yao are deeply in love. Wen Congyang even joins the army and earns military honors for Ming Yao, winning her a first-rank noblewoman’s title. So Ji Mingda would rather die than marry Cui Jue. She forcibly takes Ming Yao’s match for herself. But less than three months after marrying Wen Congyang, Ji Mingda has a huge fight with him. She goes to one of her family’s country estates to clear her head, where she learns that her second younger sister and brother-in-law are riding horses at the neighboring estate. She can’t believe those two could ever get along, and can’t resist going to see for herself. There she finds Ming Yao sitting crookedly on a horse, refusing to move no matter what anyone says. Cui Jue is so angry his face turns red, but he swings onto the horse and, wearing a cold expression, gently guides Ming Yao’s hands onto the reins. Ji Mingda suddenly clenches her teeth. ① Easygoing, dreamy heroine × cool-headed top scholar; marriage first, love later; everyday-life story ② Both leads are each other’s first and only partners, physically and emotionally; however, readers who expect the heroine to be morally impeccable in every timeline should proceed with caution ③ The heroine will still earn a first-rank noblewoman’s title! ④ Readers who are very particular about the male lead or supporting male characters, or who have exceptionally high standards for the heroine’s morality and character, should proceed with caution ⑤ Please don’t mention other novels or characters under this story, and please don’t mention this story under other novels. Thank you! ⑥ Fictional setting, no historical research needed. Everything is here to serve the plot (bows) ⑦ The story has been labeled as featuring a mutually exclusive relationship from the beginning and has never been changed. The blurb says exactly what it says. Please don’t make up or speculate about the plot or content warnings. If you like posting false warnings or stirring up trouble in the free-chapter comments, please don’t read this story. Spare yourself and others. ⑧ The cover’s character design uses a template, so it isn’t unique~ # Please check out my upcoming novel, Childhood Friends in the Duke’s Residence~ Something unusual happened at Chancellor Xie’s home, the Duke of Dingguo’s residence: Xie Xuanqing, the eldest son of the main branch, has devoted himself to studying for the civil service examinations since childhood. Now fourteen, he has never even had a maid attend to him. Yet he has brought home a little girl! Xie Xuanqing explains to his mother, “Two families were fighting over her, and they almost came to blows. I felt sorry for her, so I subdued them both and brought her home. Please find a place for her, Mother.” The Madam of the Xie family laughs. “My iron tree has finally blossomed. You’ve actually developed a tender heart for a young girl. How rare! You brought her home, so find a place for her yourself. Why ask me?” Xie Xuanqing: ... Xie Xuanqing takes the little maid back to his study. The little maid is only eleven or twelve, timid and shy, with clear, limpid eyes as black and white as ink. Xie Xuanqing wants to ask her to pour tea, but the words die on his lips when he realizes how improper that would be. He goes to his mother again. “There are no women in my study, only young male attendants. She doesn’t even have anyone to talk to. Please give me two matrons to keep her company.” The Madam of the Xie family: ... Theme: A good life is built through your own steady efforts