The Wedding Snatch

Zhu Yu lost both parents tragically when she was young. For years, she was cautious and circumspect, gentle and composed. Yet on the day the eldest young lady was to be married, Zhu Yu did something utterly scandalous. She stole the bridegroom. Red silk filled the sky, and guests packed the hall. Zhu Yu stood alone in the center, dressed in bridal red. “I’m the one who is truly the Shi family’s cousin. I’m the bride today.” The hall fell silent. Zhu Yu met her grandmother’s furious gaze without flinching. But was she really unafraid? Not entirely. Her legs were shaking. Still, there was no way she would give up her marriage, become a widower’s second wife, and provide her sister’s dowry. That was simply unreasonable. - Mu Su had been dragged out to get married first thing in the morning. He yawned nonstop, and his patience was wearing thin as he waited for the bride. Just then, his trusted aide reported, “My lord, someone is stealing the bride.” Mu Su immediately turned his horse around. “Let them have her.” His aide: “...The one stealing the bride is the second Zhu young lady.” Mu Su paused. Was he the one being stolen? “Second Zhu young lady is the one who is truly the Shi family’s cousin. She says either she marries today, or no one does.” The sleepiness in Mu Su’s face faded, replaced by a hint of interest. This young lady certainly had a fiery personality. “Tell the Zhu family that the Mu family is marrying a daughter of the Shi family. Today, either I marry Second Zhu, or no one gets married!” He had never liked soft-spoken women. Having one spineless father at home was quite enough. After the wedding Mu Su and Zhu Yu stared at each other. “You dared to steal a bride, but you don’t dare argue?” Zhu Yu gazed at his ridiculously handsome face, then finally managed to say, “...How about I try to learn?” She had spent seventeen years learning to be gentle and virtuous. Who knew all that would be useless in her husband’s family? With no mother-in-law to keep her in line, and a husband who was healthy and well-off, she rather liked this marriage. It was just an argument, wasn’t it? She could learn. Mu Su: “...” Zhu Yu: I was tough exactly once, and my husband thought I was a firecracker, so now I’m trying to act like one. But arguing is so hard. Hitting is much easier. Mu Su: I thought I’d married a firecracker, but she’s actually a scaredy-cat. What can I do? Protect her, of course. But how does my timid wife manage to hit people while crying? A daughter who’s both timid and brave vs. a shameless male lead *An investigation runs throughout the story Blurb saved on 2024.11.13 Coming soon: The Marrying of a Hero Amidst the chaos of war, heroes rose on all sides. By a twist of fate, Wei Yuan followed Prince Huan and struggled to survive through the flames of war. After years of wandering, peace finally came to the land, and she thought she had at last made it through. But one day, Prince Huan’s military orders went missing. She had been in the study, and she had left the residence. She was branded a spy and thrown into prison, dying with grievances unresolved. When she woke again, she had returned to the day she left the residence. Going back was certain to end the same way, so Wei Yuan turned without hesitation and went to see someone. Someone who could contend with Prince Huan for the realm. He had once been her brother’s sworn enemy, and she had joined in cursing him many times. Her personal maid was horrified. “My lady, you mustn’t go! If you see him now, His Highness will suspect you and take you for a spy.” Wei Yuan kept walking, sneering all the while. She had been treated as a spy in her past life even though she never went to see him. So why not become a real spy this time? But the moment she met the man, she knew her brother had been right about him all along. He was truly an unreasonable lunatic! “Little Yuan, if your brother were alive, do you think he’d be so angry to know you came to me for help that he’d crawl out of his grave?” “I’ve always said Little Yuan was born beautiful, but she’s blind. Otherwise, how could she have followed a hypocrite like that?” “Yuan-yuan, in times like these, did he never teach you how to kill?” Wei Yuan wanted to kill her lord every day, but she couldn’t deny that life here was better than before. She no longer had to grovel and anxiously second-guess everyone, because this lunatic said everything that came to mind with that damned mouth of his. Later on Wei Yuan sat beside him, coldly watching the King of Qin below. Like a bewitching consort, she whispered to her ruler, “He’s looking at me. He’s disrespecting Your Highness.” Everyone: “...” He clearly still had feelings for her! “Then we won’t accept his surrender. Throw him in prison.” Wei Yuan leaned against his side and smiled, radiating charm. Prince Huan glared at her, eyes bloodshot. Until the day he died, he never understood why she had betrayed him. Blurb saved on 2024.11.13 Coming up next: Daily Idling in the Eastern Palace (Completely revised now, everyone!) The less-serious blurb The story begins What happens when two lazybones get together? Xu Huang: “No rush. Let’s lie down for a while.” Feng Qi: “Not enough room? Let’s move somewhere else.” The story ends. How did two lazybones become rulers of the realm? Xu Huang: “Too lazy to explain. Read the story.” Feng Qi: “I invite you to join... Ah, I’m so sleepy. Read it yourself.” The more-serious blurb Xu Huang, the Crown Princess of the Xu Dynasty, is lazy by nature and good for nothing. She can climb onto the Empress’s roof and visit gambling dens and brothels. The most useless of the useless, the most spoiled of the spoiled. The Empress hates that she can’t make her mend her ways. “If you run into danger, how will you fight back?” Xu Huang: “I’ll run. Fighting back sounds exhausting.” Feng Qi, Crown Prince of the Feng Zhao Dynasty, was born under an auspicious sign. He loves comfort, does as he pleases, and lies down wherever he falls. After nineteen years of effort, he successfully became Feng Zhao’s lucky mascot. The ruler of Feng Zhao was so exasperated that his chest hurt. “What if you can’t outrun them?” Feng Qi: “Then I’ll wash up... Never mind, too much effort. Just do it.” Their words came true. The two collided while fleeing for their lives, setting off a cycle of fate and entanglement. - A Crown Princess who has a few principles, loves a comfortable life, but won’t back down from a fight vs. a lucky mascot of a Crown Prince who lies down wherever he falls and just wants to retire early The story of two lazybones who only want to slack off, but are forced to charge ahead and end up ruling the realm. Two equally powerful leads One-on-one romance Coming soon: Fu Xing On her wedding day, Fu Xing watched Feng Zheng slaughter his way through the palace to avenge his mother’s family, killing people while clutching the imperial genealogy. As luck would have it, she was marrying the Crown Prince, Feng Yu. Fortunately, the wedding rites had not yet been completed, so she was not in the genealogy. Unfortunately, Feng Yu used her to shield himself from Feng Zheng’s arrow. As she was dying, she met Feng Zheng’s cold, bloodthirsty gaze and remembered a past she had long forgotten. Back then, she was the young lady everyone admired. In front of a crowd, she received a bundle of wintersweet blossoms, casually dropped it on the ground, and rebuked the giver: “You have no manners.” The Fu family’s daughters were sought after by every household. She was meant to marry an extraordinary gentleman. Feng Zheng, with his crippled leg, was delusional to think he stood a chance. If she had known she would die by his arrow... She should have slapped those wintersweet blossoms right across his face! Then she was reborn, back to the moment after she had thrown the wintersweet blossoms on the ground and mocked Feng Zheng. “My lady, what’s wrong?” Fu Xing sniffed in the cold and stared at the blossoms on the ground. “I want to bring them back to life.” - Feng Zheng stared coldly at the bundle of wintersweet blossoms made from red paper in the young lady’s hand. “What does this mean?” Fu Xing apologized. “I’m sorry. This is to make amends.” Feng Zheng refused to take it, and then watched as the young lady widened her almond-shaped eyes. “You should be grateful to receive a bundle of wintersweet blossoms from me. You ought to treasure it.” Feng Zheng: “...” He had never met a young lady so proud. Even her apology sounded like a gift. After Fu Xing left, a servant asked Feng Zheng what he wanted to do with the blossoms. Feng Zheng dug a jade vase out of the storeroom and gritted his teeth. “Put them on display!” - Later, Fu Xing learned that Feng Zheng hadn’t been the one who sent her the wintersweet blossoms that day. But... She gave an indescribable look to the man she had just lured into her bed. “...” Then why had he taken the bait? Coming soon: After the Immortal Lord Mistakes His Nemesis Everyone in the immortal realm knows that the two Immortal Lords of Justice can’t stand each other. They fought for nearly a thousand years, until one day they caused a great disaster. During a duel, they smashed the divine lord’s beloved glass vase. Both were punished by being sent down to the mortal realm to accumulate merit. Yuan Chu swore she would return to the immortal realm before that damn Immortal Lord and take full control of the Justice Office. So, after descending to the mortal realm, she decided to kill him first. While he was busy being reincarnated, she would naturally accumulate merit faster. As it happened, the other one thought the same way. However, once they descended, their appearances and even their genders would change. They could only recognize each other by instinct. Still, they didn’t need to look too closely. They had been enemies for a thousand years, so whoever tried to sabotage them had to be the other one! In the first life, they were repeatedly harassed by the Crown Prince. They hit it off and joined forces to bring down the Eastern Palace. In the second life, they met again and were repeatedly framed by a wealthy merchant, so once again they teamed up to kill him. The third life... The fourth life... In a life she had lost count of, Yuan Chu could take no more and went to see the King of Hell. “Have I still not earned enough merit?” The King of Hell rolled his eyes and gave a cold laugh. “You’ve got a long way to go.” Yuan Chu: “...” Was that lousy glass vase really so precious? The divine realm The precious glass vase wept bitterly before the divine lord. “They killed me again! They’ve killed me for more than ten lifetimes! This is too much, waaah...” The divine lord had no choice but to stand up for his vase. In this life, the two of them both became scavengers, and at last they were on opposite sides. The glass vase watched them fight to the death over territory, finally able to hold its head high! Go on, fight. You’ll both be badly hurt, and I’ll reap the rewards. But things got increasingly strange. How did their fight end with them in the same bed? And then they teamed up again and took over the vase’s territory. The glass vase shattered and sobbed before the divine lord. “That shameless couple aren’t human!” The divine lord: “...” They really weren’t human, after all. Theme: Have the courage to fight for what you want