The Chancellor's Wife

Stuffy, feudal patriarch vs. voluptuous beauty

Jiang Wan was born with striking, voluptuous beauty and a face that could captivate a city. Her alluring eyes could steal a man's soul with a single glance, and she had enchanted countless people. It was a shame that she came from a humble family, with no status to speak of. She was just a country girl.

Yet no one could have imagined she would be so fortunate. A twist of fate tied her to Fu Jingci, the powerful Left Chancellor of the current dynasty.

Fu Jingci was born into a noble family. He commanded a great army and wielded enormous influence at court, secretly holding the reins of power.

He was nearing thirty, yet still unmarried.

Years earlier, Lady Fu had asked a revered monk to read his fate. The monk said Fu Jingci was destined for wealth and honor, but that a calamity lay hidden in his fate. If it could not be averted, he would lose everything and die young. The way to avert it was to marry a woman whose birth details complemented his and whose destiny matched his own.

The Fu family searched for eight years, and at last, in this remote backwater, found someone whose birth details matched his perfectly: Jiang Wan!

Jiang Wan's family circumstances were dire. She lived under someone else's roof and was constantly bullied by her uncle's family, with chaos and strife making peace impossible. Lately, things had become even worse. Her uncle had secretly decided to sell her as a second wife to an elderly country gentleman. Just as she had nowhere left to turn, the Fu family's people came looking for her. She agreed at once, packed her things, and followed them to the capital.

Half a month later, on their wedding night, candlelight flickered as Jiang Wan's bridal veil was lifted.

Looking at her tall, handsome husband, his features sharply defined, she fell in love at first sight. Her heart raced, and then she smiled sweetly and said, "Husband."

But Fu Jingci was the exact opposite of her.

Stiff and difficult to approach, he preferred dignified, refined women. He had always disliked the kind of bewitching, flirtatious women who seemed to be constantly inviting men's attention.

He had never imagined that the wife his family had gone to such lengths to find would be exactly that sort of woman.

Looking at his wife beneath the veil, her eyes brimming with flirtation and her smile radiant, Fu Jingci pressed his lips together, his face cold, and said nothing...

(2025.11.18)

1. Mutual firsts, happy ending

2. Chaste and stiff vs. voluptuous and alluring

3. Married first, fall in love later; he has to win back his wife

4. Ten-year age gap

Theme: To be decided