The Second Marriage of Yao Niang

[This novel has been revised several times. I’m not responsible for explaining anything to readers of pirated copies. My next novel will be Quick Transmigration: Saving My Childhood Friend in Seven Lifetimes. Please add it to your favorites! Thank you!]

Three years ago, Chen Yao rescued a blood-soaked fool by the river. He was handsome and otherworldly, and by a twist of fate, the two of them became husband and wife.

He was wonderful in every way. He listened to his wife, treated her well, and even washed her after they made love.

But since he was a fool, he couldn’t earn a living or buy Chen Yao the jewelry she liked to make her happy.

Then disaster struck the family, leaving them penniless in an instant.

Chen Yao looked at her useless fool of a husband, hardened her heart, and sold him to a brothel.

After that, Chen Yao’s life was downright delightful. Someone sent her silver notes every month, and she used the money to open a shop. She was even about to marry the young master from the neighboring shop.

On the day of the wedding, an expensive sedan chair appeared at her door.

The man in a dark purple robe was a far cry from the cold, fragile figure she remembered. He was none other than the fool of a husband she had abandoned.

His dark eyes roiled as he spoke in an icy voice, “You’re using my money to marry someone else? How unreasonable!”

Chen Yao felt as if thunder had struck her. “What...?”

She wanted to cry. He was already the all-powerful Prince Regent, so why had he come back to haunt her?

The man’s eyes reddened as he pulled her close by the waist. “What do you think?”

How could Chen Yao know what the Prince Regent was thinking? Afraid he would seek revenge for what she had done all those years ago, she seized an opportunity and fled the estate.

But she was no match for him in the vast city of Hua Jing. She was caught and brought back to the estate within half a day.

The man sat high above her, exuding a chilling aura. Beneath his handsome face was a ruthless heart.

Chen Yao had long heard of his cruel methods and thought she would die there.

But after nightfall, the man turned tender as water, peppering her ear with burning kisses. “Be good, Yao Yao. I’ll get you hairpins.”

Chen Yao wrinkled her delicate nose and pushed against the chest inches from her. “I don’t want them.”

The man’s heart sank. His large hand trembled as it touched her face. The fury in his eyes faded, replaced by a hint of pleading. “I’ve already decided you’re my wife. Where else do you think you can run?”

Reading guide:

1. Alternate history; starts with farming, then moves to domestic scheming; 1v1; both leads’ first time.

2. The male lead was never actually sold by the female lead to a brothel. He didn’t suffer a single day or hardship!

3. The male lead’s fool persona takes up little of the story. Later, he dotes on his wife with a touch of madness. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.

4. The female lead is imperfect: selfish, vain, and stubborn. She grows over the course of the story. The male lead has his reasons for pretending to be a fool. He didn’t approach her with ulterior motives; he simply loves her too much.

Preview:

In the third year of her marriage to the man she loved, Shen Yu was left with a ruined family because of his schemes. In the end, her love had been nothing but a joke.

After death, Shen Yu became a wandering soul and watched her childhood friend Xiao Mohan take his own life. He had always been devoted to her.

She regretted everything.

In her confusion, the Matchmaker, remembering how kind and generous she had been in this life, decided to give her a chance.

If she saved Xiao Mohan in his first seven lifetimes, she could spend this life with him, devoted to one another alone.

Shen Yu decided to forget the man who betrayed her and make it up to Xiao Mohan.

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