An Unusual Childhood Sweetheart Romance, Pouting and Begging for Your Collection
[Revenge-Driven Fake Princess VS. Green-Eyed, Wife-Chasing Childhood Sweetheart]
Princess Pei Weiying of Changling is widowed just after her wedding. Hiding a secret, she copies sutras and prays for blessings, hoping her late husband will forgive her. One day, she urges her niece to marry into Hedong to stabilize the situation, only to discover that the Hedong military governor's voice sounds just like her late husband's.
Her niece refuses to marry, so the emperor offers her many benefits. Reluctantly, she agrees to go in her place.
Her husband is a man of luminous virtue and exceptional bearing. He pins up her hair and paints her brows, plays music to entertain her, and accompanies her to burn incense and pray for her late husband. In bed, he is considerate and tender, never forcing her.
But Pei Weiying remains unmoved. She coaxes him into agreeing to a divorce, on the condition that she catches him being unfaithful.
If he catches her instead, they must stay together for life, even if they hate each other enough to kill.
Now she has something to live for. She steels herself and sets out to catch him in the act, only to find her husband's brows raised slightly, his eyes smiling with casual cunning.
She was so furious that she got angry.
As their contract nears its end, an unexpected disaster strikes. Ambushed, she ends up in an enemy camp. When she wakes in the hazy night, she sees her late husband coming beneath the moon. He helps her lean against his chest and personally feeds her medicine.
Her voice trembles. “You... you're not dead?”
He cares for her with the utmost tenderness, his voice as gentle as ever. “I'm still alive. Does that disappoint you, Your Highness?”
It's over. Pei Weiying's mind goes blank, and she suspects the bowl contains deadly poison.
She pretends to knock the bowl over by accident.
But the man anticipates her move. He tilts his head back and drinks it all, then lifts her chin and bends down to pass the medicine into her mouth until she swallows every drop.
He gives a scoffing laugh, twirling a strand of her hair around his fingertip as he watches her restless wrist. “Your Highness, aren't you going to hit me?”
Under his gaze, Pei Weiying grows uneasy. Her face turns crimson, and her trembling fingers brush his cheek.
The man catches her wrist and slowly guides it into his palm. A smile struggles in his eyes as he murmurs hoarsely, almost madly, “That was too light. Harder.”
Everyone knows Xu Congyi married a princess only because the emperor feared Hedong.
No one knows that he and she were childhood sweethearts, a perfect match. But she doesn't recognize him. Never mind, he'll marry her and worship her like a goddess.
By day, she calls him “husband” with shining eyes. Each night, when they go to bed, she says affectionately, “Don't put out the lamp. I want to look at your face.”
But at night, she turns away and murmurs her late husband's name in her dreams.
He tells himself that she has always been loyal and devoted. She grew up with her late husband, so of course they were close.
Given enough time, he is sure he can win her over and take that man's place.
Who could have guessed that when chaos erupted, he would risk his life to save her, only to be mistaken for the husband who had been dead for eight hundred years? The new son-in-law, usually so upright and honorable, develops a less-than-honorable thought: he will take the former son-in-law's name.
He longs to get close, yet keeps drawing back, afraid of seeing the deep affection in her eyes, but unable to bear the thought of her suffering even the slightest indignity in the enemy camp.
It turns out she is gentle and obedient in front of her late husband, and never once had the heart to slap him, despite being furious.
Only with him is she bristling all over, demanding a divorce at every turn.
After his identity is exposed, she leans lazily against the bed, a carefree smile in her eyes, and won't let him off the hook for his scheming. “I was unfaithful. When are we getting divorced?”
He bends toward her, head bowed, and brings up their contract, his voice strained. “Your Highness lost.”
He has gotten what he wanted. The only person who can accompany her for life is him, yet his eyes cannot hide his loneliness.
She kicks him in the chest, then playfully calls him by his childhood nickname. “Brother Yizhi, are you asking me to cheer you up with that look?”
He picks up the embroidered shoe from the floor and gently supports her foot as he puts it on. “Did that hurt? Want to kick me again?”
[Reading Guide]
1. The story is entirely fictional, with many original worldbuilding details.
2. The leads have only ever been with each other. They are imperfect people. The heroine had no romantic feelings for her former husband, and there is a reason she calls him by name. She only becomes intimate with the hero after confirming his disguise.
3. One-on-one romance, happy ending.
Theme: Persevere, and treat others with honesty.
Damn, why don't you update every day? I come here every day.
I really like the author's writing style! Is he really a new author? Did he only open this article?!! Want to see it!