The Ugly Wife

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Emperor Xia Chengzong Zhao Yuhuang was graceful and magnificent, noble in bearing and radiant as the moon. In the eyes of the world, she was unquestionably a wise ruler, but one thing stained her reputation.

At the coming-of-age ceremony marking her sixteenth birthday, she was harmed by villains and ended up consummating her marriage with Su Jianxue, the ugly daughter of the prime minister, the Su family.

They say the prime minister's daughter, Su Jianxue, was born with a birthmark covering the left side of her face. She was as ugly as a demon, and so hideous that she could frighten children into silence at night.

As a result, Su Jianxue had reached the age of twenty without a single marriage prospect.

Prime Minister Su was widely respected, and his former students and associates filled the imperial court. He wept and demanded an explanation right there in court, and everyone rallied to his cause. Under the pressure, Emperor Zhao Changming of Great Xia had no choice but to order Zhao Yuhuang to marry Su Jianxue as her principal wife.

Zhao Yuhuang and Liu Yanwan, the legitimate daughter of the Grand General Who Guards the Nation, had been childhood sweethearts. They had long been engaged, but that promise was ruined overnight. Zhao Yuhuang loathed Su Jianxue. She did not set foot in the bridal chamber on their wedding night, and after the wedding, she sent Su Jianxue to confinement in a side courtyard and never saw her again.

With the support of the grand general's household and the prime minister's household, Zhao Yuhuang later inherited the throne. She made Liu Yanwan a noble consort, but deliberately left the empress's position vacant and continued to neglect Su Jianxue until the day she died.

After Zhao Yuhuang died, her soul did not return to the afterlife at once. She saw the noble consort Liu Yanwan, who had supposedly loved her devotedly, sleeping with her elder brother Zhao Yusheng in front of her coffin. Her daughter by Liu Yanwan, Zhao Chengyue, whom she had already named Crown Princess, called Zhao Yusheng "Father."

Zhao Yuhuang stared in fury as her soul shattered. A wisp of it rose into the sky, where she discovered that after her death, everything in the imperial palace had changed. Everyone was saying that the new emperor, Zhao Yusheng, was about to ascend the throne. The palace was decked out in celebration, and not a single person mourned her.

A voice from beyond seemed to guide her soul toward a certain place.

She saw her principal wife, Su Jianxue, kneeling at the foot of a wall and burning paper offerings. She softly called Zhao Yuhuang by her courtesy name, her voice full of grief, tears streaming down her cheeks. She remained there for a long time without getting up.

As it turned out, the only person who had ever cared about her was the wife she had neglected her entire life.

Overcome with regret, Zhao Yuhuang's final wisp of soul could no longer bear the fury and vanished completely.

When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the coming-of-age ceremony on her sixteenth birthday, the very day she and Su Jianxue were framed and consummated their marriage.

A high-minded, proud and haughty Crown Princess

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A gentle, resilient prime minister's daughter with hidden depths

Reader's Guide:

* In her past life, there was a misunderstanding. The top only learned the truth after dying.

* In this life, 1v1, both pure in body and heart, with only each other.

* The top will pursue the bottom after a breakup.

(Blurb archived on Weibo on June 27, 2024)

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Theme: Love should be sincere.