After My Engagement Was Broken Off

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Everyone says the Marquis of Wu'an's household values loyalty and gratitude. The young marquis is going to marry a poor physician's daughter to repay a debt of gratitude, even breaking off his engagement to a noblewoman from a distinguished family.

Someone even wrote a play about it, and it was quite moving.

Jiang Yuchu went to see it too, and was moved to tears. Oh, if only that noblewoman weren't me!

Minister Jiang was so worried he lost several more hairs. The Marquis of Wu'an's household had broken off the engagement, damaging his daughter's reputation, and she'd even gone to watch the spectacle. Now the whole capital knew she was heartbroken!

To salvage some dignity, Minister Jiang took his household servants to the examination grounds to snatch a husband, determined to bring home a promising young man.

He had his eye on the top scorer, while his wife favored the third-place finisher. Just as they were arguing over whom to grab, a servant rushed in with an urgent report: "Lord Xue has come to propose!"

Minister Jiang nearly fell out of the carriage in shock. "Which Lord Xue?"

Xue Heng was strikingly handsome, cool and composed. Born into a humble family, he had risen through his own efforts to become the most powerful minister at court.

He was someone countless officials could only dream of currying favor with, and the ideal husband every noblewoman was vying to marry!

Why would he choose a woman whose engagement had been broken off?

Jiang Yuchu had asked him why, too.

The powerful minister, rumored to be cool and composed, glanced down at her. "You're beautiful, and your family is well-connected."

Jiang Yuchu: ...

So he wanted both her beauty and her family's power, but didn't care about his reputation. No wonder he was a powerful minister!

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One day, much later, the young marquis of the Marquis of Wu'an's household suddenly showed up at her door and said, "Xue Heng tricked you. He doesn't like you at all. He only deliberately got people to split us up because he coveted your beauty. You're the one who saved..."

He went on about how he "couldn't forget her," how he "didn't mind marrying a woman who'd been married before," and how his "betrothal gifts would be no less than before," but Jiang Yuchu barely heard a word.

She was only worried about one thing: How could a powerful minister be so overcome with lust? What if other people found out?!

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The Beautiful Fool, But Elegant

On the way to a political marriage, Tao Xi bumps her head and loses her memory.

Her attendant tells her she's the most beautiful woman in the capital, which is why she was chosen for the marriage.

The bad news: to be the capital's most beautiful woman, one needs talent, virtue, and beauty. Now she only has the beauty, while her mind is blank and she's forgotten every skill, from music and chess to calligraphy and painting.

The good news: she discovers she can rewind time. If she messes up, she can try again.

So... keeping her title as the capital's most beautiful woman shouldn't be hard, right?

They say the capital's most beautiful woman is stunning, graceful, and skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. The people of Han eagerly await her arrival, hoping that once the tyrant Xiao Wujin becomes obsessed with her beauty, he'll behead fewer people.

But the moment the capital's most beautiful woman reaches the palace hall, she trips on the steps and lands flat on her face, letting out a loud, "Ow!"

Xiao Wujin: That's it? The capital's most beautiful woman?

Xiao Wujin raises a hand to have her dragged out, but suddenly everything blurs before his eyes.

The next second, Tao Xi is standing perfectly composed at the entrance, stepping elegantly over the threshold. In a sweet, gentle voice, she says, "May Your Majesty enjoy peace and good health."

Xiao Wujin: ?

From that day on, the brutal, warmongering tyrant feared by everyone feels like his whole world has fallen apart.

Xiao Wujin gives his subordinates orders like this: "Go release the Imperial Preceptor, now, now, now..."

His daily life goes like this: he tries to drink his medicine, but ends up picking up the bowl eighteen times; it takes him twenty-seven tries to get dressed and go to court; climbing the nine steps in front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple feels like scaling a mountain...

Xiao Wujin is so furious he wants to kill someone, but he watches helplessly as guards come in to drag people away again and again, and no one's head ever hits the floor.

She must be a demoness sent by the capital to destroy him!

The demoness Xiao Wujin imagines: She uses divine magic to rewind time over and over, uncovering secrets to pass on to spies from the capital...

But after watching her...

Tao Xi: "I didn't sound sweet enough just now. Again."

Tao Xi: "The tyrant saw me cross my legs? That won't do."

Tao Xi: "I'm hungry right after the banquet. Let's eat it all again! I came up with such a brilliant idea. I'm amazing!"

Xiao Wujin: ...Enough!

A beautiful fool who thinks she's incredibly clever x a tyrant whose whole world is gradually falling apart

Theme: When three people walk together, one of them is sure to be my teacher