A Zhu and the Wild Peach

When the eldest sister came home as a child, their mother said, "She's suffered so much. You all need to make allowances for her."

From then on, the finest flowers, the sweetest fruit, the prettiest brocade, hairpins, and jewelry all went to the eldest sister's room first.

A Zhu never fought for anything. She had her own Qingyu.

On the day of her hairpin ceremony, she waited as she'd hoped for Pei Qingyu to propose.

For decades after their wedding, they lived in perfect harmony as husband and wife.

But when he fell gravely ill and slipped into a coma, A Zhu heard Pei Qingyu mumbling a name in his delirium: his eldest sister's name.

A Shu.

*

Back at her fifteenth birthday hairpin ceremony.

Her mother had supposedly arranged the celebration for her, but in truth she wanted to have her and her eldest sister meet eligible matches.

Nearly every young heir from an influential family in the capital was there.

When A Zhu first met Jiang Tao, she thought he was like a mischievous monkey.

Later, she thought he was more like a bull who knew nothing but brute force.

Yet this rough, impulsive man who paid no heed to propriety shielded her from every storm for the rest of her life.

So this time, A Zhu made a new decision.

"I'll marry him."

*

A Zhu spent half her life giving way.

Giving way to her family, giving way to her eldest sister.

After she married Jiang Tao, he raised her all over again.

He also made sure she never had to live by reading anyone else's mood again.

P.S. A sweet, everyday romance. Marriage first, love later.

The male lead is the wild peach in the title.

Coming Soon: My Wife Is a Little Devil

[1]

Third Miss Wei was getting married, but her groom wasn't Young Master Chen, whom she'd clung to since childhood.

Instead, it was Second Young Master Cui, who had just passed the palace examination and earned the title of Third-Class Laureate.

Everyone in the capital knew she liked Chen Jing.

But Chen Jing liked her second sister.

Wei Zhizhi went to Cui Er in tears.

"You like my second sister, and I like Chen Jing. Let's get married first and make them furious!"

Cui Jue silently looked at the tear-streaked girl and agreed.

[2]

After the wedding.

Wei Zhizhi spent every day whispering schemes into Cui Er's ear.

"The Empress is holding a flower-viewing party today. I want to push my second sister into the water. Keep Chen Jing busy, and don't save her."

Cui Jue: "There are eunuchs and palace maids everywhere. Nothing will happen, and you won't get away unscathed either. You'll be beaten twenty times."

Then forget it.

"Chen Jing is handling this case. Interfere and frame him for embezzlement!"

Cui Jue: "...I'm a director at the Ministry of Justice. Do you want me demoted and exiled, then for you to follow me to the frontier and suffer too?"

No, no, she didn't.

"Then just hire someone to kidnap Chen Jing! Beat him half to death!"

Cui Jue sighed.

He wiped the grease from the roast chicken she'd just eaten off the corner of her lips.

"He's a military man, and I'm a civil official. If Zhizhi doesn't protect me, it's anyone's guess who'll beat up whom..."

Wei Zhizhi frowned.

"Cui Er, you're such a coward!"

Outside the house, the formidable and impartial Lord Cui of the Court of Judicial Review smiled and nodded.

"So I hope you won't despise me, my lady. You'll have to protect me forever..."

[3]

Cui Jue had been cold-hearted since childhood, with no affection for the world.

Some called him a smiling Buddha. Others said he was the true King of Hell.

Cui Jue never bothered to explain.

Until one day, someone really did try to hurt Wei Zhizhi.

That night, Lord Cui, famed for his impartiality, cornered the culprit.

One by one, he cut off the man's fingers.

Theme: Love yourself before you love someone else.