For the Grand Princess’s Favor

Xue Yannong's husband died, and she was heartbroken.

Just then, her husband's half-brother, Wen Zhusheng, appeared before her. He looked seven parts like her husband.

He was also docile and obedient, and appealed to her more than his proud and arrogant elder brother ever had.

So she chose him as her consort.

But just as they were making their engagement official, her former husband returned.

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Princess Xue Yannong was deeply favored by the emperor, and had grown up willful, domineering, and arrogant.

She and the emperor were full siblings, and he doted on her more than on his own children. When she came of age, His Majesty gave her Wen Zhijie, the heir to the Duke of Wei and the most renowned young man in the capital, as her consort.

Wen Zhijie was unhappy about it. After they married, he remained cold and distant, secretly falling for one of the maids.

Later, he was attacked and lost his memory, ending up among the common people. He suffered terribly before finally recovering his memories. But when he returned home, he discovered that everything that had belonged to him had gone to his once insignificant half-brother.

His half-brother had risen to prominence and secured his position as heir. Even their parents were powerless to change things. If Wen Zhijie wanted to get back what was his, he had no choice but to ask the princess for help.

He had none of his former pride left. He bowed at the princess's feet, offering her his body and soul, lowering himself into the dirt in the hope of winning her pity.

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Wen Zhusheng's mother was a Hu courtesan whom the Duke of Wei had taken to bed while drunk. He was born with a pair of dark green eyes, which the duke disliked, so he was cast aside in the back courtyard and treated as if he did not exist.

Until he met the princess. The noblewoman, high above him, said his eyes were beautiful, like gemstones. She took him out of the back courtyard, had him cleaned up, and kept him by her side.

He knew that to the princess, he was only a pet who pleased her. Still, he couldn't help indulging in impossible hopes.

He loved her capriciousness and her arrogance. He loved her like a blazing fire, and wished he could turn himself into firewood so she could burn even more freely.

At last, through his efforts, the princess's gaze fell on him.

He had won the most precious treasure in the world.

But just then, his dead elder brother returned.

PS: Female lead is not a virgin, male lead is; she trains him like a dog, then casts him aside; villainous woman and devoted dog; brothers competing for her.

The former husband was attacked by the female lead. Everything he suffered was her doing. She only wanted to teach the scumbag a lesson, and he was trained into a humble puppy, but she didn't want him anymore.

Because she had found someone better.

Theme: Don't change yourself to suit other people's likes and dislikes