After Marrying a Rugged Man of the Steppe

[A rugged prairie man vs. a beauty from Chang'an]

[Marriage first, love later + face-slapping fiction]

Ruan Yu's true background is revealed, and overnight she becomes a fake heiress.

Just as she's about to be sent off in a political marriage, she's forced to take Princess Hualun's place as the bride. The next day, she's already on the carriage.

After two months of a bumpy journey, the wedding is hastily arranged. On their wedding night, it seems the prairie man doesn't like her either.

Chang'an disapproves of this awkward marriage, and the other party may not be entering it willingly, either.

The young man before her has long, narrow black eyes and is filled with the sun-baked masculinity of the prairie.

"You're too delicate. The wolves here would tear you to pieces! Starting tomorrow, stay close to my elder sister and be respectful to my mother. I'm not interested in women from Chang'an."

*

Ruan Yu knows her position is awkward, but once married, she has no intention of turning back.

On the prairie, she raises silkworms and tends the fields with her own hands, bringing wheat seeds and tools with her.

Before long, everyone knows that the Fourth Khatun is clever, resourceful, kind, and beautiful.

Only if she lives well on the prairie can her mother and younger brother live well in Chang'an. She's quite satisfied with her life as it is.

It's just that man from the beginning...

She rather misses the days when they minded their own business and stayed out of each other's way.

Because she can't remember when it started, but wherever she goes, she feels someone watching her.

That gaze follows her like a shadow.

Sometimes when she wakes up, she finds red marks on her wrists and neck, as if she's been marked as someone's property...

Ruan Yu can take no more and slaps him. "You're the dignified Fourth Prince. Are you a dog or something?"

Chaolu looks at her. "Yes. I'm yours alone."

[Bonus scene]

A year ago, Chaolu had no interest in sleeping with her at all. "You're built like a rabbit, with barely any meat on your bones. You'd be better off learning to work and getting stronger."

A year later...

The man rushes into the bedroom, shouting, "Why can't we sleep together again? I've finished all the work!"

Ruan Yu raises her beautiful eyes and glances at him. "Why are you shouting? Keep making a racket and you won't be allowed back into the bedroom again."

The man's spirit instantly collapses.

"No, wife, I was wrong."

P.S.:

1. This story is entirely fictional. I don't know enough about Mongolian history, but I'll do my best to look things up. There will be plenty of fictional details.

2. The fake heiress plot takes place in the latter half and doesn't take up the whole story. The heroine's identity has a secret.

3. Friendly discussion is welcome. There's no need to tell me if you're dropping the story.

4. The cover and character cards were privately commissioned.

Coming soon: I Really Only Want to Be a Widow. Please add it to your library!!!

Beauty-tames-the-dog fiction]

The Liang and Lu families arrange a marriage, but on their wedding night, rebels suddenly storm the palace.

Rumor has it that the rebel leader is a terrifying butcher, yet after killing the emperor, he doesn't hurry to take over the palace.

Instead, he rides away, no one knows where.

Lu Xing opens her eyes in horror. He's here with me!

Her husband, who had only just shared the nuptial cup with her, is already dead. The rebel leader, his sword dripping with blood, walks toward her step by step.

"Never thought you'd see this day, did you?"

Lu Xing thinks it over. Yes, that's right: the new emperor before her is the brute she bullied when she was down on her luck.

What goes around comes around...

How exciting.

Six months after the new emperor takes the throne, the harem remains empty. The Empress Dowager and the ministers go from earnest pleading to suspicion and speculation.

Then one day, someone catches the Duke's wife and a scoundrel having an affair in a rock garden in the imperial park.

The scoundrel's clothes are disheveled, and the beauty's lipstick is completely smudged.

When the Empress Dowager arrives with her people and sees the scoundrel's face, she nearly faints.

The "scoundrel" coolly looks at everyone and warns them in an even voice, "I was the one who seduced her first."

On countless nights when everyone assumes the new emperor is tormenting Lu Xing,

the beauty lightly presses her jade feet down, her peach-blossom eyes shimmering.

The new emperor seems driven mad by it.

"A Xing, press harder."

Theme: A good life is earned through hard work.