After a Night of Passion With My Late Husband

A spirited young general 💛 a sickly beauty, gentle yet strong-willed The illustration event is now open. Follow the announcement for the upcoming novel, The Substitute Bride Pawn Hidden Away by the Powerful Minister~ [Blurb] In her second year of pretending to be General Shen’s widow for the sake of survival, Qu Yuan is framed and poisoned with a slow-acting aphrodisiac. She goes out to seek a cure, only to run into bandits. As she falls off a cliff, she grabs the best-looking one to break her fall. She survives the drop, but the poison chooses that moment to take effect. Overcome with heat, Qu Yuan pins the bandit beneath her. When he refuses, she threatens him with her identity as a general’s wife. It works: the hand pushing her away stops midair, and the man gives in with a cold expression. The young man is handsome, but hard-tempered. She coaxes and sweet-talks him, training him by hand for half a month. Once the poison has completely worn off, she leaves him a few taels of silver and makes her escape. He’s just a bandit. It was only a bit of fun, and besides, she did pay him. * Shen Guiyan became a general at a young age and won countless military honors. He had never been involved in romance. Then, one day, he faked his death and met a woman who claimed to be his wife. She was so convincing that he even thought his family had arranged a new marriage for him. She had been widowed for years and was poisoned, too, so he didn’t resist. He only hoped that once he returned to the capital, he could make up for everything he had owed her. Who could have guessed that half a month later, after his subordinate laid out every detail of Qu Yuan’s background, he would push open the door to confront her himself, only to discover she had already grown tired of him and left. * The general was not dead. He returned victorious from putting down a rebellion. On the day he came home, everyone praised Qu Yuan’s good fortune: after two years of widowhood, she had finally welcomed her husband back. Only Qu Yuan, staring at the familiar face, was too terrified to make a sound. She thought her true identity had been exposed, but he calmly took her hand and acknowledged her as his wife in front of everyone. Only when they were alone did he pin her to the bed like a madman, licking her earlobe with none of his former tenderness. “You took my body and deceived my heart. You’ve occupied the position of general’s wife for two years. How will you repay me for that, A Yuan?” ★ One-on-one romance, both leads are devoted only to each other. The male lead has no former love or unattainable first love. ★ The leads are both young and the same age, with no age gap. ★ The writing leans sweet, but this isn’t pure fluff. There’s a little bitterness and pain mixed in with the sweetness. ★ The heroine is an ordinary person doing her best to survive. She’s timid and suspicious, with plenty of flaws. Even when circumstances leave her no choice, she acts in a way she can live with, so please don’t judge her too harshly. Next up: The Substitute Bride Pawn Hidden Away by the Powerful Minister. A story about a pawn who becomes a wife, with a marriage-first, love-later romance and a groveling arc. A sweet little story in the same style as this one 💛 Please add it to your reading list! [Blurb] Princess Minghua is ambushed on the way to her political marriage, and not a trace of her remains. A peasant girl named A Qi is found by Chancellor Su Jin in a shabby alley because her face is almost identical to the princess’s. He promises her fine clothes and a life of luxury in exchange for impersonating the princess and marrying his enemy, the Second Prince. After a month of grueling etiquette lessons, she is stiff and nervous at every turn, and spends each night in fear of being exposed on her wedding day and executed for deceiving the emperor. But on the day of the wedding, as the red candles blaze and the veil is lifted, the man standing before her is no prince. He is the court’s powerful chancellor, a refined, restrained man who hides a ruthless heart. “The Second Prince has suddenly fallen gravely ill, so the wedding is off. By imperial decree, I will be your husband from now on.” * Su Jin and the Second Prince are bitter enemies who have fought for years. The princess’s death presents him with the perfect opportunity to put his plans into motion. The peasant girl he deliberately chose looks exactly like the princess. She has a lowly background and no one to rely on, making her the perfect pawn. His original plan was to marry her into his enemy’s household, kill her later, and frame the Second Prince, killing two birds with one stone and clearing away a political rival. He had planned for every eventuality, only to lose to fate. The Second Prince suddenly fell gravely ill, and the imperial decree was changed at the last minute. The pawn he had meant to use in his schemes had, through an unforeseen twist, become his lawful wife. * When Su Jin first meets A Qi, he finds her rustic, discourteous, and crude, and thinks she’s unfit for refined society. After they marry, she keeps making mistakes, driving him to despair. He hates her, but can neither kill nor scold her. All he can do is clean up her messes again and again, shielding her from trouble and keeping her safe. He had only meant to maintain a respectable front, use her, and then walk away. But when the Second Prince recovers and insists on taking back this “princess,” The always-cool, self-possessed chancellor, a man who had always been in control, loses his composure for the first time. He had spent half his life plotting and scheming across the realm, only to fall for the country girl he looked down on most. Cover image rights purchased. Lettering by Youyu. Theme: Family, country, and the world all matter, but the people’s happiness comes first.