The Delicate Male Lead Ran Away While Pregnant (Matriarchy)

Female-Dotingly-Male / The Male Lead Is Truly a Delicate Little Darling / Male Pregnancy / Runaway While Pregnant Fiction

Xue Baodai fell in love with Li Zhen at first sight.

He was born into the Duke of An's household. His mother was a first-rank duchess, and his father was the adopted son of the Grand Dowager. His family had the finest pedigree in the capital, while the Li family was merely a fifth-rank official's household. Even though Li Zhen did not like him, he still relied on his family background to marry into her family as he had wished.

He knew he had forced this marriage, so even though Li Zhen often bullied him after they wed, he still did his best to honor his elders, manage the household, and attend to his wife, hoping that one day she would come to like him.

But one day, he accidentally learned that Li Zhen had once had a childhood sweetheart she loved.

In just two years, Li Zhen rose to become a trusted confidante of the emperor, and the Li family's fortunes soared. By contrast, the Duke of An's household gradually declined, no longer what it had been. Just then, Xue Baodai also received news that Li Zhen's childhood sweetheart was coming back.

Knowing that he had taken someone else's place and that his wife did not love him, after Li Zhen bullied him mercilessly once again, he finally resolved to let go and seek a divorce.

Back then, Xue Baodai had pressured his mother and forced his own way in order to marry into the Li family. Li Zhen had therefore resisted the marriage fiercely. Even after marrying him, she had no intention of touching him, and meant only to maintain the appearance of a married couple. But on their wedding night, when she lifted his red veil without much tenderness and saw his sparkling eyes, she abandoned that idea.

Well, since he had married her, she might as well treat him well. It was just that Xue Baodai was more delicate than any noble young master she had ever met. Even the slightest bump made his eyes turn red, and if she kissed him for a little too long, he would start crying. Every time, she had to coax him for ages.

Even her friends teased her. "Your husband needs silver charcoal in winter and a gold-thread quilt in summer. He's so delicate, have you raised yourself an ancestor? Do you even have enough money to keep the household going?"

She took a sip of tea and said calmly, "It's good for him to be a little delicate."

Later, she rose to the highest rank in the government and was busy with official duties. Her younger male cousin also returned to the capital and asked her to oversee his marriage. But after she had missed dinner with Xue Baodai for just two days, who could have guessed that he would insist on a divorce? In the end, he even left a divorce agreement and ran away.

Xue Baodai ran off with little money on him, unable to buy the pastries he liked. By the time Li Zhen found him, he had lost a great deal of weight, but his belly had grown round. Li Zhen was both worried and angry. She gripped his wrist and asked in a low voice,

"Why do you want to divorce me? Why did you run away while pregnant?"

Xue Baodai felt that Li Zhen was even fiercer than before. He said aggrievedly, "I'm not the one you love..."

Li Zhen was so angry she almost laughed. If she did not love him, why would she indulge him at every turn and, pitying his youth, hold herself back in every possible way?

[Reading Guide]

★ 1v1, both leads are pure, female doting on male. Not recommended for readers with extreme preferences.

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The Little Lord Consort (Female-Dominant Society)

Xi Ya was born into the imperial clan, and was the most beautiful person in his family. His elders all said that with a face as lovely as his, he was destined to enter the palace and serve a noblewoman one day.

When he was sixteen, a young nobleman who envied him pushed him into the water at a banquet. But the expected chill never touched him. A pair of warm hands caught him securely at the last moment.

A faint scent of dragon's breath incense reached his nose. He lifted his eyes, and a vast expanse of imperial yellow came into view.

The emperor had saved him.

It was the first time Xi Ya had seen the imperial face. Later, he realized he seemed to have fallen for this supreme ruler, lofty as the moon in a lonely sky.

But the emperor always treated him as a junior. Word also spread through the palace that the emperor intended to personally arrange a marriage between him and the Crown Princess.

Li Wei ascended the throne at eight years old and had already sat upon it for more than twenty years.

She ruled with an iron fist. Her officials feared her, while the common people praised her as an enlightened ruler.

The imperial harem had been empty for many years. To secure the succession, she adopted a girl from the imperial clan and appointed her Crown Princess.

She had thought she would never experience love in this lifetime. Who could have imagined that one day, a young man would come to her through the night, stumbling drunkenly into her arms and confessing his love?

"Your Majesty, I like you..."

As she caressed his beautiful face, Li Wei suddenly realized that she, too, had desires.

At that moment, she wanted Xi Ya. She wanted this obedient young man to remain by her side.

The Crown Princess did not understand. Xi Ya would become her Crown Princess Consort sooner or later. She had drugged his tea only because she wanted to settle their marriage sooner and gain the support of the Xi family.

But her imperial mother ordered the Imperial Guard to imprison her in the ancestral temple and even planned to strip her of her position as Crown Princess.

Only when she saw Xi Ya sitting in her imperial mother's arms, acting coy, did she realize that the usually cold emperor was doting on him with all her heart...

[Reading Guide]

1. Male pregnancy, female doting on male. The male and female leads are twelve years apart. In this fictional setting, men of the imperial clan are highly fertile.

2. Both leads are pure, 1v1, no pairing changes or reversals. Fundamentally, this is a fluffy, indulgent romance with no angst.

Theme: The day will come when we ride the wind and break the waves, raising our cloud-sailing sails to cross the vast sea.