[Good-Natured, Frail, Fallen Princess vs. Tsundere Fake Playboy with a Poisonous Tongue]
[He may be younger, but he won't call her Sis. He begs her to be understanding of him in every way...]
After the late empress passed away, the emperor was plunged into such grief that whenever he saw his daughter, whose appearance resembled the late empress's by six-tenths, he couldn't help being reminded of his lost love. As time went on, he began avoiding her altogether.
Eventually, on the pretext that she suffered from an eye disease and needed to recuperate, he sent six-year-old Yun Qing alone to Jiangnan.
Only after the new emperor ascended the throne, seeking to stabilize the court and curb foreign ambitions, did he issue an edict several months ago summoning Yun Qing back. He granted her the title Sui Feng and ordered her to return to the palace to await marriage to the third prince of the Yan Chi Dynasty.
On her wedding day, the princess's bridal carriage arrived in Yan Chi City, only to be openly blocked by a young man in front of a crowd.
The young man sat high atop a fine horse, looking carefree and insolent. He peered into the carriage and sized Yun Qing up before suddenly sneering, "She's blind?"
Yun Qing: "..."
The young man gave her a half-smile, his words full of hostility and humiliation: "Since the princess has come all this way to marry into Yan Chi as a gesture of goodwill between our two countries, it is only right that every citizen of Yan Chi gets to see this generous gift for themselves."
"Please step down from your carriage and come into the residence."
Who could have guessed that this one walk would turn the pair into a laughingstock in both countries after their marriage, thanks to their utter lack of harmony!
Pretending to be blind was tiring enough. Now she had married such a troublesome husband, who was forever getting himself thrown in jail. Before long, she became a regular there too.
"Madam! The prince has been framed for harming the common people!"
Yun Qing immediately waved a hand, opened the granaries, and handed out porridge to relieve the disaster: "Get him out!"
Wan Jue: "I'm the third prince of Yan Chi. Do I really need you to go to all this trouble?"
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"Madam! The prince got into a fight with Prince Yin!"
Yun Qing put down her chopsticks, grabbed the heir who was drinking and carousing with women in his arms, and tossed him in front of Prince Yin's residence: "Get him out!"
Wan Jue: "Sorry to trouble you..."
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"Madam! The prince..."
Yun Qing pulled the covers over her head.
Her maid understood. This time, she only had to ask for the money to bail him out. She didn't even need to say much.
Wan Jue cautiously came to sit beside her bed. "Madam, I was wrong!"
Yun Qing found him noisy, turned her back, and ignored him.
Wan Jue's eyes grew hot. Fighting back tears, he reached out with a trembling hand and gently tugged at the corner of her blanket. "Madam..."
Yun Qing: "Quiet."
After a long silence, just as the woman in bed was drifting off, she heard the man beside her consoling himself aggrievedly: "It's fine. It's your child, after all. I can just raise him as my own."
"..." Yun Qing was wide awake now!
Reading Guide:
An alternate world, with many original settings.
The woman is three years older than the man. Both leads have only ever been with each other. The male lead says one thing but means another, and has to win his wife back after mistreating her.
The "delicate" in the title refers to physical frailty and weakness.
Blurb saved on 2024.10.6, screenshot taken.
Theme: Keep a low profile and build up strength before making a breakthrough.
