[A powerful official who meets his cousin's standards x A widow living with her cousin]
[Three years ago: A poor young man x A county magistrate's daughter. Three years later: A powerful official x A widow, secretly in love]
Xu Rou is the county magistrate's daughter, raised in luxury and always looking radiant, while her classmate Du Yanli has no known father and comes from a poor family.
The two had nothing to do with each other until one morning, during early lessons, their classmates forced Du Yanli to empty his book bag in front of everyone. Xu Rou's undergarment fell out.
As a result, the Du and Xu families were forced to arrange an absurd marriage.
In a young lady's room, the plainly dressed boy awkwardly explained, "I don't have your undergarment."
Xu Rou smiled and comforted him. "Classmate Du, don't be afraid. I know you were framed. You can be my husband and live at the county magistrate's residence from now on."
Later, the engagement was called off.
On the day Du Yanli left the county town, Xu Rou climbed into a bridal sedan and became someone else's wife.
For three years, she and her husband treated each other with respect and lived happily as a couple.
Three years later, Xu Rou became a widow with no hope of remarrying. Her family was destitute, her husband had died, and she was forced to bring her whole family to the imperial capital to seek refuge with relatives.
Later, at her cousin's coming-of-age ceremony, Xu Rou helped her look over the potential suitors. Following her cousin's gaze, she saw a hall full of distinguished guests. The groom-to-be sat higher than everyone else. When Xu Rou recognized him, her heart skipped a beat, and she fled in panic.
Du Yanli?!
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Du Yanli had never been a poor young man.
After passing the imperial examinations, he worked like mad to advance his career. Not long after being acknowledged by the marquis's family, he rose to the highest ranks of the court.
When it came time to marry, he married only the most distinguished young lady in the imperial capital, someone who could enhance his reputation.
Everyone said his standards were impossibly high. But one night, when the most distinguished young lady in the capital hosted another banquet, the emperor's close confidant secretly met with her cousin from the county town in the darkest corner, hiding from everyone.
He leaned against Xu Rou's shoulder and asked unwillingly, "Why do you say this has to be the last time? Is it because of your husband, or your husband?"
Xu Rou answered with a tremble, "Actually, my husband has passed away. I don't have a husband. You're a powerful official. Continuing this will only damage your reputation, so let's cut our losses while we can."
Stealing another man's wife would be beneath him, and a powerful official lowering himself to a widow would be even worse, making him a laughingstock among the court officials.
But watching Xu Rou distance herself from him time and again, growing farther away, Du Yanli could no longer hold back.
He'd gone mad three years ago.
Theme: Take life as it comes, but never stop clinging to each other
I think it's okay, but the male protagonist in Xiongjing is so bad. He's the kind that makes enemies laugh when they see him. It's so embarrassing. If the male protagonist knew that the man wanted to take her as a concubine, it would be a very embarrassing thing. I don't want to see him and what happened to him. I also feel that the female protagonist always has low self-esteem. Now, it's not very comfortable to watch.
Hmm... I read this article in Xiao H book a long time ago and saved it. Because the copy setting is very interesting, I check it almost every once in a while to see if it has been updated. The author's large copy is also constantly changing. I accidentally read the update today and I am very excited. However, I personally feel that the current copy is not as powerful as the previous editions. Suddenly I don't want to click on it. But after thinking about it, I decided to get fatter and watch it again 😭 😭 😭
I won't watch it again, I'm speechless.
... It's unbelievable that this kind of character is actually a male protagonist.
The progress is too slow, the male protagonist still doesn't know the female protagonist's situation, it feels a bit fake
The heroine of Shenjin Bar, I believe she got it, if she refuses it, she refuses it, so she has to give it away? Throw it on the ground and don't care if he takes it or not.
I don't quite understand the purpose of the male protagonist's behavior. Is he trying to get the female protagonist to fall into his arms?
It's very well written. Come on, the author, write more about the pull between the two of them. It's so tense. Come on⛽
Not bad, come on, Shura Field is very good
""Master Du! "Xu Rou immediately..." Catch a big bug for the author ~ It should be Xue'er's parents, right?