[Leave notice: Taking February 3 off for one day. Updates resume tomorrow. Sorry, I've had things to do away from home lately and can only write on my phone. I'm really not used to it... kneels, orz]
Shen Yu married into the Zhang family three years ago. She worked diligently without complaint and kept the household in perfect order. Anyone who saw her praised her as a virtuous wife.
Then the country fell apart and a new dynasty took over. To secure a good future under the new regime, the Zhang family decided to send their daughter-in-law to the new dynasty's Duke Who Guards the State as a concubine.
They said the Duke Who Guards the State had once deeply loved a woman who died young. He had never forgotten her and still kept her portrait. The woman in the painting looked remarkably like Shen Yu.
The Zhang family pleaded with tears in their voices that they had no choice. Shen Yu tearfully bid them farewell, promising she would never forget the affection she had shared with her husband.
Her husband, who had supposedly gone away and knew nothing about any of this, was actually hiding next door, peeking through a crack in the door. He never once tried to stop them.
When Wei Yuan was young, he admired a woman who was graceful, brilliant, and peerless. But when he met her again, she was docile at his feet, virtuous and gentle, no different from any ordinary married woman.
He didn't know whether his memory had failed him or the years had worn her down, but it seemed that the affection they'd once shared was gone for good.
Until one day, he saw his wife walking with Prince Chu, the man rumored to be the leading candidate for crown prince. Her eyes shone like spring waters, and her brows and eyes brimmed with tenderness.
The more Wei Yuan thought about it, the more suspicious he became. He staged a test, pretending he planned to give her to Prince Chu as a concubine.
He pleaded with tears in his voice that he had no choice. Shen Yu tearfully agreed, saying she would never forget the affection she had shared with him.
Watching this woman who seemed "so deeply devoted and reluctant to part with him," Wei Yuan ground his teeth. "I was wrong. You're still you."
The whole court noticed something strange. For some reason, the Duke Who Guards the State, who used to lie flat and ignore court affairs, had suddenly become diligent. He worked harder than anyone, a model for every civil and military official.
Perplexed, everyone asked him why. Wei Yuan didn't answer aloud, but thought to himself: How can I not work hard? If I don't, my wife will climb a higher branch and leave me behind.
Reading Guide:
1. The heroine has had relationships before, but the hero hasn't. Please consider this before reading.
2. Both the hero and heroine have flaws in their personalities and psyches. They are not perfect characters.
3. The setting is fictional and especially loosely based on history. Please don't nitpick or compare rankings.
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2024.9.23
Coming soon: How Is My Husband Still Not Dead?
The year she came of age, Third Miss Xu fell seriously ill. Since then she had been confined to her sickbed, looking as if she could breathe her last at any moment.
No one wanted to marry a woman like that, so even after turning eighteen, Third Miss Xu remained unmarried.
The second young master of the Yongning Marquis household had been frail and sickly since childhood. Only the physician the marquis had brought from the southern border had kept him alive long enough to reach adulthood.
As Second Young Master Qin's health worsened and he seemed close to death, his family decided to arrange a "wedding to bring him good fortune."
The marquis's family wouldn't consider anyone of too low a station, while families of too high a station wouldn't marry their daughters to such a sickly man. After looking around, they finally chose the Xu family.
The two families hit it off at once and decided that Third Miss Xu and Second Young Master Qin should marry. Whether the wedding brought good fortune or not no longer mattered. It would be nice for them to have company on the road to the underworld.
The "frail" Xu Ying was pleased to hear that Second Young Master Qin had at most six months to live.
Once Qin Er died, she'd be a widow. She wouldn't have to remain trapped in the Xu household, and she wouldn't need to worry about anyone discovering her secret.
But she waited and waited. Six months passed, then a year. Why was her husband, who had only one breath left, still alive? Wasn't he taking an awfully long time to breathe his last?
Meanwhile, the "frail and sickly" Qin Xuan was also waiting for Third Miss Xu, who supposedly didn't have long to live, to die. But spring flowers bloomed and faded, and bloomed again. Why was his wife, who supposedly had only a few months left, still perfectly fine? Wasn't she taking an awfully long time to breathe her last?
Theme: Stay strong and never give up
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Forced Marriage, Then Falling in Love
Lurking
Killing the Holidays
The Pearl in My Palm
Why Hasn't My Husband Died Yet?
Leave Me Alone, Ex-Husband
I Changed Grooms on My Wedding Day
Deathly Murder Mystery
After Being Reborn Again and Again, the Male Lead Broke Down
I Rule the Cultivation World with Memes
A Prodigal Son's Redemption? What Does That Have to Do with Me?
Compared with Jun You Ji Fu, I think the current one is better.
When will I feel like there is progress in my love line?
The male protagonist really has no sense of existence and has basically been reduced to a tool to promote the plot.
So far, the character and character of the heroine are normal. Otherwise, as an orphan with property, she would be eaten to pieces in any era, and no one would take the initiative to fight for her. She killed two people with her own hands, one was her own cousin and the other was a brother from her ex-husband's family. She spared no effort to kill the heroine. Even in modern times, if the heroine had a weaker character, she would definitely suffer the consequences. It is in the interest of most people to minimize big problems and bully the weak. Who cares about justice for the weak. Among the male protagonists in these ancient stories, only Fu Yiming is more likable, and the others are a bit hard to describe. Fortunately, the female protagonist is a realist. If self-esteem is sensitive, these two people must be resentful couples. Then about the heroine's stepmother, there are some plots that I can't figure out. According to the article, the heroine's father is an unpopular bastard and has a bad relationship with the old lady. He is a 30-year-old who has become a fourth-rank official. He must not be stupid and sweet, and his officialdom methods are only It is more private than the inner house. How can it be so easy for Chinese medicine to make people crawl into bed? Even if it is for the sake of heirs, will it be easy to accept a niece who is at odds with his aunt's mother? It is obvious that the other party has bad intentions. Isn't he worried that such a stepmother will torture his first wife's children? He also said that he loved his first wife and daughter very much, but there were many things that didn't make sense.
So pretty!! Keep up the good work👏waiting for your continued updates 😍
The heroine's father is really disgusting. He keeps saying that the heroine is true love, but he insists on leaving a scoundrel to fight for the family property with the heroine, right? There is nothing he can do about it because he is pregnant. If he dies, he will leave a stepmother for the heroine to make trouble for.
Hello I like this story very much. I haven't updated it in a long time... I'm here to knock the bowl! Please update 🙏
Dear, I am waiting for your update🙏🙏🙏Please check back multiple times a day to confirm🙏🙏🙏
Hahahahaha, the clean and collected male protagonist was misunderstood as a good man.
Hahahahaha I finally asked this question. The male protagonist is probably going to be pissed to death because he laughed so hard.