My Ghost-Marriage Husband Returned from the Battlefield

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The Duke of Zhenguo's household needed to arrange a marriage for the heir, who had died on the battlefield. The Duchess disregarded her dignity and begged the emperor for an imperial marriage decree, insisting on bringing Ning Qing, who had become a Buddhist lay practitioner, into the family.

Marrying into the family meant becoming a widow, and the entire capital waited to laugh at Ning Qing.

Yet Ning Qing willingly climbed into the bridal sedan.

She thought, Lu Changye can be my dead husband. I'm marrying into the Duke of Zhenguo's household to become a widow!

After the wedding, Ning Qing was dutiful to the grandmother at the Duke's residence and looked after her nephew. She managed the household by day and remembered to burn prayers for her husband's rebirth at night, hoping he would reach paradise soon.

She never expected that three months later, her husband, who had supposedly died in battle, would return!

Ning Qing panicked. She did not want to become a real wife to a man she had never met. So she wrote a divorce agreement herself, packed her bags, and prepared to head south.

Before long, Lu Changye finally found the residence where she was staying and secretly laid a thorough trap.

Under the hazy moonlight of Jiangnan, the man who had enjoyed boundless glory in the capital now looked haggard, his eyes bloodshot from lack of sleep. He protested, "My lady, I recognize only you as my wife. We have gone through all the proper wedding rites."

Note:

Marriage first, love later. A sweet everyday romance.

[The scheming, loyal Duke VS the beautiful, cool-headed heroine]

Coming soon: The Little Gentlewoman's Laid-Back Life

Shen Yunying had a face like a lotus, a voluptuous figure, and all the makings of a great beauty.

Though her grandfather was a Grand Preceptor, her father had died young, and she and her mother were like two invisible people in the Grand Preceptor's household.

Fortunately, her mother had a generous dowry and an easygoing nature. Shen Yunying was raised to lead a lazy life, never letting anything trouble her and taking a thoroughly laid-back approach to everything. Her widowed mother thought this was for the best: enjoying life was what mattered. A woman shouldn't take men too seriously.

Before Shen Yunying came of age, her mother had already chosen a nephew from her own family to be her son-in-law.

But people make plans, and heaven laughs. Yan Peifeng, the capital's most eligible bachelor, was going to marry!

Yan Peifeng was the emperor's nephew. His marriage had been delayed while he observed the mourning period. Now the empress was hosting a flower-viewing banquet and inviting all the noble young women of the capital to the palace.

Shen Yunying was forced to attend just to make up the numbers. Who knew she would somehow be chosen for an imperial marriage decree!

After a brief moment of surprise, Shen Yunying accepted it.

Marrying Yan Peifeng meant she wouldn't have to serve her parents-in-law or other elders, and wouldn't have to deal with concubines or maids in his household. She could still live a comfortable life.

Yan Peifeng was a refined gentleman who devoted himself to government affairs. He came to the inner residence punctually on the first and fifteenth of each month. Shen Yunying enjoyed her life as a little gentlewoman of the capital and occasionally visited her mother at the Grand Preceptor's residence.

But one day, the mild-mannered Yan Peifeng suddenly changed. He started coming to their bedroom every day, and it wore Shen Yunying out! After fretting for a long time, she finally got a stroke of luck: Yan Peifeng was leaving the capital to take up a local post.

Shen Yunying had a brilliant idea. She announced that she was pregnant and couldn't travel!

But she was carried onto the carriage against her will. Yan Peifeng patiently coaxed her: "The scenery at West Lake is lovely. Didn't you always want to take your mother-in-law there? I can speak to the Grand Preceptor's household for you, all right? And I'll handle everything in the inner residence, so you won't have to worry about it."

Shen Yunying's beautiful eyes widened slightly. Well, that would work.

And so Yan Peifeng's reputation as a doting husband spread far and wide, earning everyone's envy.

Yan Peifeng was full of ambition, but after observing mourning for five years, he still couldn't enter government service. Once the mourning period was finally over, his imperial uncle ordered him to marry first.

Yan Peifeng watched the chattering women with a cold expression and casually picked the quietest one, Shen Yunying. All he needed was for his inner residence to be quiet, sensible, and free of fuss.

Shen Yunying was perfectly suited to the role. Although she admired him a little too much, Yan Peifeng didn't mind.

Until one day, he saw his usually sensible and sweet-tempered wife fussing over a handsome young man just as she did over him, her smile radiant and her eyes full of affection. Yan Peifeng silently snapped the wolf-hair brush in his hand.

#The aloof beauty falls for her own scheme

#The refined gentleman fights to claim her

Note:

Marriage first, love later. Light domestic intrigue and sweet everyday romance.

Theme: Sincerity is the ultimate weapon.