Has the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Faced a Love Triangle Today?

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[The female lead does not reform] [The male lead gets face-slapped and falls hard] [Rivalry among men, a dramatic battlefield]

Shen Nianzhi was notorious in the capital for being spoiled and domineering.

After falling into the water, she awakened to the plot and learned that she was the universally despised villainess in a storybook.

In the story, she fought with her half-sister over the male lead, repeatedly framing her, and ultimately had her throat cut with a single sword stroke and was left dead in the wilderness.

Shen Nianzhi scoffed at the plot, but she had no intention of reforming herself, either.

She planned to live up to her villainous reputation, continue doing as she pleased, and simply stay away from the original male lead.

She lived a carefree and indulgent life, ordering a few male escorts to drink and play music whenever she felt like it.

There was only one person who constantly opposed her: Gu Xingyuan, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, who drove her absolutely mad.

He was like a ghost, cutting off all her romantic prospects and saying that even a dog wouldn't marry a woman like her.

But who could have guessed that on her wedding day, the man would intercept her bridal sedan?

"If no dog will marry you, then I'll do it."

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Gu Xingyuan was born into a noble family and was full of youthful confidence.

Transferred back to the capital to serve as acting Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, he was upright and incorruptible, and kept his distance from women.

He first met Shen Nianzhi in court while hearing the case against her for forcibly taking a respectable man.

He loathed her flippant speech and wanton behavior, and was even more annoyed by how she abused her power and did whatever she pleased.

He thought they would never cross paths again, but then his close friend, a man as refined as a magnolia and jade, fell in love with her.

Afraid his friend was being deceived, he interfered at every turn, trying to prevent their doomed romance.

Gu Xingyuan realized that he had become obsessed, too.

He had clearly meant to keep an eye on her, yet shielded her with his own body when assassins surrounded her.

He had clearly meant to persuade his friend to stay away, yet quietly started stealing her away himself.

When Shen Nianzhi's father learned that she was pregnant and searched everywhere for the culprit,

Gu Xingyuan stepped forward. "I'm sorry. That scoundrel is me."

[Reader's Guide]

1. The female lead awakens in Chapter 3.

2. The male lead and the second male lead are longtime friends turned romantic rivals, creating a battlefield of competing suitors.

3. The male lead is deeply prejudiced at first, then chases his wife through the crematorium later.

Upcoming story: The Delusion

Jiang Ci had been cherished since childhood and was the envy of everyone, a heaven-blessed young woman.

She also had a refined childhood friend, and the two were about to become engaged.

But on the eve of the city falling, her father offered her to Ji Yang, the son of an old enemy, under the pretext of a political marriage.

When Jiang Ci first arrived in Fengdu, a military strategist said, "A beauty can bring a country to ruin," and Ji Yang nearly cut her down.

Her surname alone reminded him of an old humiliation.

On the day she put on her wedding dress, before her veil had even been lifted, a sword was already at her throat.

"This marriage is only a delaying tactic. There's no need to put on an act."

Jiang Ci swallowed her grievance, knowing the pain he had suffered in the past, and indulged him in every way.

One night, Ji Yang took all the things her father had sent from Liangzhou and burned them, ignoring her attempts to stop him.

"This is what your Jiang family owes me!"

"Compared with what your family did to me, you should count yourself lucky to suffer only this!"

Later, she never could have dreamed that the man who despised her and avoided her at every turn would gradually lose his composure.

Ji Yang was peerlessly handsome. During three years as a hostage in Liangzhou, he endured humiliation and suffering.

On the day he narrowly escaped death and returned to Fengdu, he saw his father's funeral procession.

From a radiant young man, he became the Eastern Commandery's Grand Governor, a man whose name terrified everyone.

He swept across north and south, commanding four provinces.

He swore to use the heads of those who had bullied and humiliated him in a sacrifice, including Jiang Ci's.

When he saw her smiling and chatting with others, warm-eyed toward everyone but as cold as still water whenever she looked at him,

the more indifferent she seemed, the more restless his heart became.

After Ji Yang returned from a campaign, Jiang Ci was nowhere to be found.

He said coldly to his mother, "I divorced her long ago. She can go wherever she likes."

But then his mother told him the truth, word by word:

"You escaped because her father risked his life to save you back then. The Jiang family never wronged you."

He thought Jiang Ci would eventually return to his side, until he saw the all-powerful ruler of Hanbei bend down to pick up her fan from the ground. Ji Yang felt as if his bones had been pulled out.

He appeared before Jiang Ci and told her to come back with him. She smiled. "Go where? We have nothing to do with each other anymore."

[Reader's Guide]

1. The old feud is based on a misunderstanding held by the male lead alone.

2. Intense romance / marriage before love / a beautiful, powerful but tragic male lead? Chasing his wife through the crematorium, getting face-slapped and falling hard / a battlefield of competing suitors

Theme: Living happily is what makes life happy.