May She Always Be Happy

[Gloomy Ninth Imperial Uncle x Wealthy, Cheerful Lady]

Yi Changyue, who grew up on the border, returned to the capital to find a husband. Blessed by imperial favor and laden with wealth, she spent lavishly.

Her collateral relatives in the capital were dumbfounded. Her parents had guarded the frontier and earned great military honors, but no one had heard they'd struck a gold mine.

While out enjoying the flowers, Yi Changyue caught sight of a lakeside view she rarely got to see. Delighted, she bought a boat.

The boat happened to rescue a princess who had fallen into the water, earning her several large gold ingots in reward. She not only got her money back, but made a profit.

When her cousin became enamored with an opera performer and didn't have enough money to open a theater, Yi Changyue handed him a stack of banknotes. "Go ahead. Your little sister loves listening to opera too."

The two of them were prepared to throw their money away and lose it all, but the theater unexpectedly became a hit, packed with customers.

Everyone said the Yi family's young lady was a fairy who scattered wealth, and people flocked to her.

A peddler held up a broken wooden hairpin, weeping as he told a sob story and sang its praises, asking an outrageous price.

He was clearly a fraud. Yi Changyue paid anyway. Now she'd be the one losing out.

Unexpectedly, the ancient hairpin had a remarkable story behind it. Half a treasure map was hidden inside, and it even caught the attention of the esteemed Ninth Imperial Uncle.

Qin Fuzhi handed her the other half with a solemn expression. "You dig it up."

Qin Fuzhi was a posthumous son. By the time he was born, the emperor was his older brother, a man he had never met. From the time he could remember, his mad concubine mother abused him.

He caught smallpox at five, was sent as a hostage at seven, and contracted a plague at twelve. Later, he joined forces with his imperial nephew to help the boy ascend the throne, only to be struck by a deadly poison just before dawn.

The new emperor rewarded him for his achievements with a fiefdom so vast it exceeded the limits set by their ancestors. Yet less than three days later, news came that an earthquake had struck the region.

Qin Fuzhi had always been unlucky, but after meeting Yi Changyue, he began escaping disaster after disaster.

He stopped taking his medicine and recovered. When he heard the young woman was looking for a husband, he immediately brought his vast fiefdom and married into her family.

Everyone was in an uproar. The new emperor started to speak, then stopped. "Imperial Uncle..."

Qin Fuzhi raised an eyebrow. "Your Majesty, she's an only child." The implications were obvious.

The Yi family welcomed a forceful son-in-law, backed by an imperial decree and a fiefdom that could be passed down for three generations.

Yi Changyue became even wealthier. There was too much to spend, far too much.

Qin Fuzhi: "I won't touch you. We'll only share a room so I can sleep peacefully."

Yi Changyue believed him.

Later, he broke his promise. His body, steeped in the scent of medicine, wrapped around her forcefully.

(Not a frail male lead. He's a legendary poison-resistant king, who is highly skilled in martial arts even while taking medicine. He doesn't perform well at first.)

Theme: Treat others kindly.