How to Marry the Grand Secretary

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Meng Qingyi saved Wu Minghe's life by chance.

When Wu Minghe woke, he asked for her hand in marriage. Though the man held great power, he had too many enemies. She wanted a peaceful life, so she coldly refused: "I didn't help you expecting anything in return."

Afraid he might use his power to claim her because of her beauty, she accused him of robbing the cradle: "My family has already arranged a match for me, with a man my own age."

But who could have guessed that, just half a month later, trouble would befall the Meng family and her fiance would deny all ties to her? She had no choice but to take the jade pendant the man had left behind and seek out the Wu family. "I accept your proposal."

Wu Minghe sat high on the dais in purple, speaking slowly and calmly. "I recall that Miss Meng was already engaged, to a man her own age."

Meng Qingyi knew he hadn't forgotten the slight. She steeled herself and produced the jade pendant. "I am using my past kindness to pressure you. Will you accept or not?"

The entire hall fell silent for a moment. Then a low laugh came from behind the screen.

Only then did Meng Qingyi realize he had a guest. She wanted the floor to open up and swallow her.

The young woman's face turned as red as the sunset. Wu Minghe's heart softened, and he took the jade pendant. "I accept."

He really had been the one to covet her beauty first.

His young wife could scold him a few times. What did it matter?

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After they married, Meng Qingyi discovered her mother's advice had been exactly right.

Older men really did know how to pamper a woman. He granted her every wish, and his stamina was almost too much! There wasn't a single thing she wasn't satisfied with!

Meng's mother watched her daughter's increasingly spoiled ways and sighed with worry, but Wu Minghe grew more and more at ease.

Because his pampering was making his young wife less and less able to leave him.

A beautiful young woman who knows her worth / An older man who fights to win her over

Age gap romance.

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The Jiang family entrusted their daughter to the Earl's household. When the bridal sedan arrived at the gate, the main entrance was shut tight. "The old lady is gravely ill. Bring her in through the side gate."

Entering through the side gate meant becoming a concubine. They were bullying her because she was alone and had no one to stand up for her.

Jiang Xuecha sighed and replied regretfully, "In that case, I won't trouble my aunt. Xuecha will leave now."

The whole place fell silent. Only after the bridal sedan turned around did the Earl's household come to its senses. "Jiang Xuecha, where can you go all by yourself?"

Jiang Xuecha took out a booklet and crossed the Earl's household off the list. Confused, she asked, "Didn't my parents entrust me to ten families? Aunt, don't you know?"

The Earl's household: "?"

Onlookers: "!"

What kind of decent family entrusts a daughter to ten households? Is this an adoption or a search for a husband?

Little did they know that the day before, Jiang Xuecha had sat in the bridal sedan, turning the pages of ten family genealogies with her slender fingers, excitement in her eyes.

Which family should she destroy first?

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Tu Junshan had clawed his way out of hell. After years of plotting, he returned to the capital, determined to turn the city upside down. But once he arrived, he discovered...

Someone had already made plenty of holes in it.

Reader's guide

One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first

"Important: Both the male and female leads are ruthless!"

Story progress:

The entrusted-orphan story? (Will you marry me?)

The search-for-my-brother story? (Have you seen my elder brother?)

The revenge story. (You all deserve to die!)

Theme: Face every hardship together