The Overbearing Wife Fell for Me

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Gu Yannian, the second daughter of the Gu family, is beautiful and bright, with a frank personality. In Chang'an, she's the noblewoman least willing to follow the rules.

She finds every young nobleman presented to her in the capital boring, so she changes into red, takes the name Yan Ni, and goes to the Qinling Mountains to become a bandit for half a year.

One day, while robbing travelers, she spots the most handsome one among a group of scholars.

A snowy white robe over blue-green clothes, handsome features, quiet and still. He looks like the sort of bookworm who would be easy to handle.

Gu Yannian flicks her whip:

"Go bring that one back."

That night, they worship Heaven and Earth, then drink the nuptial wine.

But who would have thought that, as the red candles flickered,

The scholar would turn the tables, boldly wrap an arm around her waist, and laugh softly:

"My lady, are you trying to murder your husband on our wedding night?"

Gu Yannian: ...

Damn! What a secretly flirtatious scholar! Prepare to die!

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Later, they meet again at a palace banquet.

Gu Yannian is still thinking about her hard-to-kill, missing husband from the bandit stronghold.

She looks up and sees him in a princely court robe, standing before the emperor and calmly accepting an imperial decree of marriage.

Across the hall, amid the fragrance of fine clothes and the gleam of hair ornaments, he gazes at her from afar and raises an eyebrow ever so slightly.

Gu Yannian: ...

Good news: The scholar is alive.

Bad news: The husband she had seized for her stronghold and forced to marry her...

Is Wen Yu, heir to the Duke of Dingguo's estate.

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[Brilliant noblewoman and red-clad bandit x sweet-faced-but-black-hearted heir and handsome scholar]

[Two strong leads | Bickering couple | Identity reveal and reunion | Marriage before love | One-on-one, both virgins]

Theme: The brave get to enjoy the world first.