#Lighthearted, funny, and sweet
Crown Prince Jiang Zhuo was handsome and refined, erudite and talented, and deeply respected by his ministers. It was a pity that he suffered from a chronic illness.
Though Ming Yue had yet to come of age, she received an imperial decree betrothing her to the Crown Prince on the day his illness worsened. She was sent into the Eastern Palace amid the beating of drums and gongs.
It was obviously a marriage meant to bring him good fortune. The people of the capital, who had once envied the Ming family, changed their tune and began to pity Ming Yue instead.
With this marriage, she was practically marrying a gilded memorial tablet.
The Ming couple were heartbroken, but Ming Yue thought it sounded great.
Being a royal widow meant wealth and status. Wasn’t that better than studying in misery every day, just to compete for a civil service post in ancient times?
An unbreakable golden rice bowl!
Ming Yue was thrilled at the thought of never again being tormented by exams and her teacher’s orange-peel face, and of curing her fear of marriage and childbirth. She happily went ahead and got married.
But... wasn’t he supposed to be on his deathbed, so she could become a widow?!
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On their wedding night, Jiang Zhuo actually woke up from his coma.
But when he looked into Ming Yue’s clear eyes and heard about the marriage meant to bring him good fortune, he found the whole thing utterly absurd.
“I’m sorry.”
He patted Ming Yue on the head. She was his wife in name, but still just a little girl.
But since the marriage was already settled, the upright and principled Crown Prince took responsibility for looking after Ming Yue, even forcing himself through his illness to supervise her studies.
Ming Yue: ...You really don’t have to. Seriously.
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After their wedding, Jiang Zhuo’s health gradually improved. Although Ming Yue couldn’t become a widow, she could still bask in his influence and live like a mighty little slacker.
The only problem was that he was really strict about her studies.
Classical Chinese is so! Hard!
“Ming Yue.”
Whenever the breathtakingly beautiful sickly man lowered his voice to call her by her full name, Ming Yue knew she was in trouble.
But she wasn’t about to sit around and take it.
Ming Yue answered with a sweet little sound, then, catching Jiang Zhuo off guard, brushed her lips against the corner of his and called him sweetly:
“Your Highness?”
“Jiang Jiang?”
“Husband?”
...His face turned red!
*Five-year age gap
*The romance begins after she comes of age
*An imaginary dynasty where women can study and serve as officials
Theme: Study hard and improve every day
