Spring Runs Deep in the Bronze Sparrow Palace

Chasing the wife after a breakup / powerful man lowering his head / stealing someone's wife

A calculating, ambitious schemer VS a sweet, gentle wife

Lu Xu is the only princess of the Great Yong, and should have enjoyed all the world's riches and honor.

But the imperial authority has declined, and she is pushed around at will, so she can only conceal her sharp edges.

Lu Xu is betrothed to a nobleman's son and rushed into marriage, only to realize it is just another move in a political power struggle.

She escapes amid the chaos, only to be seized and dragged back to a military camp.

When she sees the man's face, she realizes it is none other than the person who arranged her marriage, Pei Yue.

Lu Xu doesn't understand why this ruthless wolf has set his sights on her.

He is clearly cold as frost and snow, keeping everyone at a distance, and he has never even met her face-to-face. Yet amid the confusion of the bedchamber, his firm body is burning hot.

After one night of passion, Pei Yue forces her to stay by his side.

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Pei Yue plans for every contingency and is a true warlord of a chaotic age.

He has claimed an unparalleled beauty he picked up, yet considers himself rational and restrained. He thinks he is merely satisfying a nameless desire born from feverish dreams inspired by Princess Lu Xu.

But later, he suddenly learns that she is Lu Xu herself.

Pei Yue keeps his face impassive, but for the first time, he feels an emptiness in his heart.

Remembering the marriage he had personally arranged, he feels as if his heart is being torn apart.

After holding back again and again, he finally gives in and climbs over the wall into Lu Xu's room in the middle of the night.

Pei Yue's voice is hoarse, his eyes red. "Zhaozhao, please... come back to me."

Lu Xu: "I don't keep lovers."

"...It was only a political marriage. What does he have that I don't?"

*What should a man do when his wife won't give him a title? Obviously, fight for her and snatch her back.

Note: Both leads are each other's one and only.

Coming soon in the author's collection: A Stolen Bridegroom with Amnesia, a Cold, Distant Beauty. Please add it to your reading list!

Bandit chief Ruan Tao is having a grand time, but finding a husband has become a real headache.

After looking around, she finds few suitable candidates. Then her gaze falls on the handsome man she kidnapped and brought back to her stronghold a while ago, and her eyes light up.

Tall, beautiful, poor, delicate, amnesiac, homeless... Perfect!

She forces him to marry her, but he remains unwilling, giving her cold looks and keeping his distance. Ruan Tao doesn't insist.

There are plenty of handsome men in the world. Why pine for just one? Ruan Tao keeps one man in each arm and enjoys a different companion every night, living the good life.

But one day, she is seriously injured. As one handsome man changes her bandages, she looks up and sees him standing nearby, face dark and silent.

Wen Yu is of noble imperial birth and has been serious and composed since childhood.

He came in disguise to investigate Ruan Tao. Pretending to have amnesia and letting her kidnap him to her stronghold was all part of his plan.

But he never expected her to be so bold as to knock him unconscious and marry him.

At first, Wen Yu was full of disgust. She was frivolous, shameless, sly, and deceitful.

But as they spent day after day together, he gradually fell and lost his resolve.

When he sees Ruan Tao revealing her bare shoulder in front of another man, Wen Yu finally can't take it anymore.

When Ruan Tao returns to her room, she sees Wen Yu sitting upright on the bed, a turbulent darkness in his eyes unlike anything she's ever seen.

"You were the one who wanted to be husband and wife. You should have been faithful. How can you lust after other men and let someone else come between us?"

*How did kidnapping a man turn into kidnapping a hidden big shot?

*Old flame reignited / married first, fell in love later / chasing the wife after a breakup

*Both leads are each other's one and only. Happy ending.

Theme: I wrestle with myself, and would rather be myself