After I Wed the Sickly Crown Prince to Bring Him Good Fortune

[A beautiful noblewoman from a fallen family, sent to bring good fortune through marriage X A possessive crown prince]

(Next book: Has the Mad Imperial Tutor's Love-Tragedy Arc Begun? Blurb below.)

When Zhen Tang was young, her family fell into decline. The century-old clan had barely managed to survive until now, and she was the only one born with a special fate.

Because of this, her father and a lady from the palace sent her off in a carriage to bring good fortune through marriage to a man whose illness had kept him bedridden for years.

On the day of the wedding ceremony, a fire broke out in the bedchamber. The guards rescued her from the flames, and that was the first time Zhen Tang saw the man who was her husband in name only.

Distant and indifferent, his face pale, his gaze on her lonely and cold.

That night, in a secret room on the top floor of the library, he personally presented her with three "wedding gifts."

Zhen Tang lowered her eyes. Good. The ceremony wasn't complete yet, anyway.

She steadied herself and said softly,

"I would like to make a deal with Your Highness. Once the deal is done, you will let me leave."

At first, when Jing Zhaochen heard the words "bring good fortune through marriage," he thought it laughable. The poison parasite inside him had taken root too deeply, and he had already been stripped of his position as crown prince. His nominal mother, the empress dowager, was nearly mad with desperation and had begun grasping at straws.

He knew he wouldn't live much longer, so he had prepared "wedding gifts" in advance to send her away. The imperial family was a prison that devoured people without leaving so much as a bone. There was no need for anyone else to get trapped in it.

He simply hadn't expected her to propose a deal.

Jing Zhaochen suddenly grew curious. What kind of turning point would the fate foretold by the bright stars bring him?

She did everything she could to cure his poison parasite, then went with him deep into the southern frontier to eliminate the threat for good and free him from his inner demons. His fate changed, as if by some unseen hand.

But just as Jing Zhaochen realized he could no longer let her go, he suddenly discovered that his princess consort had left without hesitation, just as promised!

And she had even left with her childhood sweetheart, a newly appointed imperial examination graduate!

The warm winds of the southeast swept across the snowy mountains, and under the bright spring sun, thawed streams shimmered in the light.

Jing Zhaochen rode his horse in a dark cloak, his gaze fixed on the most dazzling figure among the women dancing by the stream. His horse splashed through the water, and the crowd fell silent. He stopped beside her and leaned down, putting an arm around her neck.

"Had enough fun?"

"It's time to come back to the palace with me, Your Majesty the Empress."

[Reading Guide]: Marriage before love, one-on-one romance, both leads have only been with each other. The heroine has someone she secretly loves. The hero doesn't want to hold her back at first, but later falls in love and becomes possessive and jealous.

[Coming Soon]: A mistress for love, Has the Mad Imperial Tutor's Love-Tragedy Arc Begun?; a clearheaded heroine, Rain Bells; a cold, fatherly heir, All the Joys. Please add them to your collections, dear readers!

Blurb for Has the Mad Imperial Tutor's Love-Tragedy Arc Begun?:

Shen Qingming first met Gu Heng at a secluded mountain estate of his.

Her father needed money for his injured leg, so she took a commission to copy scriptures. She never expected to have any other connection with him.

The man wore a wide-sleeved black robe. He approached unhurriedly, carrying an incense burner, then sat down in a chair. His calm gaze held a hint of authority.

Shen Qingming bowed to him. "Please tell me your name, sir."

Through the curling incense smoke, the man in the chair fixed his eyes on her.

"My name?"

"Before coming here, Miss Shen, didn't you make sure you knew?"

Shen Qingming's family ran a bookstore. They were just an ordinary household in Jinling City. Seeing that he was a mysterious man of uncertain standing, she feared she might offend someone she couldn't afford to, and decided to abandon the commission.

But she didn't know that she had already fallen into a vast, inescapable web.

A major case at the Court of Judicial Review went wrong, and there was a mole within its ranks. Shen Qingming's fiancé was implicated, tortured, and left on the brink of death.

With nowhere else to turn, she remembered the mountain estate and knocked on its heavy gate in the rain in the middle of the night.

Soaked through, she knelt at the man's feet and begged him quietly to help.

Gu Heng added a slice of ylang-ylang to the incense burner, brushed the wet hair from her face, and gazed at her with eyes full of seduction and predatory intent.

"Miss Shen, would you like to try me? I'm certain my skills would please you more than your fiancé's."

"Or one by day and one by night..."

"Anything, as long as Miss Shen agrees..."

Gu Heng came from a wealthy and powerful aristocratic family. At a young age, he entered the heart of government and became the emperor's tutor. He was like snow on a high peak and moonlight among a thousand mountains, the true power behind the entire dynasty.

He believed he would never make a misstep.

Until he met Shen Qingming, a woman as cool and graceful as a camellia.

It turned out there were things in this world he could desire but never obtain, things that could drive him mad.

[A mistress for love X An overbearing romance]

[A beautiful, cool-headed commoner merchant's daughter X A mad imperial tutor who becomes a mistress for love]

Please add it to your collections!

Theme: Love can overcome anything