[A super-sweet story about a young married couple's daily life]
The “Jade-Faced Yama” of the Prince's residence, who was not expected to live past twenty, is getting married. His bride is Shen Xueyan, an orphan from a merchant family who sells lip rouge in the western market.
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The engagement ceremony was especially grand.
Clutching the marriage contract, Shen Xueyan could still hear the words he'd spoken while reclining on his sickbed: “Miss Shen, ten taels of gold for a box of lip rouge is a bit greedy. Why not marry me instead? Afterward, you'll be in charge of the keys to the treasury in my courtyard.”
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Shen Xueyan had assumed the heir was marrying only to bring himself good fortune.
But on their wedding night, the man who should have been weak and coughing blood pinched her chin and rubbed his thumb over her lips. Word by word, he said, “Your lip rouge is so pretty, madam. I wonder... what it tastes like.”
Then he leaned in to kiss her, and she was so frightened that she ran for it.
Her husband had been faking his illness. Her dream of inheriting his fortune after he died was dashed just like that.
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Later, the heir who was always sternly scolding people would crouch down and carefully paint flowers on his wife's shoes. The cold and severe young lord, who always wore dark robes, kept a crookedly embroidered purse made by his wife tucked into his wide sleeve. The powerful heir, who could sway the court, let his young wife tug him by the ear and try her newest lip rouge on his lips.
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She asked him, “Didn't we agree to each get what we wanted? Why did you even give me your heart, my lord?”
He replied, “From the moment you mixed honey into our nuptial wine, my life stopped being my own.”
He'd thought he'd married a money tree, but ended up losing both his heart and everything he owned.
“So what if my wife loves money? I spoil her!”
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Reading Guide:
1. Marriage first, love later. Sweet.
2. One-on-one, both pure, happy ending. The leads use all their wits to charm each other.
Theme: Treat each other with sincerity.
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Gathering Spring
The Little White Deer Goes on a Rampage
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In Search of Qingchao
Ballad of the Fallen Immortal
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When All the Peach Blossoms in Chang'an Have Fallen
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