After Having a Child with My Arch-Enemy

Qi Mingzhu transmigrated into a tragic novel as a princess who had a title but no favor. In the story, her younger brother drowned, and she was sent to marry into a distant land. She fell ill and died before she ever arrived.

To avoid the tragic ending written for her, she had only one path: help her younger brother take the throne. Her greatest enemy on that path was Fu Tingxiu, who, according to the book, would succeed in the fight for the throne and wield enormous power. Fortunately, there was still time. Fu Tingxiu had yet to become regent.

But not everything went according to plan. She and Fu Tingxiu were accidentally drugged with an aphrodisiac and spent one reckless night together.

Even more unexpectedly, she became pregnant. Qi Mingzhu was torn over whether to have the child. Fu Tingxiu was so exceptional in both looks and intelligence; it would be such a waste not to pass on his genes.

Fu Tingxiu was head of the Fu family, an elegant and refined man who, though still young, was nearly demonic in his intelligence and ruthless to the core.

His life was all planned out. The only time he had ever felt compassion was for a woman with a certain pair of eyes. When he was under the influence of an aphrodisiac and in no condition to help himself, he took Qi Mingzhu, who was drugged as well, out with him. From then on, everything spiraled out of his control.

But none of that mattered. His first priority was still the honor of his family. Since Qi Mingzhu stood in his way, either she would die or he would. There was no third option.

After losing the struggle for the throne, Fu Tingxiu stood at the Ten-Mile Pavilion outside the capital and watched the cavalry racing toward him. In the carriage, Qi Mingzhu pulled back the curtain and tossed out a little boy. “He’s your son. You raise him.”

The carriage sped away.

Reader’s guide:

1. The dynasty is fictional, and the story takes plenty of liberties.

2. The heroine is neither a strong, independent heroine nor the central female lead type. She’s a hopeless romantic.

3. Both leads are each other’s first and only love. Happy ending. Neither lead is perfect.

4. The plot exists solely to serve the romance. It’s a love story dressed up as political intrigue, so please don’t overanalyze it.

5. Having a child before marriage is wrong. It happens in the story for plot reasons, so please read with care.

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Gu Ningning transmigrated into the legitimate daughter of a declining marquis’s household, notorious throughout the capital as a foolish, lovesick beauty.

The original owner was determined to marry a talented and handsome man. Every young man in the capital who was good-looking and had some literary acclaim had received a love letter from her.

By a twist of fate, the original owner obtained an imperial decree arranging her marriage.

By the time Gu Ningning transmigrated, the wedding was over, and she had gained a husband for free. But the groom had left for his post in the north that very night.

Faced with married life and the prospect of serving her mother-in-law and following household rules, Gu Ningning decisively chose to chase her husband north.

But she searched through all her dowry and couldn’t scrape together even a single tael of silver. The maid at her side had been bought by the marquis’s household just three days ago to save face. Were they really this poor?

Gu Ningning pawned her only valuable possessions, her wedding dress and phoenix crown, to pay for the journey.

What? Her husband’s meals are this plain every day? That won’t do. That won’t do. Leave it to me, but I’m not paying for the food!

What? People here make pickled vegetables with nothing but salt? They’re so salty they’re hard to swallow. Spicy cabbage, pickled radishes, perilla leaves… Let’s make them all!

Cui Yunli came from a noble family. He became the Crown Prince’s study companion at ten, and at twenty he placed first in the imperial examinations. His life had been a path of success, but after offending the emperor with a single remark, he was demoted to magistrate in a remote region and ordered to marry a notorious lovesick beauty.

He thought that taking an out-of-town post would let him get away from her and that he could divorce her once the fuss died down. Who would have thought the lovesick fool would follow him there?

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Office worker Qu Lingyi transmigrated into the youngest and most cherished daughter of an official’s family. She had everything she could want and didn’t have to work. Faced with a life she could never have achieved even after a lifetime of hard work, she naturally chose to eat, drink, and lie flat. Everyone doted on her, except one person who couldn’t stand her: Qi Liqian, the promising young man from next door.

Qi Liqian had been clever since childhood. He passed the county-level exam at eleven, the provincial exam at fifteen, and the palace exam at eighteen, becoming a celebrated top scholar in the capital. Unfortunately, he ran into the Third Princess, who was selecting a husband from the top candidates. In his panic, the laziest woman in the neighborhood, who had no sense of feminine decorum, happened to show up. To avoid marrying the princess, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and tell her, “This subject is already engaged. That woman is my fiancée.”

Qu Lingyi was stunned. Since when? How come she didn’t know?

Qi Liqian brought a betrothal gift to her home to ask for her hand. Delighted to have such an excellent son-in-law, Qu’s father readily agreed to marry off his lazy, good-for-nothing daughter. Qu Lingyi tried everything she could to change her father’s mind, but it was no use. She could only pack up her belongings and bring a large dowry to her new home. Fortunately, before the wedding, she and Qi Liqian had agreed that she would help him out of his immediate problem of being forced to marry the princess, and he would agree to divorce her three years later.

At first, when Qi Liqian saw Qu Lingyi, who couldn’t play music, play chess, paint, write, or embroider, and ate one snack after another until she was round and plump, he found everything about her unbearable. Later, when Qu Lingyi was forced to take charge of the family business and earn a living because of the trouble he’d caused, and became thin from all her hard work, Qi Liqian’s heart ached. He couldn’t spoil her enough.

When their three years were up, Qi Liqian saw Qu Lingyi pull out their divorce papers and…

Theme: Love gives life its meaning