★ Fallen Princess × Brooding Minister
Lu Qingwei, the legitimate daughter of the Crown Prince, should have been the most treasured jewel in the imperial city. But the court was rife with intrigue. In a single night, her father and brothers were accused of treason and executed on the battlefield, while her mother died unjustly in the Eastern Palace protecting her.
In the space of a day, her family was destroyed, she lost her sight, and she had no choice but to fake her death and escape.
Years later, she returned to the capital disguised as a man and became an official at the Bureau of Astronomy.
During a nighttime ambush, she accidentally ended up in the carriage of Xie Pingchuan, the Left Chancellor.
She pressed a short blade to his throat, drawing a streak of blood. "Save me, or I'll kill you."
At a single glance, he recognized her.
Xie Pingchuan lost his family when he was young. While fleeing with refugees, he encountered a woman.
He had been lying helpless on the ground, his life barely clinging to him. Through his fading vision, she seemed to have stepped out of a painting, her features elegant and refined, her peerless beauty breaking through the darkness.
She gave him water and saved his life.
From that day on, she was all that mattered to him.
"Xie Pingchuan, even if you risk your life to help me ten times, a hundred times, I will never love you."
"Mm. You don't love me, but I am still willing." A hint of amusement showed in Xie Pingchuan's dark, sinister eyes. He gazed at her bright eyes as if entranced. "Promise me that even if you don't love me, you won't love anyone else."
[Reader's Guide]
Revenge matters more to the female lead than the male lead does.
He loves her more than she loves him.
★ Coming soon: A Night of Passion After Marriage
★ Married first, love later: Coy, spoiled charmer × Upright, refined young gentleman
The Chen family was poor, but their daughter, Chen Jiayin, was as lovely as a fairy. Her family had doted on her since childhood, and everyone around her liked her too.
The only exception was Meng Yinli, the haughty young gentleman of the Meng family, who had always looked down on her.
When Old Master Meng announced that he wanted to find her a match, the red thread he tied around her finger led to the refined and elegant Meng Yinli.
The old master asked if she was willing.
She answered, "I am."
At a certain banquet, Chen Jiayin showed up alone, though she was supposed to bring a companion.
Everyone whispered, "I heard Meng Yinli and his wife got married just to fool his grandfather! They're about to divorce, and things are a mess."
As everyone waited to laugh at Chen Jiayin, Meng Yinli appeared with a cold expression and put the high heel she had lost back on her foot.
"So this is what you call getting divorced?! The dignified Meng Yinli is kneeling to put his wife's shoe on. How is that getting divorced?!"
His grandfather wanted him to marry Chen Jiayin, and he had no objection.
It made no difference whom he married.
Meng Yinli didn't have a particularly good impression of Chen Jiayin, but it wasn't bad either. All he remembered was that she was an exceptionally spoiled girl.
After they married, the spoiled Chen Jiayin became a vivid presence in his life.
His dull days began to change.
One day, Chen Jiayin suddenly said, "Let's get divorced. Name your terms."
"Have a child with me."
"If we're going to have a child, why get divorced?"
Meng Yinli rolled the prayer beads around his left wrist, a dark, turbulent look in his eyes. "Exactly. If we're having a child, why get divorced?"
Created on April 17, 2025
Theme: Study hard and make progress every day
