[Cool, aloof heroine with an open and noble bearing x human weapon of a male lead, who's jealous to a ridiculous degree]
Blurb:
Pei Jinyao is a woman who disguised herself as a man and came first in the imperial exams.
She works diligently and conscientiously to become chief minister,
with her heart set entirely on getting promoted.
Then one day, someone exposes her and demands to know why her wife is a man.
Fine, she comes clean: actually, she's gay.
Gu Changye, who volunteered at swordpoint to become her wife, touches the pillow stuffed into his belly...
Does that mean he won't have to give birth to this baby?
The day after Pei Jinyao came first in the imperial exams, she was falsely accused of murder, then threatened at knifepoint.
She was so angry she laughed. She used her wits to solve the case, then turned around and sold the person who threatened her for the bounty.
But that person wouldn't leave her alone. In a flash, he transformed into the wife she'd made up as an excuse.
As the saying goes, it's the New Year, you've already come all this way, and you're still a child. It's not easy for anyone... except, what the hell!
Pei Jinyao tried to fight back, but lost
In a single night, she had both started a family and made a career for herself.
With major cases breaking out repeatedly in the capital, Pei Jinyao, appointed to the Dali Temple, had no choice but to get to work solving them.
Fortunately, that man proved rather useful.
Working together, one in the open and one in the shadows, they solved case after case, paving the way for Pei Jinyao's steady rise through the ranks.
Until one day, her subordinate suddenly asked her.
Gu Changye is a prince in name, but in truth he's a weapon in his imperial brother's hands, moving through the shadows to eliminate obstacles.
One day, while back at the palace to move some things, he accidentally discovered that the newly crowned top scholar was actually a woman!
To find out what Pei Jinyao was after, he approached her of his own accord and volunteered to become her wife.
They used each other, putting on an act in public while keeping their distance in private.
Until one day, after another night out and a return home at dawn, he saw Pei Jinyao sitting on the bed, looking at him strangely.
"Wifey, shouldn't you be pregnant by now?"
Gu Changye: ???
"Me????"
[Reader's Guide]
1. The plot takes slightly more precedence than the romance.
2. The male lead will disguise himself as a woman and wear women's clothing.
3. The male and female leads are each other's only romantic partners in a 1v1 relationship. Other characters will develop one-sided crushes on the heroine, but she won't reciprocate.
4. The heroine focuses on her career. The early chapters include crime-solving, and later she will reveal that she is a woman and rise to a high position in that capacity.
5. The setting and official titles are based on the Ming dynasty, with fictionalized elements.
Theme: Work tirelessly toward your goals
That's fine. The most annoying thing is the kind of plot where a woman pretends to be a man and then has the heroine dress up as a woman again and then be suspected.
Does the female protagonist know the identity of the male protagonist? The male protagonist looks like he is still hiding it.
Does the female protagonist know the identity of the male protagonist? The male protagonist looks like he is still hiding it.
The writing is quite good. Why are there so few collections? The article is not popular even after I have tweeted it.
Could it be that he covets the heroine? [Question mark]
It's fun to watch. King Ming won't be able to kill him until the end, right?
What a coincidence, my mother also has a toothache. Is it the right time to have a toothache recently?
Why is this general so unimpressed?
Tsk, it's not that they refuse to admit that they are inferior to women, but they are even more determined that the heroine is not a woman.
Haha, it will only make Mr. Pei's official promotion higher.