Unaware of the Golden Threaded Robe

Yao Yuzhi's life was full of hardship.

As a child, she fell and hurt her head, becoming a little simpleton. After a life of wandering, she became Lu Yuexiang's child bride.

Lu Yuexiang was a bright, cold moon in the sky.

The little simpleton happily called him "Yue-lang," thought of him as her moon, and was willing to spend her life washing his clothes and cooking for him.

Even though he was always cold and taciturn with her.

After coming of age, she got her wish and became Yue-lang's real wife.

He was still just as cold. Even at his most passionate, all he did was cover her mouth every night and call her "Yaoyao" in her ear.

When she met Lu Yuexiang, she was a little simpleton who didn't know her name or her past.

Yaoyao was the name he gave her.

She thought he must like her at least a little.

Later, Lu Yuexiang placed first in the imperial examinations and became a court official. To form an alliance through marriage with a powerful family, he went so far as to send someone to kill his wife.

As Yuzhi fell from the cliff, she finally understood.

Her Yue-lang wasn't just cold on the outside. His heart was colder still.

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Four years later, the emperor died without an heir. The cabinet chose an obscure prince from a vassal state to take the throne.

The regent ministers, led by Lu Yuexiang, went to the outskirts of the capital to welcome the young prince and his legitimate elder sister.

The breeze lifted the gauze curtains of the phoenix carriage, revealing a face smooth as jade, with starry eyes and cherry-red lips, radiant with every glance.

The handsome young man in a red official robe changed expression. Forgetting that he was the highest-ranking official in the court, he chased the carriage, calling "Yaoyao" as he ran.

The carriage stopped, and the gauze curtains rolled halfway up. A kingfisher-feather fan, a golden hairpin, and glossy black hair piled like clouds.

"You are behaving improperly."

A woman's voice came from behind the feather fan, distant as the moon in the sky.

Little Extra:

As the young emperor's hold on the throne grew firmer, he began selecting a husband for his elder sister, Princess Yuzhi. All the young men in the capital eagerly put themselves forward.

The candidates were all exceptionally handsome young men.

The cabinet minister Lu Yuexiang entered without being summoned.

"I have long admired the princess." The refined, handsome young man blushed, his cool eyes brimming with longing and desire.

"Minister Lu's ambition to climb by attaching himself to the powerful is truly astonishing. Unfortunately..."

The dazzling beauty leaned back in her seat, smiling, her eyes full of mockery.

"Being my consort isn't so easy."

The cabinet and the imperial court were locked in a power struggle. The princess acted as mediator, saying she was willing to follow the old rules and choose a commoner as her consort. The consort would not hold office, take part in politics, or discuss state affairs.

"What if I were willing?" A pair of hands that should have been holding an ivory court tablet removed the black official hat. He knelt before the princess and bowed his head.

He had lost the one he loved once before. This time, he would never let go.

[Exquisite, beautiful princess X scheming, ruthless minister]

The story opens with their reunion. The heroine is 20, the hero 25.

Childhood sweethearts turned enemies, then reunited to love and fight each other. The princess is the only one doing the fighting; the hero has always been completely devoted to her.

From the heroine's perspective: revenge and taking down scum.

From the hero's perspective: a long, painful pursuit to win back his wife.

One-on-one romance, both virgins, happy ending.

The consort's position is based on the Ming dynasty: low in political and family status, unable to hold office, required to kneel before the princess and address himself as "your subject" in her presence, making him little better than a servant.

Theme: Loving her is a matter of faith.