A Mistaken Marriage, a Perfect Match

Male lead's blurb

Everyone laughs at Xue Shizheng for being a fool.

He actually broke off his engagement to the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo for the sake of some insignificant common girl.

Ha! What do they know?

He has yet to meet the Duke of Zhenguo's legitimate daughter, but her reputation for being spoiled, willful, unreasonable, vulgar, and affected has already spread from the northwest to the capital. If he really married such a fierce, jealous woman, there would surely be no peace in his household.

Xiaowei may only be a merchant's daughter from a fallen family, but she's beautiful, gentle, sweet-tempered, considerate, and understanding. With such a lovely wife keeping him company at home, what could be better?

But not long after they married, Xue Shizheng quickly realized something was wrong.

One day, while off duty, he came home unexpectedly and saw his usually helpless wife glaring furiously, her face stern as she swiftly drew her bow and shot an apple off the head of a disrespectful servant.

Female lead's blurb

The noblewomen of the capital all laugh at Su Yachun for being stupid.

She actually broke off her engagement to the powerful Imperial Guard commander, Xue Shizheng, for the sake of a destitute scholar.

Ha! What do they know?

Su Yachun has yet to meet the Imperial Guard commander, but she's heard he's vicious, twisted, and ruthless, a powerful official as deep and unfathomable as the sea.

Rather than marry him and spend every day walking on eggshells, she'd be better off marrying down to someone easy to control.

Shanzhen may be a poor, destitute scholar, but he's handsome, comes from a humble family, and knows some martial arts. Best of all, he's upright and gentle by nature. After they marry, she'll be able to tell him to go east, and he'll never dare go west. What could be better?

But one dark and windy night after their wedding, she unexpectedly caught sight of her husband, who wouldn't even kill a chicken, killing someone with a bloodied sword in hand. Blood spattered across his impossibly handsome face as he smiled with wild abandon, like a demon returning from the fires of hell.

The day they each discovered the other's secret identity, they were both a little embarrassed.

That night, the Duke of Zhenguo's legitimate daughter / insignificant common girl / Xue family matriarch Su Yachun thought it over and decided she was the one who'd gotten the raw end of the deal. Her brows furrowed. "Since we married the wrong people by mistake, why don't we just divorce and go our separate ways?"

The Imperial Guard commander / destitute scholar / Xue Shizheng calmly let his gaze fall on her now-visible belly. "You're already pregnant. Why not just make the best of it?"

[The process went wrong, but the result was right]

[A twist of fate brings a bickering couple together]

Theme: I love you for who you are. Your identity has nothing to do with it.