After Mistaking Him for My Dead Husband

Before she died, the fallen princess Xiao Mingyi fought with all her might to protect her late husband's ashes. Looking back on her life, she realized he was the only person who had ever loved and protected her.

He had rescued her from the Entertainment Bureau with his own hands, and for her sake alone, he had broken with his family. He rose from a destitute commoner to a powerful Prince Regent, and for ten years they treated each other with respect and affection.

Xu Zhiling had been sickly since his youth, and his health could never recover. Before news of his death had even spread, the cowardly Crown Prince had placed her under house arrest in the name of purging the court. Xiao Mingyi swallowed poison and followed her late husband to the grave.

When Xiao Mingyi opened her eyes again, she was fleeing and about to be caught by soldiers. In desperation, she jumped into an icy lake. There, she found her late husband's jade pendant, the token of their betrothal. Nearby, she spotted a masked man who had fallen into the water.

"Husband, husband, wait for me! Wait for me!"

Xiao Mingyi disguised him as a hunter and cared for him while he recuperated.

Xu Zhiling had lost his memory. Xiao Mingyi was secretly delighted: now she could marry him without having to win his heart first.

When she returned to the capital with him, she saw the face of her late husband from her previous life in the residence. His voice was exactly the same, too.

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Xu Zhiling was ambushed and fell into an icy lake. A strange woman rescued him, but immediately called him her husband. He pretended to have amnesia so he could find out what was going on, but she kept her lips sealed.

She went hunting and came back with a wild chicken, its beak gaping wide.

"Madam, what happened?"

"I have sharp teeth. I bit it to death."

His neck felt cold, but he stuck to his plan: he would repay her once they returned to the capital, though not as her husband.

Who could have guessed that back in the capital, she would fall for someone else, namely his strapping younger brother?

"Um, Brother Xu, I actually lied to you. Now I want to be your sister-in-law. You have to help me."

"..."

From then on, she used the same tactics she'd used on him to win over his cold-hearted younger brother.

She painstakingly made a little yellow duck pouch, and it was thrown away. He picked it up.

She spent ages simmering a nourishing dish to boost his virility. He snatched it.

One day, at the Lantern Festival, the person who was supposed to show up didn't come.

"You ruined my plans again!"

"Who was it that called me her husband, then fell for someone else? What did I do wrong?"

"I... I mistook you for someone else. This jade pendant is our betrothal token. He was supposed to be my fiancé."

Xiao Mingyi took out her token. Xu Zhiling matched it with his own jade pendant.

"But you were supposed to be my fiancée."

Theme: Pursue healthy relationships.