How Hard It Is to Win You Over

Luo Zhaojin had a smooth and comfortable life. Her birth family was supportive, her husband's family never gave her trouble, and her husband, Prince Su, was a Daoist who stayed at home. Though they had no love between them, they treated each other with respect. The couple never consummated their marriage and had no children, so in the end they adopted a son to care for them in their old age. But it turned out they had let a wolf into their home. After her husband died, her “son” turned on her without mercy and gave her a bowl of poison to end her life ahead of time. Reborn, Luo Zhaojin returned to her fifth year of marriage to Prince Su. The emperor intended to curtail the power of the princes. If a prince without an heir died, his princely title and fiefdom might be abolished. Then she would either lose her title as princess consort or, worse, be forced to die alongside her husband. To save her life, she still needed a “son,” but this time she would have to choose a different one. Having seen too many people turn cruel, Luo Zhaojin increasingly felt that a child born from her own womb would be the most reliable. But she couldn't very well have a child all by herself. That night, Luo Zhaojin dressed herself up and slipped into Prince Su's room, swallowing her disgust as she flirted with him. “Smack!” A talisman was slapped onto her forehead. Prince Su's face was as cold as frost. He formed the Five Thunder Finger seal and began chanting: “The stars of the Most High remain ever-changing. Drive off evil and bind demons, preserve life and protect the body...” #Hah, foolish fox spirit #Both leads have only ever been with each other | No fantasy elements Please add my next novel, "Oh No, She's Deceiving Her Own Husband", to your reading list! Du Zhilan was born into a poor family. She survived by swindling and cheating, but at fourteen she finally married and gave up her old ways. When she married, her husband was away doing business. He never came home for years, then eventually stopped sending word altogether. As a wife left alone, all she had to do was manage the household and honor her parents-in-law. Life was fairly peaceful, and she assumed her husband had died somewhere far away. Several years later, when her mother-in-law fell gravely ill, Zhilan hurried to Huizhou to find medicine. But while home was comfortable, everything was difficult on the road, and finding medicine proved no easy task. Fortunately, she met a kind man who seemed willing to help. Zhilan returned to her old tricks, spinning a convincing sob story without a moment's hesitation, and got him to help her again and again. Feng Quan had been away for years. After helping the new ruler rise to power, he returned home in glory. On the way, he picked out a pair of jade bracelets for the virtuous wife he'd never met. Passing through Huizhou, he came across a beautiful, kindhearted woman who had traveled there in search of medicine for her mother-in-law. Feng Quan took pity on her and helped her again and again. He asked why she'd come alone to seek medicine. Where was her husband? She said her husband hadn't been home for years. He kept a mistress elsewhere and cruelly mistreated his poor wife. He was a beast. Looking at the woman's pretty face, Feng Quan thought, He really is a bastard. #Help! She made up stories about her husband right in front of him #Pleased to meet you. I'm the beast #That virtuous-wife filter shattered in an instant | Married first, fell in love later | Both leads have only ever been with each other Theme: Sincerity is the only way to find sincerity