A strong hero and strong heroine, both pure in body and heart. An exceptionally sweet romance, with no angst or misunderstandings, and one devoted couple.
He was the heir to the Ding Prince’s household, a man with power over all under heaven.
She was the beautiful and brilliant legitimate daughter of the Ye family.
After she was poisoned with the Lovebird Powder, she had no choice but to force herself on a handsome man. Once it was over, she took every valuable thing she could find on him and complained, “For a beauty like me, my first time was worth only this much? And I even wasted one of my Great Recovery Pills. What a terrible deal!”
He opened his languid, shadowy eyes and watched her disappear into the distance, so furious he spat up a mouthful of poisoned blood.
He caught her trying to murder her evil half-sister in the dead of night. She revealed her ugly face, caked in makeup, and smiled serenely. “Young master, what brings you to this residence in the middle of the night? Could it be that you have improper designs on me?”
The breathtaking man smiled seductively. “I do have improper designs on you. I discovered your secret, so I came to offer myself to you.”
She was Ye Yunshuang, the legitimate daughter of the Ye family, one of the four great houses of Huanan. Lazy and gluttonous, a domineering fool with a notorious reputation, she was also ranked the ugliest woman in the realm.
For more than a decade, she had played the fool and hidden her beauty, ruining her reputation so she could live freely. She never expected she would have to get married in the end.
She thought, “If I’m like this and someone is still willing to offer a generous bride-price to marry me, he must be a fool too. Fine, I’ll marry him. It’s just a change of address.”
But despite all her calculations, and all her attempts to dodge the matter, she still ended up in the clutches of a scheming wolf.
He was the heir to the Ding Prince’s household: stunningly handsome, unmatched in intelligence, devious in his schemes, and a master of disguises. He could turn the clouds with one hand and bring rain with the other, yet for her, he would conquer the realm and lavish her with a love fit for a golden age.
On the surface, she was a domineering fool, but behind the scenes, she was ruthless. With nothing better to do, she tormented scoundrels, dealt with her half-sisters, and toyed with fake sweethearts. She was perfectly content with her life.
But even with all her efforts to stay hidden, someone still refused to leave her alone. Damn it, she was furious. From then on, she would reveal her brilliance and show her intelligence, using the whole realm as her board and unmatched schemes to secure a peaceful place for herself.
[Featured scene]
Ye Yunshuang smeared her face with garish makeup and looked at the breathtaking man before her. “My face is ugly, and my heart is wicked. Looking at me is bound to spoil your appetite.”
“That’s all right. I’m not like other people. Looking at you is a pleasure.”
Ye Yunshuang took a deep breath. “Daoist Yuan Hong told me I’m destined to bring chaos to the realm. I have a very strong aura of ill fortune.”
“I have the aura that can calm the world, and I can suppress the ill fortune around you. As it happens, I’ll take you for my own, and then peace will reign. You don’t need to thank me.”
Ye Yunshuang gritted her teeth. “You’re so kind, young master.”
“Mm. I’m only kind to you.”
Ye Yunshuang forced herself to calm down. “But you’re poisoned, young master. You may not have long to live...”
The breathtaking young master smiled seductively. “We’ll be husband and wife soon. Once we share the joys of marriage, we’ll live to a hundred.”
[The elopement episode]
On the day of her wedding, with ten miles of wedding finery laid out, Ye Yunshuang finally found a chance to climb over the wall. She looked at the expanse of blue water and sky outside, her face turning green. She clearly remembered that yesterday this had been a wide, level street. When had it become a river?
Seeing the stunning man on a boat in the distance, Ye Yunshuang finally lost control. “You...” Whenever she ran into this scheming man, she lost her composure.
“Your husband knows you like to admire the river on your wedding day. I had this place transformed last night. You can ride in a sedan chair or take a boat, whichever you prefer.”