After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Accidentally Picked Up a Crown Prince as My Live-In Son-in-Law

Her parents are murdered, and her uncles plot to seize her inheritance. Her fiance passes the imperial examination and climbs the social ladder, then smears her reputation by claiming she is unchaste and forces her to bring her family fortune and obediently become his concubine. Gu Nian happens to rescue a gravely injured, beautiful male courtesan. She coaxes and tricks him into marrying her as her live-in husband, and gets him to father a child while she’s at it. The noble Crown Prince is reduced to a mere baby-making tool. Who would have thought this woman loved collecting people? Every time she picks someone up, they don’t make a peep. A dangerous, unhinged assassin is his mortal enemy. A sickly young master is the person he is secretly investigating. And there’s also a childhood friend who has been searching for her for ten years, now chasing after her so she’ll pick him up too. The Crown Prince husband is furious and runs off with a divorce letter. One day, Gu Nian happens to spot her former live-in husband at the capital’s entertainment quarter, being dragged away by a group of frenzied nobles who have him trembling with fear. When she frantically finds him, her former husband is curled up pitifully in a woodshed, his clothes barely covering him. His eyes are red at the corners. He gasps faintly, then coughs up a mouthful of blood. “You already divorced me...” Gu Nian’s eyes fill with tears. “What divorce? You’re my husband, and as the county princess, I should take care of you.” [Devoted couple + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + secret identity + rival suitors fighting for her]