short series

Lovers Lost in the Midsummer Night

share time: 2026-02-03 12:34:50

Shen Wanning, the useless illegitimate daughter of the Zhenguo General's Mansion, is tricked into marrying the sickly Prince Xiao Jingheng—who's rumored to "not live past thirty"—instead of her legitimate sister. On their wedding night, she bursts into the bridal chamber determined to "die together," only to fall into a warm embrace: the prince, supposed to be on his deathbed, is leisurely peeling grapes, his eyes crinkling with a smile: "Wanwan, I've been waiting for you." It turns out Xiao Jingheng has been feigning weakness to plot for the throne, and three years ago by the lotus pond on a midsummer night, he'd already fallen for the little girl who saved him. From then on, the "useless" girl starts her counterattack: taking down hypocrites, fighting mansion wars, and helping the prince "build his empire"; the "sickly" prince becomes a wife-doting maniac: hiding military talismans, protecting her at all costs, even offering the entire kingdom as a betrothal gift. As they uncover the truth, they realize that midsummer night promise was a "two-way rush" across life and death...

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