short series

The Battle for His Favor

share time: 2025-10-17 00:30:34

Lin Wan, a concubine's daughter of the General's Mansion, has suffered from her stepmother's coldness and stepsister Lin Yue's schemes since childhood—even her coming-of-age ceremony was overshadowed by Lin Yue. To make way for Lin Yue's marriage, her stepmother betroths her to the sickly Prince Gu Zhao, who is rumored to “not survive the Mid-Autumn Festival.” Lin Wan marries him expecting to be a widow, only to discover Gu Zhao's secret: he's been faking his illness. He helps her expose her stepmother's hypocrisy, and when he rubs her swollen ankle one night, a tenderness he doesn't notice lingers in his eyes. But just as they start to grow close, Lin Yue returns claiming to be Gu Zhao's “old love,” holding a love poem and crying that she “must take back his favor.” Gu Zhao's reaction makes Lin Wan panic for the first time…

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