Substitute Bride Becomes Empress: The Empress is a Man!

A wedding night should be a man's greatest joy—but Yun Che wakes to find his bride hiding a scandalous secret. Meanwhile, Lu Ming lies poisoned and bedridden, his family's patience exhausted. They insist he honor his childhood betrothal: perhaps a wife can nurse the invalid back to health. But what woman would willingly enter such a doomed marriage? When the reluctant bride finally arrives, Lu Ming knows the truth—a spouse taken by force will never truly care. In a world where duty clashes with desire and gender lines blur, two souls bound by fate must navigate deception, healing, and an impos…