A Hopeless Romantic?! Never!

a princess and married a

l exams, he thought my lowly status was unworthy of him. He tried ev

his career as an official of the

loped a close bond. He studied diligently day and night and hoped to distinguish himself in the imperial co

he could finally hold his head high. Before his success, we lived in poverty despite my dowry, and he was often mocked for

ther piece of good news

d, and I wasn't pr

I discovered my pregnancy when

n't expect to have the baby, i

immediately and planned to surprise him when h

ngs didn't g

his somber expression. I assumed my father had been hard on him. I was puzzled how my father knew about Rhett, as I had cut ties with my parents' fami

miliar with the court's etiquet

o keep my pregnancy a secret and write t

te the letter, I reali

as engaged to the prime mi

as I told him I was the daughter of a business family. He believed I only had some money

was somet

n't told him abo

spair and died in bitterness. Even if I resisted, I could

ed in Rhett's family tree. And Rhett would have married a daughter from a

th, the emperor's daughter. I hid my iden

revealed my identity after his success, making our marr

been a valuable a

ump me, he shouldn't blam

y would inevitably be c