- In the blink of an eye, half a year slipped away from my fingertips.

　　I sat in a noodle shop, listening to the people at the next table talk about the events that had occurred in Shengjing over the past half year.

　　Half a year ago, the old emperor suddenly passed away, and Shen Su inherited the grand ceremony.

　　Miss Feng Qingcheng of the Feng family expressed her love for the new emperor in public, a bold move that shocked the entire Shengjing.

　　There were also some miscellaneous things.

　　I lost interest in what happened afterwards, so after eating my noodles and leaving the money on the table, I returned to the mansion I purchased in Jinzhou.

　　Lu Jinyan was busy counting the things needed for our marriage.

　　Yes, our marriage.

　　In the past six months, Lu Jinyan has tried his best to win my favor, but I still couldn't develop any romantic feelings for him.

　　First, my heart belongs to Shen Su.

　　Second, his attempts to please me were too superficial, as if he was eager to accomplish some task, making it hard to feel his sincerity.

　　Finally, a month ago, he let slip while drunk.

　　He said that he isn't actually from this world, but came here because he was bound to a "malicious female supporting character strategy system," and he needs to raise my favorability rating to 100 within two years to complete the mission.

　　Favors are divided into five levels: level fifty is A, sixty is B, seventy is C, eighty is D, ninety is S, and one hundred is S? But after all this time of pursuing me, my favorability towards him is only forty-five.

　　We've barely reached the level of friendship, let alone A.

　　By the time he sobered up, it was already too late to salvage the situation.

　　Lu Jinyan simply gave up, sighed and said, "I failed my first mission so thoroughly, it's really heartbreaking." I pursed my lips and asked, "…What happens if you fail?" "If I fail, I'll enter the punishment world," he shrugged.

　　"What kind of punishment?" He shrugged again, "I'm a newbie, so I don't know yet." "However, I know how to alleviate the punishment." "What?" "Give me a proper status," I hesitated, "Huh??" Lu Jinyan explained, "My department is all about love, determining whether love can last and whether the marriage is successful." "Some people, although they love each other, may part ways for various reasons, and end up marrying and having children with someone else, regretting it for the rest of their lives." "And although some people have a legal marriage, there is no love between them, and they will not live happily." "Therefore, the main criterion for our department's rating is the favorability rating, followed by whether the target can secure a spouse relationship." "Although the main mission has failed, completing the side missions can at least alleviate the punishment." Although I didn't quite understand, I still nodded, "Okay." "I promise, it's just a formality, I won't really do anything to you.

　　You...huh? You agreed so quickly?" Lu Jinyan raised an eyebrow in surprise, "I haven't even tried to persuade you yet." "The marriage and marriage of women in this era is of utmost importance, don't you want to consider it?" My gaze was calm, and I smiled faintly, "To me, it doesn't matter who I marry." "Besides, it's just a formality, not a real marriage.

　　You've also helped me, so logically, I should agree." Lu Jinyan looked touched, "Shen Zhaojun, you're really a good person!!" "I will definitely repay you in the future!!!" And that's how things are now.

　　"Ahem." Lu Jinyan looked at me and suddenly said, "Are you nervous?" I didn't understand, "We are having a fake marriage, why would I be nervous?"

　　"He scratched his head and sighed, 'Sigh, even though it's fake, this is still the first time I'm marrying a wife.

　　It's inevitable to be a little nervous.' Lu Jinyan looked at me again for a while, sighed, and muttered softly, 'Ah...

　　You're so beautiful.

　　If only you were really my wife.' After discussing for a while, we settled on a wedding date, and I returned to my own bedroom.

　　It started raining lightly at night, and the sound of the rain was inexplicably soothing.

　　The wedding date was set for June 16th, and it was the end of May now, so the Dragon Boat Festival was coming soon.

　　In the palace, the Imperial Kitchen would prepare rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival.

　　Us princes and princesses, and the emperor's concubines, rarely made them ourselves.

　　Shen Su had learned various things since he was young, so naturally, he wouldn't do such tasks.

　　It wasn't until I was eleven years old that I insisted on eating rice dumplings made by Shen Su.

　　Shen Su touched my hair and smiled, agreeing to my request.

　　He found someone to teach him that day and made them for me to eat.

　　Since then, every Dragon Boat Festival, no matter how busy Shen Su was, he would take time out to personally make a few rice dumplings for me.

　　Thinking back to the past, I sighed with regret, thinking that I wouldn't be able to eat them this year."