My Purchased Ascetic Husband is the Crown Prince

Novel Info

Author:
飄逸的生姜洗發水
Status:Ongoing

Summary

Jiang Yuanyuan is a fifteen-year-old orphan living in Jiang Family Village with her deceased parents. Following their deaths, she has been left to the mercy of her greedy and abusive extended family, particularly her eldest uncle, his wife Wu Shi, and her grandmother, Granny Yu. The villagers pity her beauty and hard work but lament her lack of male protection, which invites constant harassment and theft from her relatives. Her uncle’s family has already sold her off in a marriage arrangement to Zhang the Lame, a wealthy but repulsive older bachelor, in exchange for ten taels of silver. When Wu Shi attempts to force Jiang Yuanyuan into this match, she refuses, leading to escalating conflicts where her relatives try to steal her belongings and physically intimidate her.

Realizing that her safety and autonomy depend on having a man in the house to deter her relatives, Jiang Yuanyuan decides to buy a husband. She takes her life savings, totaling nearly nine taels of silver, and travels to a local town. At a human trafficking agency, she inspects several men but rejects them due to their poor character or appearance. She eventually discovers a tall, exceptionally handsome, and muscular man named Chu Jing in a cage. Although he is silent and aloof, and the broker claims he has no memory of his past, Jiang Yuanyuan is struck by his appearance and negotiates his price down to four taels of silver. She purchases him and brings him back to her home, intending for him to serve as both a protector and a future husband.

Chu Jing, despite his amnesia, displays extraordinary physical strength and martial arts skills. He immediately proves his worth by chopping firewood and performing heavy labor, tasks Jiang Yuanyuan cannot manage alone. The couple’s dynamic develops as Jiang Yuanyuan treats him with a mix of authority and care, while Chu Jing, though initially cold and distant, begins to show subtle signs of attachment and protectiveness. When Wu Shi comes to their home to complain about Jiang Yuanyuan hitting her son, Chu Jing shuts the door on her, causing injury. Later, when Uncle Jiang and Granny Yu arrive to confront Jiang Yuanyuan, Chu Jing physically repels Uncle Jiang, establishing a deterrent that forces the relatives to back down temporarily.

The conflict intensifies when Zhang the Lame, whose betrothal money was taken by Granny Yu, demands Jiang Yuanyuan’s hand or his money back. Jiang Yuanyuan refuses, and Zhang the Lame, incited by Granny Yu, attempts to kidnap and assault her while she is traveling to town. Jiang Yuanyuan is captured and bound in the woods, but Chu Jing tracks her down and rescues her. He beats Zhang the Lame unconscious and brings him back to the village, where Zhang confesses that Granny Yu orchestrated the abduction. The village chief intervenes, mediating a settlement where Zhang the Lame must return the ten taels of silver, and Granny Yu must return stolen goods and provide compensation in the form of hens and medical fees.

With the immediate threat neutralized and some financial restitution secured, Jiang Yuanyuan’s status in the village improves. She begins to plan for the future, considering how to generate more income and build a stable life with Chu Jing. However, Chu Jing’s mysterious past remains unresolved; he occasionally dreams of being a crown prince in an Eastern Palace, and his amnesia suggests a deeper, hidden history that has yet to be uncovered. The story concludes with Jiang Yuanyuan and Chu Jing establishing a domestic routine, though the underlying tensions of his forgotten identity and the lingering greed of her relatives suggest further challenges ahead.

Novel Items

Silver and jewelry savings

Materials

Jiang Yuanyuan's savings consisting of about one tael from embroidery work saved over the years and another eight to nine taels in a small locked box left by her parents, including broken silver pieces and jewelry. She used this money to buy the man from the Yahang.

Ten Taels of Silver

Money

Bai Ruoshuang used ten taels of silver to instruct her maid to spread damaging rumors about Feng Yan'er throughout the capital, claiming Feng Yan'er drugged the Crown Prince to marry into his household.

Broom

Item

Zhao Xiuye grabbed a broom from the side and hit Jiang Mingxia multiple times on the back after Li Shanshan called her a big bad guy. She was tired from hitting and dropped the broom.

Incense

Substance

Strange incense burning in the room where Song Yuejiao was locked. It caused her head to feel groggy and her body to grow hot, likely a drug to incapacitate her.

Purchasing a man

Event

The central event of the chapters where Jiang Yuanyuan goes to the Yahang and decides to buy the tall, handsome man in the cage. She negotiates the price down from six taels and five maces to four taels, showing determination and bargaining skill.

Deed of sale

Document

Legal document transferring ownership of Lvhe from the Luo family to Su Ning. Madam Luo orders Qingtan to give it to them.

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Matthias_Schmidt Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ April 25,2025

This is the kind of story where the stakes feel real from page one and I have not stopped worrying since. Jiang Yuanyuan is an orphan with dead parents, a greedy uncle's family, a forced marriage to Zhang the Lame, and a village full of people who think she's fair game. She has two acres of cabbage and a newly bought husband who doesn't remember his own name. The entire world is stacked against her and she just... keeps going. That's what makes the conflict so gripping. Wu Shi is the immediate threat and she's terrifying because she's also funny. She shows up at the cabbage field and launches into a full theatrical performance about her son's injured rear end. But underneath the comedy is a woman who wants Jiang Yuanyuan's land, wants her to marry someone useless so she can control her, and isn't afraid to make a scene in public to shame her. The neighbors watch and do nothing. "It was no secret in the village that the Jiang family's eldest was a heartless scoundrel." One sentence and the whole social landscape is mapped out. But the internal conflict is what really gets me. Chu Jing keeps having this thought: "He felt this shouldn't be his fate, but he couldn't remember why." Sharp pain in his head when he tries to recall. Who was he before the cage? Why does he feel like he doesn't belong here? Every time he looks at Jiang Yuanyuan sleeping against his arm, every time she calls him obedient, there's this tension between who he is becoming and who he was. The stakes aren't just about surviving Wu Shi—they're about whether he'll remember enough to leave, and whether she'll let him go. And that ending where she lies to protect him? "My parents are both dead, and my uncle's family always comes looking for trouble. What I said earlier… I had no choice." She just invented a whole backstory on the spot. The stakes are escalating and neither of them is ready for what's coming next.

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LamenThiefqxa Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ February 12,2025

I keep coming back to the small moments between these two. Like when Jiang Yuanyuan catches Chu Jing in just a thin inner garment during the rain and immediately pushes him back inside because she's worried he'll catch a chill. She's so practical about it—checking his hand temperature like it's a medical examination—but there's this underlying care that's so sweet. And his reaction? He just... obeys. Doesn't argue. Goes back to his room and waits for her to knock before coming out. It's such a quiet kind of devotion. Then there's the egg scene where he pushes his half-eaten eggs toward her without saying anything, and later when he says he'll slaughter a chicken for her at New Year. Three months away and he's already planning ahead. What I find most interesting is how their dynamic keeps shifting. He's this incredibly powerful man who can kick someone across a courtyard, but with her he's almost... gentle. Restrained. Like he's learning how to be soft. And she's this girl who's been pushed around her whole life but suddenly finds the courage to stand her ground because he's there. The line where she wraps her arms around his and he quietly withdraws his hand—she doesn't even notice or mind, right? She just thinks they'll grow familiar over time. That's the kind of innocent confidence that makes their relationship feel so genuine.

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Leekristonsovtch Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ April 13,2025

Okay so I need to talk about this confrontation scene because honestly it was the kind of moment I was waiting for chapters to build toward. Jiang Yuanyuan finally standing up to her family—after being bullied and exploited for so long—and just shutting the door on them? Chef's kiss. The whole setup was brilliant: Granny Yu pretending to be concerned, asking if Yuanyuan had been wronged, and then Yuanyuan immediately calling out the exact debts. I love how the author made the grandmother think she was still in control with her performance of "I'll fight with these old bones to seek justice!" only to have Yuanyuan completely flip the script. And then Chu Jing just casually kicking Uncle Jiang a full zhang away—like, bro really treated that like nothing. The plot pacing here was perfect too. You had the family storming over, the fake grandmother act, the demand for stolen goods, the physical confrontation, and then the satisfying shutdown. All in one scene. No filler. And the chapter title "Taking My Money to Buy a Man" is such a sharp commentary on how the whole village sees this arrangement—as a financial transaction rather than genuine companionship. The author really understands how to build toward a payoff moment and deliver it cleanly.

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PizzaillafUR Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ April 19,2025

I need to talk about this one moment that completely got me. Chu Jing says 'I'll slaughter a chicken for you when the New Year comes' and then the narration tells us 'Three months until the New Year. Chu Jing felt inexplicably unhappy.' Why is he unhappy? Because it's too far away. He wants to give her something better NOW. He sees her two pitiful chickens and feels inadequate. This man who can kick people across courtyards feels helpless about providing for the woman he's growing attached to. And then she has to COAX him like he's a child, offering stir-fried cured pork instead. The power dynamic is so interesting—she's the one who's economically vulnerable, living off leftover meat and radishes, but emotionally she's the one comforting HIM about not having enough. Their emotional intimacy is building in these tiny, almost invisible ways. The hand-touching scene where she checks his temperature and doesn't let go immediately—her almond eyes are described as clear and innocent, but there's something tender in that hesitation. And his response of just nodding and saying 'Of course, it's true' when she asks if he'll drive Zhang the Lame away—such a simple promise but it carries so much weight. He's committing to protecting her, and she's learning to believe she deserves protection.

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LONGLIN Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ September 25,2025

The atmosphere in these chapters is SO dense. I can literally feel the winter cold just from reading about the yellowing cabbage leaves and the autumn wind whispering past the eaves. The author has this incredible ability to make you feel the chill in your bones while also making you feel the warmth of that courtyard where Jiang Yuanyuan and Chu Jing are trying to build something together. Let me just say this: the image of Jiang Yuanyuan hanging her head like a wilted flower after Aunt Zhang slams the door on her is one of the most devastating visual moments in the entire novel. You can see it. The cold wind, her small frame enveloped by Chu Jing's shadow, and this guy who barely knows how to comfort anyone standing there awkwardly because he has no idea how to handle her pain. The contrast between the harsh village world and this fragile moment between two people is just... cinematic. And the woods behind the village! The transition from the domestic safety of the courtyard to that dark, isolated place where Jiang Yuanyuan wakes up bound on a rock is terrifying. The author doesn't even need to describe much—just the gag, the bound hands, Zhang the Lame's disgusting words—and suddenly you're holding your breath. Then Chu Jing appears like some kind of avenging spirit, and the violence is almost casual in its efficiency. Two punches and it's over. The iron nails on the wall are such a small detail but they tell you everything about Jiang Yuanyuan's character. She's not just surviving; she's fortifying. Every detail—the cured meat hanging under the eaves, the chicken coop she's planning to buy from, the handkerchiefs she's embroidered—paints a picture of a woman building a life from nothing in a place that wants her dead. This world feels alive in the best way.

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Daoistkd9C8k Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ January 28,2026

Okay, can we talk about how Jiang Yuanyuan literally foresaw danger and installed iron nails on her wall? That is some next-level survival instinct right there. She's been through so much—sold by her own family, navigating a hostile village—and she's still out here thinking three steps ahead. The scene where Zhang the Lame tries to climb over and impales his hand is honestly one of the best poetic justice moments I've read. And then the parallel structure is chef's kiss: he tries to break in at night, fails, and then later actually chases her into the woods. The author really loves making these comefull-circle moments. But here's what really got me—the rescue scene. Chu Jing appears almost like a deus ex machina, but it works because we've been building toward this moment of him actually caring about her. Remember how he asked "Are you worried about me?" earlier and she said "You're the only one in this world who cares about me"? That line hits so much harder now. He didn't just save her physically; he saved her from becoming exactly the kind of helpless victim she's been running from her whole life. And the fact that he held back—he could've killed Zhang the Lame but chose to only knock him out? That's not just mercy, that's Chu Jing making a deliberate choice to protect Jiang Yuanyuan's future, not just her present. Smart. Also, the Scholar Sun subplot with the ruined cabbages is such a perfect setup. It seems small—just some vegetables—but it establishes the entire social ecosystem she's living in. Everyone's watching her, judging her, trying to push her around. And she's just... absorbing it all and planning her next move. The plot is quietly building this web of enemies around her, and I'm here for it.

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