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The Third Charm of the Great Beauty and his Salted Fish by foreverstarhwa
Fandoms: ATEEZ (Band)
11 Jun 2026
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Summary
"And what if all I want is to do bad things?"
"Then do the bad things, because I think you look the most beautiful when you play with poison."
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All Seonghwa wants is to take the imperial examinations and enter the palace as an imperial historian. It's all he's worked for in his twenty-one years of existence, and it's the only goal he has since he was a child.
And it was all going well… Until an imperial decree forces him to marry the critically ill son of the kingdom's prime minister.
Forced into an arranged, tragic marriage, Seonghwa loses his only chance at attaining his goal — because married wives cannot hold imperial positions — fueling his hate towards the family he marries into and by extension, his critically ill husband.
But instead of a bitter, bedridden man, Seonghwa realises that underneath the blanket of illness that follows his husband lies a charming — and lazy — young man who seemingly knows more than he lets on. Together, they plot — the beauty and the salted fish — rewriting the fates of their lives in a court full of thorns.
Inspired by Married Thrice to a Salted Fish.