A Guide to Raising Children for Ancient Stepmothers

Qin Youyou transmigrated while still in her mother's womb. As a concubine's daughter, when her penniless father asked if she was willing to become a second wife, she readily agreed.

It was still better than being someone's concubine.

On her wedding night, once she saw what her husband, the Marquis Weiyuan and a general, looked like, she felt even more certain it was a good deal.

But could someone explain why her bargain husband was sent by the emperor to quell unrest at the border on their wedding night, leaving her with a whole bunch of... babies? And he was gone for years?

Her father-in-law had enjoyed a late-life romance and fathered two sons and a daughter with his concubine. With the two of them away, the three children were left in her care.

Her new husband's life had been full of misfortune. His first wife had died young in an accident, leaving two children for her to raise as well.

Her own mother had no ability to care for anyone, so raising her younger brother and sister herself was one thing, but what was she supposed to do about the other five children?

To make matters worse, her mother-in-law had also brought her mother and siblings to the general's residence. Wouldn't seven children turn the whole place into chaos?

Oh well. Since her mother-in-law and husband both seemed so confident, she might as well... do as they asked.

After finally raising the children to be clever and bright, she never expected her husband, whom the daughters of respectable families had once gone out of their way to avoid, to return victorious from the border and become... the most sought-after man around.

With so many women trying to steal her husband, Qin Youyou wasn't afraid. Just as she was about to roll up her sleeves and charge in, her husband and the children had already dealt with all the women for her.

How awkward. She was the one who ended up winning without lifting a finger.