Reborn as a Frail Sacrificial Character, I’m Doted on by a Cruel Official

Name: Reborn as a Frail Sacrificial Character, I’m Doted on by a Cruel Official
Author: Wilderness Siren

穿成病弱炮灰，被阴戾权臣强宠了

by Wilderness Siren (荒野塞壬)

Status: Completed
Length: 500k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Palace & Household Intrigue
Updated: 3y ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

[An unconventional transmigration-into-a-book political intrigue story, with no palace or household infighting. A serious tone, a subdued plot, and few power-fantasy moments.]

Shen Suiwan transmigrated into a book, specifically a story about a true and false legitimate daughter. But she was neither the fake legitimate daughter of breathtaking beauty nor the true legitimate daughter who excelled in both arms and letters. She was the legitimate daughter's cousin, an early-death cannon-fodder character mentioned in passing during the novel's first three chapters.

Everyone knew that the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Dingguo's household was frail and difficult to care for. No one dared ask for her hand, since if they failed to look after her properly, the Duke of Dingguo's household, full of military men, would tear them apart.

Who could have guessed that an imperial decree would betroth Shen Suiwan to Bai Chenyuan, the rising star of the court and Minister of the Court of Judicial Review?

Bai Chenyuan was cold and cruel, with an unpredictable temper, and had no interest in women. Shen Suiwan chose him because, unlike that crowd of hopeless romantics, Bai Chenyuan was unmoved by beauty and only wanted to lie flat. The golden rule of transmigrating into a book was to stay away from the main plot if you wanted to make it to the end.

Bai Chenyuan had a childhood sweetheart who was born frail and had been bedridden since childhood, a spoiled and demanding girl. Everyone knew that Lord Bai, the living King of Hell, had doted on that young lady of the Shen family for sixteen years, waiting only for her coming-of-age ceremony so he could marry her. But in the end, all Bai Chenyuan saw was a coffin. After that, he went mad.

Shen Suiwan thought she had merely experienced transmigrating into a book, unaware that someone had spent over a thousand days and nights and poured in a lifetime's effort to stay by her side for all of her life.

Content warning: This is not a purely sweet romance. It features political intrigue and melodrama, and is not a power fantasy. The female lead is neither the smartest nor the strongest, and she is not a perfect character. Major twists come later. The female lead is actually a native who has been reborn. The first three or four hundred thousand words may be setup, or they may contain plot holes. Hard to say. If anything bothers you, drop it, drop it, drop it.

Other names

Stolen Darling: The Sinister Powerbroker Has His Eye on Her夺娇，被阴鸷权臣惦记了Alternate title on Fanqie

Stats

225Chapters

1.9kReads · 30 days

1.4MReads · all time

207Shelves

9.0Score

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