To Stay Alive, I Pretended to Be the Amnesiac Powerbroker's One True Love

Name: To Stay Alive, I Pretended to Be the Amnesiac Powerbroker's One True Love
Author: Liu Qingwan

为了苟命，我伪装失忆权臣白月光

by Liu Qingwan (柳清晚)

Status: Completed
Length: 571k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Palace & Household Intrigue
Updated: 2y ago
English: RandomTL: Request

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Synopsis

[Comedy / Sweet Romance / Face-Slapping / Bickering Couple / Pretending Turns Real]

Zhuang Wan transmigrated into a book and became the daughter of a disgraced official whose family was to be confiscated and executed. According to the plot, she would be sent to the Imperial Music Bureau and reduced to a plaything for the powerful, before meeting a tragic end.

Zhuang Wan: What the hell did I do to offend the gods? TAT

At that moment, her family was being stripped of its possessions, and she was about to be taken away by the authorities. Gritting her teeth, she bolted out the door and clung to a man's leg.

Everyone panicked. “Insolence! How dare you accost the Imperial Preceptor!”

The man looked down at her, his face darkening.

With tears in her eyes, Zhuang Wan gazed up at him tenderly. “Yu Zhi, it's me, Wanwan. We pledged ourselves to each other in secret. Have you forgotten?”

Everyone was stunned!

The man was dumbfounded!

Zhuang Wan chose the most powerful man around to cling to.

In the book, Pei Xingju was noble and aloof, with no interest in women. He was the Imperial Preceptor of the dynasty and a trusted confidant of the young emperor, holding power second only to the ruler, The Outcast. Having lost his memory after being injured, he wouldn't recover it for another six months. She could use that time to stay alive, then find an excuse to “break up amicably” and escape.

To win his trust, Zhuang Wan put on an acting performance every day, pretending to love him more than life itself. She successfully passed herself off as his long-lost ideal woman.

But just as she was planning their “amicable breakup,” Pei Xingju recovered his memories ahead of schedule.

The man's long lashes lowered slightly, his deep eyes seeming to smile. “We pledged ourselves to each other in secret?”

Zhuang Wan: QAQ!!

Other names

At the Family Seizure, I Clung to the Powerful Minister's Leg and Called Him Husband抄家当场，我抱住权臣大腿喊相公Alternate title on Fanqie

Stats

238Chapters

7.3kReads · 30 days

2MReads · all time

897Shelf adds, last 14 days

8.9Score

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I read six chapters in one go, and honestly, this is the best-written ancient time-travel novel I've ever read on Tomato. The plot is very engaging, the pacing is tight and fast, and the writing is excellent. Every chapter is incredibly vivid, the male lead is so charismatic—just my type. The female lead is quirky and funny, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what sparks fly between them.
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