I Took My Sister’s Place and Divorced Her Husband. Who Wants to Be a Second Wife Anyway?

(Palace and household intrigue + medicine + satisfying wish fulfillment + turning the tables against the odds)

Meng Yanxi was raised from childhood by the free-spirited Medicine King, a divine physician, and learned a host of extraordinary skills.

Two years after leaving the mountain, she still hadn’t had a chance to put them to use.

Her elder legitimate sister, Meng Yueci, had worked herself sick managing the Earl’s household.

She returned to the Meng residence, gravely ill, and begged her unmarried younger sister to take her place and protect her two children.

On the first day Meng Yanxi took her sister’s place as the mistress of the Earl’s household, her sister’s scumbag husband, Xu Yanli, came to demand that she hand over control of the household.

Her elder sister had died suddenly at home, while their upright father had been framed for embezzlement.

The Meng family had done everything they could to pave Xu Yanli’s way to an official career, only to be called a burden by the Earl’s household.

Overnight, everything changed.

The husband who had promised her sister he would love only her for his entire life forced her to willingly give up her position as his wife and become his concubine so he could marry someone else.

Her mother-in-law, who had once been deeply grateful to her sister, turned around and fawned on the new bride when the Meng family fell into ruin and could no longer benefit her.

The Old Madam Xu, who had always been kind to her sister, wanted to keep her generous dowry and squeeze the last bit of value out of her.

Meng Yanxi reclaimed the dowry her sister had spent three years giving to the household. She lived in luxury at the Earl’s residence while stirring up trouble for them at every turn.

Just as she finally brought the Earl’s household to its knees, Meng Yanxi produced the divorce letter she had prepared long ago. She was about to leave with the two adorable children and make a name for herself when a handsome, cunning, lovesick man lifted her chin and said with a wicked smile, “I have money, looks, power, and influence. Marry me, and I’ll make sure you live in luxury and can do whatever you please in the Northern Kingdom.”

Meng Yanxi smiled without hesitation. “That’s exactly what I had in mind...”