After Marrying a Man Cursed to Be Alone, I Became a Widow Instead of Being Cursed to Death

Song Xi was reborn on the day she received the imperial decree arranging her marriage.

The decree was unchanged: she and her younger sister, Song Qi, were to marry the frail Third Prince and General Cui, a man cursed by the stars, respectively.

Faced once again with this immense fortune, Song Xi decided to switch marriages with her sister.

In her previous life, she had married Li Ruizhao, the Third Prince, as his principal wife, only to be diagnosed as infertile.

Though he never divorced her, she never won the prince’s affection. She became the chief caretaker of his household, working herself to the bone until she died of exhaustion.

Meanwhile, her younger sister Song Qi married Cui Mingcheng, the Cavalry General, and was supposedly cursed to death in less than a year, dying while pregnant with twins.

So in this life, Song Xi decided that switching husbands was the sensible choice.

The Third Prince might be frail, but he was perfectly capable in certain respects.

Her beautiful, fertile younger sister was sure to win his heart and enjoy a bright future.

As for Song Xi, she would marry Cui Mingcheng, the ill-fated man who supposedly caused his father’s death at ten, his mother’s at fifteen, and his wife’s and child’s at seventeen.

She intended to lie flat and wait for death, hoping to die early and reach paradise sooner.

But instead of paradise, she received news that the ill-fated general had died in battle, his body brought home wrapped in his armor.

For his outstanding military service, Cui Mingcheng was posthumously named Duke of Shun.

But Song Xi was the only Duchess in the estate, drawing in countless greedy wolves eager to devour the inheritance.

With wolves circling her and an unborn child to protect, Song Xi stopped lying flat. She would fight the greedy vultures and protect her little one.

But as she fought, she realized that everything that had happened in her previous life had been part of a scheme.

Song Xi’s resolve hardened: Then I’ll settle old and new scores together...

[Rebirth + household intrigue + political schemes + a touch of mystery + ensemble cast; besides the heroine, there are two other reborn characters, lurking in the shadows. The setting is fictional, with some original elements, so don’t overanalyze it. The heroine is clear-headed; at first she wants to lie flat, but later she becomes quite formidable... Romance or no romance? Depends on my mood~]