After the Marriage Swap, the Madam Decides to Lie Flat

Lu Xinlan transmigrates into a romance novel where the heroine is hopelessly lovesick. Her stepsister, Lu Mingzhu, dislikes the marriage arranged for her with a wastrel from the Duke’s household. She refuses to marry into all that wealth and power, so she steals the match intended for Lu Xinlan, a son from a minor official’s family. As the contrast character, Lu Xinlan is supposed to spend the rest of her life suffering more than death. After transmigrating into the book, Lu Xinlan lies back and enjoys the wealth and power of the Duke’s household, looking “pitiful” as Lu Mingzhu and the others regard her with pity. As for the promising Zhao Dalang her stepsister stole? Let her have him. Lu Mingzhu will eventually discover that Zhao Dalang only succeeds because the original Lu Xinlan used her dowry to support him. Without Lu Xinlan paving the way and planning his future, Zhao Dalang won’t just fail to become Chancellor, he might not even manage to become an official. * Liu Jinsong, heir to the Duke’s household, is a wastrel who often spends the night at brothels and lives a life of debauchery. His family also keeps a cousin who insists she will marry no one but him. On their wedding night, Liu Jinsong stays in his sick cousin’s room. Lu Xinlan schemes to make Liu Jinsong agree to a marriage of convenience. They won’t interfere with each other, they can each do as they please, and they’ll wait until the time comes to divorce. * At a flower-viewing party, Liu Jinsong accidentally discovers that Lu Xinlan has a “first love” in her heart... Once a captain of the secret guards and a debauched wastrel, Liu Jinsong tosses and turns for the first time, unable to sleep, finally tasting what it means to long for something he cannot have. A post-marriage romance, everyday life, and a growing-up-together story. The heir will become a man of true strength and integrity.