[Cutthroat Household Intrigue + Maid Rises to Power + Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger + Building a Career]
Dong Ling transmigrated into a tragic romance where the male and female leads loved each other but could never be together!
The male lead, Huo Yuanxiao, was decisive and renowned for his military achievements. Countless women admired him, but his heart belonged to someone else. The tragedy was that when he returned from war, the woman he loved had already married.
Dong Ling got a cannon-fodder role: a servant concubine the mistress brought in to compete for favor. Her only redeeming feature was a face that faintly resembled the woman Huo Yuanxiao loved. As soon as she appeared, the second male lead gave her to his elder brother, Huo Yuanxiao, as a gift!
Who could have guessed that the song she sang would hit a nerve with Huo Yuanxiao? He sent her back to the second male lead, who had her beaten to death once she was no longer useful. Her only purpose as cannon fodder was to prove just how deeply Huo Yuanxiao loved the woman he couldn’t forget!
So what if she was a stand-in for the woman he loved? She was more useful that way than any other!
To survive, she had no choice but to cling to the male lead. Dong Ling willingly played the stand-in, dutifully serving by Huo Yuanxiao’s side and fending off admirers for him... Carefully laying her plans, step by step... And as time passed, Huo Yuanxiao really did grow fond of her.
From servant concubine to concubine to mistress, she climbed her way up!
When their feelings ran deep, Huo Yuanxiao stroked Dong Ling’s hair and asked her, “Do you resent me?”
Dong Ling expertly put on a lovestruck expression, lowered her eyes, and said sweetly, “Your concubine is already fortunate to be able to stay by your side, my lord. I like you too much to resent you.”
Ha! Resent you for treating me like a stand-in?
What’s love got to do with it? I just want wealth and status!
