Forced Into a Marriage Swap, I Rose from the Slums to a Noble Lady of the First Rank

In her previous life, Wen Yan married into a marquis’s household and spent over a decade helping her mother-in-law defeat her husband’s concubines and reclaim control of the household. She also helped her husband pass the palace exam, enter government service, and earn his merits, only to be rewarded with a cup of deadly poison.

Before she died, her legitimate elder sister said, “Dear sister, thank you for building such a grand estate for me and the heir!”

In this life, she and her elder sister are reborn at the same time.

Her sister kicks up a fuss about changing the marriage arrangements, wanting to stay with the heir forever, live happily together, and share in his glory.

Of course Wen Yan is happy to oblige!

She turns around and marries a poor scholar who is supposed to die young. She befriends a great Confucian scholar, wins the admiration of a master painter, builds a thriving business, and even has a respected old princess to look out for her.

Her sister is jealous? Her former husband regrets it?

They’re reborn too. Who still wants to support a loser?

But…

Her husband, who was supposed to die young, is not only alive and kicking, he’s even made her the wife of a top scholar!

Wen Yan: “I thought when my short-lived husband died, I’d be a widow, free to travel the mountains and rivers, eat, drink, and have fun. What happened to that plan?”

Her short-lived husband takes her hand with his well-muscled arm. “My dear, what scenery could be more enjoyable than your husband?”