Buying a Slave to Keep Up Appearances: Prince, Shower Me with Money

Life after transmigrating isn’t nearly as easy as people think. As soon as she arrives, either her father or mother is dead, and the whole village watches her like surveillance cameras, making sure she doesn’t leave while observing the mourning period. With no land and no money, she can only endure a life of hardship. Her vile grandmother takes advantage of Shen Qingluo’s having no one to rely on and keeps scheming to sell her for money. First, she tries to sell her to a butcher. Shen Qingluo uses her mourning period as an excuse not to marry. Then her grandmother tries to sell her to a prince rumored to bring death to his wives. But just as she bundles Shen Qingluo up to send her to the capital, word comes that the prince has died. Finally, she tries to sell her to Wang the Fool, a man from their village. How can she marry a fool? Luckily, Shen Qingluo knows how to bend without breaking. She picks up a man and makes him her boyfriend. With her reputation ruined, no one dares arrange a match for her. But after she feeds and pampers the man for three months, he leaves and never comes back, taking a piece of her heart with him. As soon as he’s gone, her grandmother starts trying to arrange another match for her. With no other choice, Shen Qingluo goes to a slave market and buys a dying slave to pass off as her husband. She plans to nurse him back to health, then have him chop wood, haul water, clear land, and farm. Who could have guessed he would insist on repaying her with his hand in marriage, using every trick in the book to tempt her into falling for him? “Get this straight: I’m your master, and you’re just a slave! No backtalk!” “Fine! Give me five thousand taels and come home with me. Then I won’t talk back.” “No way! I’m perfectly happy here in the village. I love breathing the free air out here!” “I’ll give you all my savings! Plus a mansion in the prince’s estate, and a promise that you’ll be the only one for me for the rest of our lives!” “Uh... That’s tempting. Let me think...” “Why do you need to think? Get on the carriage like a good girl. Every moment you delay costs you a chest of silver!” Shen Qingluo: “All right, I’m coming! Your Highness, take it slow. Watch your step, mind your head...” “Your Highness, are you thirsty? Hungry? Cold? Hot?”