Su Huaiyue was reborn on the day she finally became the prime minister's wife.
Thinking back on her past life, when she got up earlier than a chicken and went to bed later than a dog, pinching every penny, Su Huaiyue decided to lie flat and give up. With a beautiful face, she figured she could just kick back and do nothing.
But before she could find a place to settle down, her elder half-sister suddenly rejected the wealthy marriage their parents had arranged for her and insisted on marrying Su Huaiyue's poor scholar fiancé.
Her maid was worried. She'd heard that the future husband was of noble status, that the prince's residence was full of concubines, and that the principal wife was not easy to deal with. If her young mistress went there, she would probably have to follow rules every single day.
Thinking of her plan to lie flat, Su Huaiyue realized that this was indeed a problem.
Yuwen Yao had been made a prince at a young age. He was always diligent in handling state affairs, with his mind fixed on court and country, and never paid attention to the women in his residence.
So when he learned that his virtuous, gracious princess consort had taken another concubine for him, he merely nodded.
As long as she was sensible and knew her place, he could afford to provide for her.
On their wedding night,
he lifted the bridal veil and saw a familiar, lovely face. Yuwen Yao was overjoyed, thinking he had found what he had lost. He asked if she had any wish.
His beloved concubine replied sweetly that all she wished for was the prince's well-being and a long, healthy life for herself.
It's purely a palace intrigue novel, not a sweet romance, and not my type. The female lead follows the path of Zhen Huan (a character from a popular Chinese drama), and I was heartbroken almost immediately. There are reincarnation and transmigration elements in the harem, and I even started to hope the female lead would eventually replace the male lead as empress.
The writing is fluent, the logic is believable, and it's a very comfortable read. Please update soon!
It doesn't explicitly state that the male lead is the only one favored, but later on, it seems to focus solely on the female lead. The early episodes are about domestic intrigue, while the later episodes focus on the imperial court, where the male and female leads work together to solve cases and resolve problems.