The Ultimate Dashing Live-In Son-in-Law

[Historical alternate setting + multiple heroines + lighthearted + face-slapping + comeback]

Shen Heng transmigrated into a dynasty called Great Su.

He thought he could get by on a little poetry and refinement, but just after passing the provincial exam as its top candidate, a red wedding sash sent by imperial decree somehow made him a live-in son-in-law in the current prime minister’s household.

Three days into the marriage, he had barely seen his wife, yet he was already being mocked by relatives, humiliated by scholars, and made the subject of gossip around town.

Everyone said the Gu family’s son-in-law was a useless bookworm, a blot on the Gu household’s reputation, and a stain on the royal family’s politics.

With paper and brush in hand, he could turn bookkeeping into warfare and write books that left people speechless;

when it came to human relationships, he played chess. He did not vie for a place at court, yet quietly stirred up the waters.

He said, “I don’t seek glory in this life. I just want to lie flat.”

But who could have guessed that the empire would be in turmoil, the women would be watching, and his enemies would be laughing?

A live-in son-in-law who had only wanted to coast through life in comfort was forced into the worlds of the palace, the frontier, the bustling streets, and the scholar’s desk.

What he wrote was no poetry, but a book of strategies;

The path he walked was no wedding road, but a thunderclap.

He set the court shaking and stirred the beauties into rivalry