[Two formidable leads + rebirth + transmigrate into a book + political intrigue + secret identities revealed + women supporting women + love at first sight + older man]
In her previous life, she was Shen Qingwu, the capital’s foremost beauty and a master at reading people.
To save her family, she married into a powerful household, only to die with poisoned wine in her throat and her family destroyed.
Reborn, she sets her sights on the Zhenbei Marquis’s “nearly dead” fiancé.
“A marriage to bring you good luck? Fine, I’ll marry you!”
The capital is in an uproar: Is the gifted beauty really going to become a widow while her husband is still alive?
No one knows that at night, she smiles at the sickly man and says, “Let’s make a deal. You pretend to be ill, and I’ll play the widow.”
Pei Yan coughs so hard he can barely breathe. “M-My lady, I really am about to die...”
Later:
She plots in the business world and takes down her enemies. Reclining on his couch in “poor health,” he offers advice: “You got the interest wrong. You should swindle them out of another thirty thousand taels.”
She takes her sword to court, and he leaps up to take an arrow for her. “You look so beautiful charging into battle, my lady... Next time, let me go first?”
Reader’s Guide
One couple | Both virgins | Happy ending | Light political intrigue | Mutual healing
Heroine: Ruthless career woman · reborn black lotus · clear-eyed realist · irresistible to all
Hero: Transmigrated bookworm with a laid-back attitude · hopeless romantic who falls for her on his own · professional faker whose act always falls apart
Highlights:
The heroine builds her career while the hero pines for her! The two powerful leads expose each other’s secret identities, and it’s immensely satisfying!
A political intrigue storyline centered on the Eldest Princess, with a group of close female friends joining forces to take down the scum.
Note: The heroine suffered no heartbreak in her previous life! They’re simply calculating against each other from the start!
This is not a revenge story! The previous life takes up little of the story.
It's really a wonderful article [Admiration] I really like this couple!