The moment she opens her eyes, Lin Yunchu transmigrates into a book and becomes a disposable female character who was sent to the palace in her elder sister’s place, only to be sent back home.
That night, for the sake of the family honor they keep talking about, the Lin family brings a white silk noose to the original owner’s room.
Lin Yunchu knows that being sent home less than a day after entering the palace must be humiliating in ancient times, but there’s no way she’s going to hang herself.
Living matters more than saving face.
Just as she finishes packing her gold and silver and getting ready to flee, her personal maid pushes open the door with good news: the young general Pei from the Marquis of Zhenbei’s household has come to propose.
So the next day, she’s sent to the Marquis of Zhenbei’s estate.
Lin Yunchu: Am I some kind of object?
Every unmarried noblewoman of suitable age in the capital wants to marry Pei Xu, the young general who has earned renown across the land.
Who would have guessed he’d marry a daughter of the Lin family, and the second daughter at that, the one the emperor had rejected?
Having never taken part in household scheming before, Lin Yunchu is completely bewildered. Then she discovers she can hear General Pei’s inner thoughts.
[“Why isn’t she eating? Is it because she doesn’t want to marry me and plans to starve herself?”]
Lin Yunchu: Huh? The general seems kind of pathetic.
[“Yunchu doesn’t seem to like getting up early, and she’s afraid of Mother too. I’ll stay with her next time.”]
Lin Yunchu: Wait, does this young General Pei actually like me?
So, in order to have someone to rely on at the marquis’s estate, Lin Yunchu starts pursuing her future husband.
[Why hasn’t Yunchu given me a sachet?]
She will!
The next day, Lin Yunchu gets up at dawn to learn how to embroider a sachet.
[I want to wear clothes the same color as Yunchu.]
Then wear them!
As soon as she hears his thoughts, Lin Yunchu orders someone to bring her a blue silk robe.
Ah, this young general is so easy to please.
