One morning, two girls woke to find their lives completely switched.
Shen Qing, a highborn lady of the highest rank in a feudal dynasty, was the apple of her father's eye and her mother's precious treasure. Raised in the lap of luxury, she had mastered every trick of household intrigue, and even her betrothed was a top scholar carefully chosen by her family. Her life should have unfolded like a beautifully written story. Instead, she opened her eyes to find herself in a cramped 21st-century rental, as Lin Xiaoxing, an unwanted child from a dysfunctional family.
Lin Xiao, meanwhile, was the quintessential modern-day failure. Her parents favored sons over daughters, her relatives gossiped and took advantage of her, and by thirty she had no savings or career. Even the “decent man” she was set up with was just someone her family had picked at random. Her life was a hopeless mess, impossible to set right. Then she opened her eyes again to find herself dressed in a bridal robe, a young noblewoman of an ancient era, surrounded by attendants and cherished by her whole family.
One was a household-intrigue heroine who had mastered eighteen kinds of skills while growing up in the lap of luxury. Now she must live cautiously while enduring the abuse of terrible relatives, and no one cares about the major decisions in her life. Drawing on the wisdom she gained from household battles, she vows to carve out a clear path for herself in her cramped and difficult circumstances. The other was a modern nobody who struggled through life in the mire, utterly lacking in physical strength. How will she manage to accept this sudden stroke of “good fortune” in an ancient marquis's residence where every step is fraught with danger?
