The Rise to Power of a Hypocritical Couple

Name: The Rise to Power of a Hypocritical Couple
Author: Early Summer In Half The City

伪善夫妇的掌权之路

by Early Summer In Half The City (半城的初夏)

Status: Completed
Length: 489k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Slice-of-Life Farming
Updated: 6mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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In her past life, she was a survivor of a post-apocalyptic wasteland, an expert in the art of survival. In his past life, he was the final boss of a dungeon world, cold-blooded and merciless, with deadly attacks that could wipe out an entire city with a wave of his hand.

After an accident claimed both their lives, they opened their eyes to find themselves reborn in ancient times, in the home of a dirt-poor farming family.

From the start, they were stuck with a mess: a refugee flight was imminent, and they had no money, no allies, and no status. Two powerful people whose paths had never crossed in their past lives were forced to live under the same roof.

To the outside world, they were ruthless, calculating power players, smiling with daggers drawn as they pulled all the strings. At home, their scant tenderness was reserved for each other and the tottering household they had inherited.

At first, they secretly competed and kept their guard up. But as they spent day after day together, the seeds of true love quietly began to sprout.

The couple from another world took over the Lu family's “beautiful mess”:

The eldest was guileless, the second sly, the third cunning, and the fourth lazy. Then there were three girls who had run away while pregnant…

The court was thrown into turmoil as imperial suspicions and old clans' counterattacks came one after another.

Relying on the pocket dimension they had brought with them and their unrivaled wits, the scheming couple built their fortune and navigated both the open and hidden worlds.

They vied with the great clans for power and influence in the business world, while battling the emperor for the pieces on the board when it came to their daughters' happiness.

False virtue was each other's shield, and holding power was essential to survival.

Together with the Lu family, the couple vowed to break free from the shackles of fate!

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