Mistaken for a General's Bastard Daughter, the Second Miss Is Forced to Keep Her Head Down

[Historical fiction | Modern girl travels to ancient times | One-on-one romance | Tragic ending]

(The male lead doesn’t appear much, so you can also read this as a no-romance story. Includes a male-male pairing, so read with care. This is a spin-off set in a fictional history, with modified worldbuilding. The heroine’s personality is undecided early on; later she becomes an ambitious, scheming woman with a soft heart. Also known as The Bastard Daughter of a Military Family’s Guide to Self-Cultivation.)

Li Qiutang is a middle school student preparing for her high school entrance exams when an accident sends her to the fictional Great Xia Dynasty. She nearly loses her life as soon as she arrives, but someone appears out of nowhere to save her. The setup may be clichéd, but it would be a lie to say she doesn’t fall for her savior. Before she can find out her benefactor’s name, she is kidnapped and taken to the capital, where she is told she is the second daughter of the Nanning General’s residence, a daughter born to a concubine. Life in a grand household is hard to endure, and although Li Qiutang has never seen a pig run, she’s eaten pork. Besides, she isn’t that second daughter; they just happen to share a name. The steward who forcibly brought her back to the estate at first tells her, “If you want to live, play your part as the second young miss and don’t give yourself away.” She diligently keeps her secret identity hidden, right up until the very end…

(A quirky, scheming heroine with a soft heart x a wandering, tragic and beautiful male lead)

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