Everyone in the capital knew Su Wanqing, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yongning's household, was stunningly beautiful, yet a lazy beauty who lived by the motto, “If you can sit, don't stand; if you can lie down, don't sit.” Her greatest wish in life was to nap in the sun in her garden until the end of time.
Unfortunately, an imperial decree bound her to Gu Xuanyuan, the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo, a man of immense power and a notoriously volatile temperament.
The entire capital waited to see how this pampered, languid beauty would wither away in the residence of the cold-faced devil.
Su Wanqing counted on her fingers and thought: The duke's residence has a deeper courtyard and more maids. Wouldn't it be even better for lying flat?
So she grabbed a soft pillow, yawned, and got married.
She had planned to close the doors and carry on with her leisurely life. Who knew the duke's household would be such a nest of vipers, with concubines lying in wait, a younger half-sister causing trouble, and even the management of the household becoming a hot potato?
Su Wanqing lazily lifted her eyes and gave a dainty yawn. “Competing for favor? Too tiring. Managing the household? Too much effort. Taking you all down? …Well, let me nap first and think of a plan afterward.”
Just when everyone thought she was a useless pushover, she calmly and effortlessly defused one crisis after another with a lazy smile.
Then one day, the heir, rumored to be cold and heartless, draped a brocade cloak over her with his own hands and murmured helplessly, “My dear wife, you must be exhausted from putting everyone in their place. Shall I massage your legs?”
Only then did everyone realize that laziness, too, could be a kind of invincibility.
