Wang Zhiyu died a most unjust death.
A brilliant modern woman was struck by lightning and turned to ash over the outrageous accusation that she'd "helped her junior abort three times." To make it up to her, the King of Hell promised she could be reborn in ancient times with supernatural abilities. Instead, he put her in the body of an eleven-year-old beggar boy, and even made her male! Starving and freezing, she heard that the richest family in Suzhou, the Song family, was looking for a live-in son-in-law.
Desperate for a decent meal, Wang Zhiyu gritted her teeth and signed up. "I'm a professional freeloader. Pick me!" She thought she could lie flat and live off the family after marrying in, but then she discovered:
Her wife, Song Xiyue, was a businesswoman, coldly beautiful and ruthless, and wanted nothing to do with him.
Her stepdaughter, Song Xu, was a mischievous little thing who spent all day trying to find herself a "new dad."
A princess was secretly flirting with him, while a prince claimed he was his long-lost son... Wang Zhiyu calmly sipped his tea. "Quiet, all of you. Let me finish making osmanthus cakes for my wife." Later, when rebels surrounded the city, he casually devised a plan to crush them.
When powerful ministers tried to seize the throne, he smiled and turned the tables, confiscating their estates.
Even the emperor on the throne was his wife's business partner. At the new emperor's coronation, thousands bowed before them.
Song Xiyue, dressed in her phoenix robes, took his hand and smiled.
"Had enough of living off me? It's your turn to take care of me."
"This empire is my betrothal gift to you."
