Reborn as the Marquis's abandoned daughter, Shen Weilan sent the steward who had cheated her for four years to prison from the start, using a confidential letter he had stolen.
She had planned to keep her head down and survive, but a [Gossip System for the Entire Capital] got bound to her mind. It lives for shipping couples, digging up dirt, and stirring up trouble.
“Ding! Detected that Madam Wang embezzled 480 taels. Evidence archived!”
Shen Weilan promptly sent Madam Wang into a storm of public opinion, then opened an intelligence shop called Wind Listener Pavilion.
The gatekeeper is one of her people, and the back alley behind the kitchen is full of gossip. She's the first to know every rumor in the capital.
While investigating her birth mother's death, she unearthed an old letter from sixteen years ago:
Her mother was the daughter of a loyal official and had been poisoned. Lu Zhi's mother was an adopted daughter of the Zhou family. They aren't siblings!
Lu Zhi brings her pastries every day, claiming the gatekeeper “found them.” She can't be bothered to call him out.
But the System ships them so hard every day that it practically explodes in her head: [Host, his ears went red when he looked at you! Screenshot saved!]
The two flee to Xiangshan County by night. Pursued by assassins, they fall into the water and split up to draw the enemy away. The System cries as it broadcasts:
[Host, you have to come back alive! The System hasn't even had your wedding candy yet!]
With the evidence in hand, Madam Wang is brought to justice. The mastermind turns out to be him!!!
When everything is settled, he asks, his ears red, “Shall we spend the rest of our lives together?”
She takes the food box and walks away without looking back. “Don't make tomorrow's date pastries too sweet.”
System: [Aaaaaah, he confessed! Host, your ears are red! I'll play this on a loop at the wedding!]
Household intrigue + political scheming + mutual healing + falling hard despite themselves: one juicy secret from the start, and the throne is hers for the taking.
Plus a hammy System that spends every day shipping couples, digging up gossip, and leveling up.
