A Dream of the Red Chamber Gone Awry: The Cool and Aloof Lin Meimei Marries the Minister of Justice

[Dream of the Red Chamber + court intrigue + marriage before love + wish fulfillment]

Everyone says that Gu Qingzhou, Minister of Justice, has lived a quiet, desire-free life since his wife died. So why has the emperor suddenly ordered him to marry Lin Daiyu?

The emperor mistakenly believes that Lin Ruhai embezzled millions of taels in Jiangnan tax revenue, and coldly watched him die.

Now he wants to use Daiyu to find out where the money went!

If Gu Qingzhou refuses, Daiyu will be trapped in the Jia residence by Madam Wang and the Xue family. If he accepts, he’ll be condemned as a man who married for the Lin family’s wealth.

For the kindness he once received, Gu Qingzhou is willing to risk it all!

He will fend off suspicion from the throne while exposing the schemes of the Zhen and Xue families.

When the truth behind tens of millions of taels in Jiangnan salt-tax revenue comes to light and the former crown prince’s faction is brought to justice, the world will finally understand:

That Minister Shen, mocked as “an old bull eating young grass,” has unknowingly become the guardian deity of Great Xia!