Transmigrating to Ancient Times: Lord Grand Secretary, Go Easy on the Biting

[Two powerful leads, one-on-one romance + Household and palace intrigue + Face-slapping the scum]

Everyone in the capital knows that the Marquis's family has taken in a young lady from the countryside.

They say she's sallow, scrawny, uncouth, and completely unsuited for high society.

Her stepmother is waiting to laugh at her, her stepsister is waiting to use her as a stepping stone, and every noblewoman in the capital is waiting to humiliate her at the palace banquet.

But who could have guessed...

At the banquet, her zither playing astonishes the entire room, her poetry outshines every other woman, and her fluent knowledge of etiquette and protocol charms the Empress Dowager into beaming with delight.

Whatever happened to that uncouth country girl?

Everyone who came to watch the show gets their face slapped so hard it swells.

Even more astonishing, Gu Si, the Chief Grand Secretary who never goes near women, speaks up in front of everyone:

“Miss Li, His Majesty says you should sit beside me.”

What?!

The emperor, who is drinking tea, spits it out.

Since when did he say that?

Before long, Li Xu goes from a daughter everyone despises to the most sought-after woman in the capital.

She says: “Reborn once, all I want is to reclaim, bit by bit, the justice owed to my former self!”

But...

Why is the man behind her like a piece of sticky plaster, impossible to shake off?