My Fiancé Called Off the Wedding? I Turned Around and Married a Dandy, Becoming Everyone's Darling

The sixth day of the third month was the day the Qingyang Marquis’s residence was to send betrothal gifts to Cui Yining, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Cui family. She eagerly awaited her fiancé’s grand arrival at the Cui residence.

But instead of betrothal gifts from the Qingyang Marquis’s residence, what arrived was a dowry gift sent by Gu Siqi’s servant, along with the devastating news that he had gambled away his engagement to her.

The man who had won the right to marry her was none other than Lu Huaijin, the notorious wastrel heir of the Duke of Zhenguo’s residence, famous throughout the capital.

Cui Yining had thought nothing could be more humiliating, but Lu Huaijin not only arrived at the Cui residence in a grand procession with 360 carts of lavish betrothal gifts, he also had their marriage contract registered with the authorities.

Meanwhile, the heir of the Qingyang Marquis, who should have come to the Cui residence with betrothal gifts, took 100 carts of gifts to propose to Shen Jiaojiao, the eldest legitimate daughter of Shen Ling, an official at the Court of the Imperial Stud.

To preserve the Cui family’s dignity, Cui Yining ultimately decided to marry Lu Huaijin first.

The Duchess of Zhenguo had never dreamed that Cui Yining, the capital’s most proper young lady, would soon become her daughter-in-law.

Madam Gu, the wife of the Qingyang Marquis, tried to salvage the engagement, but the Duke of Zhenguo’s residence refused to dissolve the marriage agreement between the families. She could only grit her teeth and accept the useless daughter-in-law from the Shen family.

Cui Yining had expected life at the Duke of Zhenguo’s residence to be miserable, but it turned out to be quite comfortable. Her grandmother-in-law, father-in-law, and mother-in-law were all kind to her. Only her good-for-nothing husband and the noisy second branch of the family were a nuisance.

Cui Yining thought that since everyone at the Duke of Zhenguo’s residence treated her so well, she ought to do something for them. Since Lu Huaijin was useless and the second branch kept making trouble, she would help them get everything in order!