Reborn, Hao Xin returns to the day her elder sister refuses a marriage proposal…
In her previous life, she followed her legitimate elder sister around, joining her in causing trouble until she got herself killed. The man who took her life was the very fiancé her sister had scorned and rejected.
Everyone thinks the newly appointed top scholar, Mu Jinghe, is sickly, powerless, and an easy target to avoid at all costs. Her elder sister casually discards him as though he were worthless.
Only Hao Xin knows the truth… This husband she’s taken in is a master manipulator!
He seems gentle and refined, weak and harmless, but in reality he plays dumb to catch his enemies off guard, and his schemes have fooled the entire capital.
With memories of her past life, Hao Xin sees through him but keeps quiet, content to watch her manipulative husband act pitiful every day.
He plays up his suffering to win sympathy, and she calmly plays along; he secretly lays traps for his enemies, and she takes the opportunity to help deliver the finishing blow.
On the surface, they treat each other with mutual respect. Beneath it, they see right through one another, skillfully undermine each other, and team up to cause trouble. They dish out face-slapping to their awful relatives, tear into her scheming elder sister, and fill their days with romance and laughter as they take the court and household by storm!
