[Two equally strong heroines + fiercely protective leads + fated revenge + gossip and mind-reading]
The two Shen sisters: the elder, Shen Guanlan, is brilliant and can devise plans to reshape the realm; the younger, Shen Tingfeng, is breathtakingly beautiful and just wants to take it easy.
A prophetic dream reveals the abyss beneath their family’s warmth: the younger sister, married into a prestigious family, is tormented to death by domestic strife, while the elder sister, married into a humbler home, is powerless to save her.
“This time, I’ll take your place in the abyss, Sister.”
Shen Guanlan resolutely switches their marriages, wielding her thunderous methods as she enters the Huaiyang Prince’s residence, a den of wolves and tigers, and brings the lovesick young heir Pei Wujiao, who pretends to be insane, to heel.
Meanwhile, the pampered Shen Tingfeng, armed with a head full of the strangest gossip, marries down to the impoverished censor Xie Buchen.
Xie Buchen is naturally cold-hearted. He expects his new wife to be nothing but a pretty, useless ornament, until he hears Shen Tingfeng’s inner thoughts.
“Husband, I’ll wash my hands and make you a meal.”
[Ugh, I’m exhausted. I actually bought it. But Xie Buchen will become emperor someday, so I’d better cling to him, or he might steal my sister’s fortune later.]
Xie Buchen: …Steal your sister’s fortune? Do you think I have that kind of free time?
With her younger sister’s almost cheat-like “mind-reading spoilers,” Shen Guanlan stays one step ahead of her enemies and advances carefully, step by step.
Working together from within and without, the sisters turn the capital upside down.
By the time the villains catch on, Shen Guanlan has become the all-powerful Regent’s Princess Consort, while Shen Tingfeng is held tightly in the arms of the new emperor, who murmurs coaxingly:
“Good Tingfeng, call me ‘husband’ a couple more times in your thoughts, and I’ll give your sister half this vast empire.”
Global Apocalypse: My Plants Don't Look Right
War of Resistance: The Japanese Think I’m One of Them
You Were Told to Fight for Your Nation, So Why Did You Feed the Evil Ghost Until It Got Fat?
Armor Hero: My Younger Brother Stole My Identity as the Emperor
Hong Kong Crossover: Big D's Accountant, Printing Money with Superpowers
Espionage: The Ruthless Information Broker, Killing with Borrowed Knives from the Start