[Strong female lead + political intrigue and ensemble cast + marriage before love + no rivalry between women + one woman, three men]
[A young woman from the martial world who plays the pig to eat the tiger vs. a paralyzed, devoted young master from an aristocratic clan + a gentle, refined divine doctor + a cunning, scheming official]
Yu Jun’s life is changed four times.
One: Her whole family is wiped out. Two: She enters the martial world.
Three: A divine doctor takes her in. Four: She sets up a marriage to bring good fortune to a sick man.
The moment Yu Jun learns that Fourth Master Ye has broken his leg and the Ye family plans to find him a bride to bring him good fortune, she contacts her friends in the martial world and sets the plan in motion.
She goes in pursuit of her goal, driven by revenge.
Their first meeting is anything but friendly.
Fourth Master calls her stupid, calls her foolish,
But luckily, Yu Jun has been toughened by the martial world and can handle it with ease.
Married in name only to bring good fortune, she enters the family compound and treads carefully at every turn.
Her advantage is that, even before she married into the Ye family, someone in the household had already taken her side.
At a family banquet, the head of the family gives her a hard time. Fourth Master threatens to cut ties, while Eldest Master carries her off to be treated and even gives her permission to “get some revenge.”
Then another incident leaves her brutally beaten with twenty strokes for breaking the family rules.
Eldest Master is so furious he draws his sword and kills, declaring, “I wouldn’t mind replacing the head of the family.”
Yu Jun settles every grievance herself at a royal banquet.
Those who deserve to die die, and those who deserve to be wounded are wounded.
The Ye family falls into turmoil, Eldest Master takes power, the court is shaken, and the realm descends into chaos.
Yu Jun turns and takes Fourth Master south. She will come back and clean up this mess.
Alas, she was born to the martial world and is destined to be bound by it.
Still, there is one thing to celebrate: Fourth Master can stand again...
That day, tears blurred Yu Jun’s vision. She cradled his face and laughed through her tears. “Fourth Master, you’re finally taller than me...”
I recommend it. The author still has great potential.