After Seeing My Cousin Pretend to Be a Fool, I Quietly Set You All Up

[Historical romance + devoted to each other + lighthearted comedy + sweet doting romance]

Xu Huaizhu was killed through someone else's scheme in her previous life.

She had just gone to the Bo family to seek refuge with her aunt. Her aunt pointed out a jade-like young gentleman and said she could arrange a marriage between them.

Xu Huaizhu happily awaited her wedding, only to be shoved into a pond and drowned the very next day.

As she died, she heard someone say:

“Know your place. How dare you set your sights on the young marquis?”

Xu Huaizhu understood. The position of Bo Yanxi's wife was not hers to claim.

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Bo Yanxi was born into an eminent family. He studied literature at three, wrote poetry at seven, began preparing for the imperial examinations at twelve, and became the top scholar at seventeen, earning the emperor's favor.

His life had always gone smoothly, until he discovered that he was not a member of the Bo bloodline, but a false nobleman.

The person whose identity he had taken was a girl, a young lady who had been staying with the Bo family.

His mother told him that she wanted nothing more than to marry him.

In his previous life, he hadn't been able to protect her, and she had died unjustly before their wedding.

Given another chance, he would make sure she was safe.

Only, Xu Huaizhu was a little different in this life.

She was an idiot who went around playing tricks on people.

“...”

An idiot was fine too. He could still protect her as his little sister.

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A heroine who plays dumb while hiding her claws vs. a hero with a knife behind his smile

(A story about a hero helping a seemingly foolish but somewhat clever heroine rise step by step, with a little romance along the way.)