What Has Her Ladyship Done Now?

[A twist of fate + married first, love later + household face-slapping + groveling for forgiveness] Set in an imaginary dynasty with a few loose parallels to the Ming. On her way to a Buddhist temple to pray, Fan Jinniang, who had married far from home, accidentally fell from her carriage. When she woke up, she realized just how miserable her two years in the Chen household in Shangdu had been. A domineering, unreasonable mother-in-law, and a sister-in-law who took advantage of everyone while playing the victim. If not for the emperor's decree forbidding divorce, she would have turned around and left the moment she woke up in a body someone else had taken over. She couldn't divorce, but she could stir up trouble and give the Chen family a headache. That was enough to let off some steam. Fortunately, the husband she'd chosen didn't seem as bad as she'd thought. But as the days went by... she realized she'd mistaken him for someone else. The stone-faced deputy commissioner of the Golden Scale Guard was driven to distraction by his wife's drastic change in personality after waking up. He even wondered if her gentle obedience over the past two years had all been an act... His changed wife gradually brought some fun into his life, and he found himself getting drawn in. Later, she casually asked him about what had happened in Jinguan City two years earlier... One day, Lord Chen went to confront Fan Jinniang about something his mother had cried to him about. But the moment he entered the room, he saw Fan Jinniang reclining on a chaise longue for an afternoon nap, dressed in a light, sheer robe. Perhaps because they hadn't seen each other for several days, he thought she'd grown much plumper. Not only that, but she looked healthier too. Beneath her sheer robe, she was as dewy and luscious as a summer peach, and his tone softened without him even realizing it...