Lin Yu woke up one day to find herself in the body of Shen Yan, a twenty-four-year-old civil official in the Great Sheng Dynasty.
The good news: she came from a distinguished family and already held an official post.
The bad news: she had none of the original owner's memories.
The worse news: Shen Yan already had a principal wife and five concubines, while her mother-in-law urged her every day to produce an heir.
Looking at the wives and concubines filling the courtyard, Lin Yu could think of only one thing: This is over. This isn't transmigration, it's a high-risk job in ancient times.
She had planned to pretend to be ill to save her own skin, but soon discovered that everyone in this sprawling residence was relying on flattery, vying for favor, swallowing their pride, and scheming just to stay alive.
She held power over them as their husband, yet she had no desire to become the person who oppressed them.
From then on, the rules of the Shen residence changed.
You could survive without competing for favor.
You could live in peace without serving anyone.
But as old court cases, undercurrents in the inner quarters, and doubts about her identity closed in all at once, she finally understood: the power that came with this man's body wasn't all it brought. It had also trapped her in a game with no way out.
The plot is compact and the writing is clean and neat. As the plot unfolds, it has a slowly surprising feeling, and the inner drama of the protagonist is also quite rich.
Very beautiful, very beautiful, so classy