On the day Tan Xu took someone else's place in the bridal sedan, all of the capital knew she was marrying a sickly prince.
No one knew that on her first day in the household, she had seen through the biggest secret of this marriage: there was one thing he could never give her in this lifetime. And that was exactly what the whole household desperately wanted.
Her stepmother urged her, the matrons nagged her, and everyone in the household waited for her to give in, waited for her to seek a divorce, waited for her to kneel and beg for a child.
But she wouldn't.
The first thing she wanted wasn't a bed, but the accounts room's keys. Her allowance, the estates, household management, personnel: she checked every single entry. The accounts would speak for her, showing who had been covering for whom. In three days, she uncovered three discrepancies. In a month, the household manager's tally tokens were on her desk.
Some people laughed at her for overestimating herself. She simply replied:
I didn't come here to bear his heirs. I want him.
Whoever bows their head first loses for a lifetime.
