[A seemingly laid-back but ambitious concubine-born daughter x a seemingly unruly but calculating sworn brother]
[Both transmigrate | All an act | Bad people get everything | 1v1 | Both are each other's only one | HE]
Note: They're both master strategists, and they're both genuinely funny. Apart, each rules their own corner of the world; together, they put on a comedy show.
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Yu Zhaoxi transmigrated and became the fifth concubine-born daughter of the Xuanyang Marquis Household. Her mother came from a lowly background and died young, while her father was intensely selfish and cared only about his own interests. In the vast marquis household, the formidable, high-born legitimate mother came first, followed by concubines who were socially adept and skilled at putting on an act. Her grandparents were sharp as anything, and not one of her brothers and sisters was easy to deal with.
It was a terrible situation from the start.
But Yu Zhaoxi felt no worry or fear at all. Her eyes were filled with longing for the high-stakes game of inner-household combat.
Tremble, Xuanyang Marquis Household! Your match has arrived!
And so eight-year-old Yu Zhaoxi began her campaign of household intrigue.
She expertly manipulated her profit-seeking father, turned her legitimate mother and aunts against one another, flattered the arrogant, deceived the hypocritical, and put on the image of the most indifferent person imaginable. She wielded the sweetest, most manipulative words to pave her way to the top.
Before long, Yu Zhaoxi caught her grandfather's attention and was brought into his household to be raised personally. Just then, someone unexpected appeared at the marquis household.
He was the grandson of the Duke of Yan, a close friend of her grandfather's who had stood by him through life and death. After losing his parents and having no other family, he was brought from Qingzhou by her grandfather to be raised personally. To everyone else, he was an adopted grandson, and to Yu Zhaoxi, a sworn older brother.
But when Yu Zhaoxi looked at his face, she felt something was off.
Twelve out of ten levels of off! Why did this guy look exactly like my nemesis? That look was unmistakably his!
While Yu Zhaoxi was still wondering, he leaned close to her ear and said, "Fancy meeting you here, Er Yu."
"Damn, it really is him."
Back in her original world, Yu Zhaoxi had a nemesis named Yan Tingzhou.
They had grown up together, which was another way of saying they had spent their childhood trading insults. Yu Zhaoxi called him Foolish Yan, and Yan Tingzhou called her Er Yu. In Yu Zhaoxi's words, they were enemies, not sweethearts. They had a small argument every three days and a fight every five. Put them in the same room and disaster was guaranteed.
Apart, they each wreaked havoc in their own corner. Together, they threw the whole world into chaos.
Yu Zhaoxi thought there was no way she would run into him after transmigrating, but she never expected him to show up right after her.
Yu Zhaoxi's verdict: "You really are impossible to get rid of."
[Please note before reading]:
1. This is a fictional story about household intrigue. The setting is very loosely based on history and mixes things together, so readers who care about historical accuracy should stay away.
2. The male lead is powerful, but the female lead is even more so. Both are clever, and theirs is a romance between equals, or perhaps a mutual descent into madness.
3. At heart, this is a feel-good story. Everything serves the leads, so just enjoy it without overthinking.
Theme: Love and peace
