Out of a moment of compassion, Song Weisheng, who had only recently transmigrated into a book, saved a badly injured woman.
The woman was Dou Fangping, the heroine of a novel about a woman at the mercy of a group of men.
A princess who was toyed with by five men, she was subjected to one depraved encounter after another until she lost her mind and became their plaything.
After transmigrating into the book, Song Weisheng, a high school girl raised under the red flag, couldn't stand by and watch someone die. Her burning sense of justice drove her to save the princess.
Who knew she'd saved herself a huge disaster? With the five men no longer there to oppress the princess, the princess turned around and oppressed her, a little cabbage.
The more they did it, the more Song Weisheng resented her, until they could barely stand the sight of each other.
In the end, Song Weisheng got what she wanted and went ahead of the princess, walking her path to reincarnation alone.
With her dying breath, she swore that if there were a next life, she'd kill Dou Fangping first.
But you shouldn't say things you don't mean, even in jest. Song Weisheng really was reborn at the moment when Dou Fangping was most vulnerable.
Song Weisheng was delighted and resolved to stay far away from the princess in this life.
She turned her head and saw Dou Fangping asleep in her arms, covered in red marks, tears at the corners of her eyes.
Song Weisheng: "..."
Damn it, she'd been reborn on the night they'd gotten drunk and done something unspeakable!
Princess, stay back! Stay back! Stay back!
*
In her previous life, Dou Fangping had had to plead at length before Song Weisheng agreed to keep her. This time, she stubbornly refused to leave.
Dou Fangping asked, "Didn't you say you'd save me? Are you going to throw me out already?"
Song Weisheng sneered. "I was delirious and talking nonsense. Don't take it seriously."
*
A house is inanimate, people are not. If Dou Fangping couldn't be sent away, then Song Weisheng would leave herself.
She packed her little bundle and set out in the middle of the night.
At the Golden Throne Hall, during the palace examination.
The former princess was still dressed in brocade, her lips as vivid as ever, but she had since transformed into a regent, occupying a position of power.
Song Weisheng was merely a frail scholar, waiting for the regent to decide her fate. She thought: Go ahead, hold a grudge against me. Send me off to some forgotten corner to be a petty official.
She'd worked so hard to earn her civil service post. She couldn't lose that iron rice bowl.
The regent gently ran her slender fingers over her stomach. "Why did you leave without telling me, Princess Consort? I already have your child in my belly."
Song Weisheng's hopes were dashed: "..."
Someone's coming for my iron rice bowl!
Why is my civil service post gradually disappearing?
Send me anywhere you like. Don't hesitate!
Low-ranking official x princess
Song Weisheng x Dou Fangping
An ancient setting where women can marry women, with a mountain of author's own worldbuilding.
There really will be a child.
Theme: Strive for the life you want.