The Highborn Matriarch Won't Be a Supporting Character

The spoiled, flirtatious beauty of the capital x the scheming Vice Minister who keeps himself in check on the outside but is consumed by desire within

On her wedding day, Shen Fuyue suddenly dreamed that she was a doomed supporting woman, the proper wife in a story about a mistress rising to power.

The transmigrated heroine, Li Qingrou, fell on hard times and was accidentally rescued by the male lead, Xie Zezhi. Lively and adorable, Li Qingrou had none of the stiff mannerisms of a noblewoman, and the stern, proper Xie Zezhi fell for her at first sight.

The two were in love, but Xie Zezhi refused to bring her into his household. So Li Qingrou ran off while pregnant, setting off a chase between them that made Xie Zezhi realize his true feelings. He took the initiative to divorce his wife and marry his mistress.

The supporting woman, who had managed the household and served her parents-in-law, was sent home in disgrace, where she spent the rest of her days with only a lamp and the Buddha for company.

Shen Fuyue woke up furious. She refused to be a supporting woman!

Seeing Xie Zezhi sleeping beside her, she slapped him. “That’s for keeping a mistress!”

Since he had so much free time, she would make him help with household affairs from now on. She would consult him about every matter, big or small, so that as soon as Xie Zezhi returned from the Ministry of Personnel, he could do nothing but orbit around her.

Shen Fuyue thought she had used her schemes to make Xie Zezhi love only her, never realizing that he could barely keep himself in check whenever he saw her.

Bonus scene:

“Today is your birthday. Why isn’t Vice Minister Xie out celebrating and drinking?”

“My wife can’t bear to be without me.” Xie Zezhi smiled, then added, “Besides, it’s my birthday. She must have prepared a gift, and be waiting to share a drink with me beneath the moon.”

But when he got home, he learned that his wife had gone to her parents’ home and hadn’t remembered what day it was at all.

As Xie Zezhi headed to his father-in-law’s house, he wondered: What had he done wrong this time?

Theme: Live well