Sweet, doting everyday life | A lighthearted career
After transmigrating, Jiang Zhenshu was forced into the role of a pitiful woman sold by her biological father to a frivolous young heir as a concubine.
She pretended to go along with him, injured him, then escaped through a window. In her panic, she stumbled into the imperial gardens, only to be caught red-handed.
The man wore moon-white robes and looked like an immortal, yet the moment he spoke, he uttered words that could cost her life.
“Breaking into the imperial gardens in the dead of night is a grave offense. At best, you’ll receive thirty strokes of the cane. At worst, you’ll be exiled to the frontier.”
Jiang Zhenshu stammered and pleaded, tears streaming down her face. At last, she softened his heart, and he let her go and even saved her.
To repay him for saving her life, Jiang Zhenshu took the initiative and offered Pei Qingyan her help restoring the coral tribute from Ryukyu. After fawning over him to the fullest, she finally got her wish and stayed in the imperial gardens as a... female gardener tending flowers and plants!
Jiang Zhenshu was annoyed, but Lord Pei's face was just too handsome. He even bought her clothes and jewelry, took her to restaurants and bustling markets, and was incredibly generous with his money.
Given how lavish he was, she decided to let bygones be bygones.
Before long, rumors began to fly. One day, a colleague couldn't resist asking,
“Could you be Lord Pei's long-lost younger sister?”
Jiang Zhenshu: “...”
Pei Qingyan had been determined since childhood to advance the art of garden landscaping. Romance was the last thing on his mind.
One night, while on patrol, he came across a young woman in red hiding among the flowers. When he found her, she clung to his leg and wept so pitifully that it was impossible not to feel sorry for her.
Pei Qingyan's heart softened, and he took her in. Finding her clever and adorable, he grew fond of her and couldn't help looking after her.
Who would have thought that the frivolous young heir who had once tried to force the woman to become his concubine would show up, claiming she was his wife and that he was taking her away?
Pei Qingyan was displeased. In front of everyone, he drew her into his arms, laid a hand over her belly, and gazed at her tenderly.
“Wife, is the baby giving you trouble?”
Jiang Zhenshu got her indenture contract back, gained a handsome husband with power and status, and saw her career flourish. Her purse grew ever fatter.
Thinking the time was right, she decided to bring up divorcing Pei Qingyan.
But he tried every trick he could think of to worm his way into her bed night after night. Whenever she told him to leave, he put on a pitiful face.
“If you insist on divorcing me, I'll be a secondhand man, and I suppose I'll have to spend the rest of my life alone. Can you really bear to do that to me, wife?”
Jiang Zhenshu: What a schemer.
P.S. The dynasty is fictional.
The official titles, and all the details about repairing and making bonsai, are things I made up, so there's no need to take them as historically accurate.
I don't like heroines whose careers are too heavy a focus, so this leans more toward a lighthearted romance. I hope you enjoy it, everyone.
I'm a bit scatterbrained, and even when I proofread, I sometimes miss typos. Feel free to point them out.
Theme: Women should be self-reliant.
