Returning to the Lords' Household (Reborn)

On the day of her wedding, Baoyi died a horrific death. When she opened her eyes, she realized it had all been a dream. She was still in the Prince of Ning's residence, still a little maid serving Commandery Princess Roujia. Commandery Princess Roujia had once been just like her: a girl raised by the wet nurse, Madam Chen, and her elder sister. But as soon as they entered the prince's residence, Roujia became a commandery princess, honored above all others, while Baoyi remained only the wet nurse's daughter. * Baoyi fell asleep again. This time, she dreamed of what came after: her face disfigured, her legs broken, and her grisly death. In the dream, Madam Chen had gone with Commandery Princess Roujia after her marriage. She brushed the cinnabar mark between Baoyi's brows and said gently, "I've seen Baoyi's body. She's well and truly dead. No one in this world will ever suspect that you're not the real commandery princess." * Baoyi opened her eyes again. "..." - This story is also known as The Countess of Monte Cristo's Revenge. Old-school, familiar tropes, golden finger, fictional setting. = = Next historical romance: I Made My Ex-Husband's Uncle Feel Good Blurb: On the eve of her wedding, the legitimate daughter of the Yan family eloped with a scholar. In their panic, Minister Yan and his wife suddenly remembered they had another legitimate daughter, one they had raised in Yunzhou. Looking at the people who had come to fetch her, Yan Baoluo rose lazily. "Oh, you finally remembered me?" - In her previous life, she'd grown up in a remote village. As soon as she was brought back to the capital, she was married off in a lavish wedding to Prince Cheng. She thought this was compensation for having been forgotten in Yunzhou for so many years. But in the end, she discovered she was nothing more than a stand-in bride. As soon as the real Yan Xueyang returned, they all ganged up on her, forcing her to return everything she'd taken from her younger sister. From being divorced to being pushed into the water and left to die, not one of them remembered that they had first stolen her life, then taken her life as well. - Reborn, she plans to live freely and fight for everything. Whoever makes her life miserable, she'll make sure theirs is miserable, too. - "Fourteenth Brother, there are so many noble young ladies in the capital. Why did you have to fall for her?" "Seeing you unhappy makes me happy, and she's good at making you unhappy." - Beautiful and fearless reborn heroine x obsessive male lead who is his first love's idealized image Theme: Do good deeds and keep a kind heart. Kindness brings the best rewards.