Reborn in Another Body, I Married My Gay Nemesis

After dying, Chu Qing transmigrated into the body of the second young lady of the General's household. Not only had all the achievements she'd earned as a woman disguised as a man in government service vanished, she also inherited a heap of troublesome relatives who were always looking for a reason to cause problems. Fine. What kind of thousand-year-old fox hadn't she dealt with while serving as an official? She'd take them on one by one, in an orderly fashion. But just after she cleaned up the General's household's mess, she discovered an even bigger problem. It turned out that the original second young lady, Chu, had already been promised in marriage. Her betrothed was the fifth prince, the son of the current emperor, a notorious sickly man and homosexual in the capital. He was not only her archenemy from her days as an official in her previous life, but also the only person at court who knew she was a woman. Chu Qing: If I run now, is there still time? A portrait of a beauty was hidden in Prince Qi Xiao Jiang's study. But the person in the painting was a "man." As a result, rumors spread through the capital that he was gay. Only Xiao Jiang knew that the person in the portrait wasn't a man, but a woman whose learning and integrity were every bit the equal of a man's. If not for that great fire, Xiao Jiang's plan was to ascend the throne and personally overturn the old system that barred women from serving as officials, so she could stand openly before the world. Sadly, she never lived to see that day. After the fire, Xiao Jiang stopped lying low, and people said his illness had been cured. But he began losing sleep, drowning his sorrows in drink, and sometimes even mistaking one person for another. For example, his recently betrothed future princess consort looked and sounded nothing like the woman he'd lost, yet he kept seeing her in her. By that measure, he was truly ill now. One night, in the library of Hongzhang Academy. Candlelight flickered, and the scent of books filled the air. Xiao Jiang stopped her in front of the bookshelves. Flames kindled in his usually indifferent eyes. "Explain your relationship with Lord Chu." Cornered with nowhere left to retreat, Chu Qing said, "If I told you that clever people are all alike, would you believe me?" [Mutual pining, and they both go after each other] [Blurb captured on August 26, 2021] Theme: Seize opportunities, dare to speak up. Women, too, have endless possibilities.