In her previous life, Jiang Jingbai was the only daughter of the wealthy Jiang family in Jiangnan. She fell in love with the scholar Ye Hong at first sight and happily married him, bringing her dowry with her. She gave everything she had to pave the way for her husband and help him pass the imperial examinations, all for the sake of spending their lives together, just the two of them, growing old hand in hand.
But after Ye Hong became the top scorer in the imperial examinations, he dropped his gentle facade and found another woman. Only then did Jiang Jingbai learn that Ye Hong had always loved her cousin, and had married her only for the Jiang family's wealth.
Jiang Jingbai watched helplessly as Ye Hong welcomed her cousin into their home. Before she could take revenge on them, she was ambushed and died on a snowy winter night.
Reborn, Jiang Jingbai returned to the age of thirteen. When Ye Hong, his face gentle and his gaze full of affection, reached out to take her hand, Jiang Jingbai slapped him across the face.
The servants of the Jiang residence had been saying that the eldest young lady's temperament had changed drastically. First, she refused Ye Hong's marriage proposal, then she drove away her cousin's family, who had come to mooch off them.
That day, the servants started another rumor: Madam Jiang was taking the eldest young lady to meet potential suitors.
When Jiang Jingbai heard, she twitched her mouth.
Get married? Not in this lifetime.
The Jiang family was fabulously wealthy, and there were far too many crooks eyeing Jiang Jingbai like a fat piece of meat. She waved a hand. Why marry? She'd take a husband into her family instead!
After making her choice from countless candidates, Jiang Jingbai picked Zhuo Wenjing, a beggar who had fled from disaster. Before the wedding, she warned him sternly that their marriage would be fake, that he had to put her first in all things, be gentle and obedient, and uphold the virtues expected of a husband.
Zhuo Wenjing lowered his eyes and softly agreed.
After Jiang Jingbai got married, the businesses she took over flourished, and her fake husband seemed more and more handsome. Everything was going exceptionally well.
Until one day, Jiang Jingbai discovered a jade pendant carved with a dragon on that little beggar.
Theme: How to make a fortune in ancient times
