What Did Miss Wang Do Wrong?

Archived June 2020, started posting on November 14.

[Warning] My first attempt at historical romance, and the writing is super weird.

Please be gentle.

[Highlight] This is a fluffy, silly-sweet story. Both the heroine and hero are adorable.

A blurb that will make your hair fall out:

Miss Wang is the legitimate daughter of a mid-ranking official in the Great Jin Dynasty. Her family background is decent, her father dotes on her, her mother loves her, and her brothers are kind and respectful. Everything is perfectly satisfying.

The only thing that confuses Miss Wang is how she somehow gets dragged into things whenever she tries to enjoy some gossip:

She recommends snacks to the censor's daughter, who then balloons up like a sky lantern. She recommends skincare products to the Minister's daughter, who somehow ends up slapping her half-sister. When Rong Jin, the Chancellor's legitimate grandson, wants to play "Phoenix Seeks Its Mate" with the illegitimate daughter of the An family, she accidentally knocks over An Qinghe's guqin...

All this leaves her branded a "viperous beauty" and a scheming clown by everyone around her.

At these rumors, Wang Jinyuan clutches her shoulders and trembles:

The world outside is so scary, Mother! I never want to go out again!

Having lived two lifetimes, all she wants is a peaceful, easy life, but things never go her way.

Could it be that even Heaven can't stand her laziness and has decided to teach her a lesson?

Wang Jinyuan has so much to complain about, but no words for it. All she can do is stay in her own little corner of the world and enjoy herself.

She thought the worst that could happen was spending her life happily in her own little world as an old maid, but who could have guessed...

One day, she meets the Liu family's heir, a man the world calls an idle wastrel, lazybones, and spendthrift.

Liu Zhenbao has a face as pretty as a woman's, with red lips and pearly white teeth. He's a handsome young man.

With peach blossoms in full bloom in the third month, this dandy heir reaches out to her and invites her to team up:

Want to gossip?

Wang Jinyuan slaps her thigh. "I'm in!"

And so, the Yuanbao Gazette makes its sudden debut, devouring all the gossip under heaven and reporting on everything that happens. Even the young emperor becomes a devoted reader, following each weekly installment and placing bets along with everyone else. Gu Changning, the top scholar who came first in all three imperial examinations and the emperor's tutor, writes reviews for it, drawing the attention of scholars throughout the realm.

Thus, the Great Jin Dynasty enters the age of mass entertainment.

The whole story is fluffy and silly-sweet. Everyone, from the emperor to the villains, is adorably clueless.

Theme: Even a supporting female character deserves a good life.