Did My Husband Die Today? [Reborn Twice]

[Sharp and capable, overachieving female lead] VS [A man who lies flat and muddles through life]

Blurb:

When [Su Yue] was born, her mother died, and her father despised her.

Her only older brother recommended her for a political marriage to an enemy kingdom to avoid going to war himself.

At eighteen, [Su Yue] died in a sandstorm on the way to her wedding.

Reborn at fifteen, [Su Yue] finds herself reading about Empress Dowager Lu in Records of the Grand Historian. She holds power over the court, bending everything to her will.

Closing the book, [Su Yue] makes up her mind: she refuses to let others control her fate. She wants to become someone like Empress Dowager Lu. To that end, she devises a secret plan:

1. Marry the emperor.

2. Have a son.

3. Wait for the emperor to die, then her son will become emperor and she'll become empress dowager.

But... the emperor in her previous life was supposed to die young.

Why hasn't he died yet this time?

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[Xiao Yunlang] ascended the throne at fourteen, and from then on lived the life of an emperor: up before the chickens and asleep after the dogs, with the stars and moon as his companions.

He worked tirelessly to govern and racked his brains to keep the aristocratic clans in balance.

And then...

At twenty-four, he suddenly died on his way to morning court.

Reborn, [Xiao Yunlang] begins a life of lying flat.

He scribbles a couple of lines on his memorials and attends court every other day.

As for the aristocratic clans and their tangled relationships?

Whoever wants to deal with them can go ahead. He'll stay out of it and enjoy his own life.

But... why does [Su Yue], who schemed so hard to marry into the palace,

keep wanting to have his baby?

Reader's guide:

1. Both leads are reborn, including the male lead.

2. Sweet romance, sweet romance, sweet romance!

3. Also known as When an Overachiever Meets a Slacker

Theme: Work hard and strive to get ahead