The Zen-Like Female Lead Is Forced to Work Every Day

Ongoing novel: "The Duchess of the State of Duke Is a Black Lotus". Blurb at the bottom. If you like it, please add it to your favorites. Thank you.

Meng Yiguang transmigrated.

The Meng family was an eminent, aristocratic clan, renowned for its distinction. Her father was kind, her siblings were filial, and the family got along harmoniously. Delighted, she was just about to enjoy a life of carefree idleness when the capital fell the very next day, leaving all the noble families in the city in a state of panic.

Meng Yiguang: "..."

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he arranged marriages for the subordinates who had helped him conquer the realm. As a special favor, he bestowed Meng Yiguang upon the mysterious State Preceptor, Pei Linchuan.

Seeing the other young ladies paired off with men called Zhao Ox and Chen Dog, and thinking of her loving family, Meng Yiguang shut her eyes, steeled herself, and agreed to marry.

On her wedding day, she saw the State Preceptor for the first time and stared in amazement. Oh, not bad at all. He was as beautiful as a flower.

The State Preceptor's ears turned red. On their wedding night, Meng Yiguang never saw her groom. Instead, she received a piece entitled "Ode to a Shameless Woman."

Meng Yiguang had planned to coast through life, but realized she had been far too naive. The State Preceptor had nothing going for him but his looks. He had no useful skills and knew nothing of the ways of the world...

The State Preceptor was always cold and proud, so Meng Yiguang couldn't help asking him curiously, "His Majesty relies on you so much. You could have refused the marriage. Why agree to marry me?"

State Preceptor: "I had long calculated that this year would bring me a great calamity. There was no escaping it."

Meng Yiguang: "..."

State Preceptor: "So vulgar. All you ever think about are gold, silver, and other such vulgar things!"

Meng Yiguang: "What? Huh!"

The State Preceptor soon discovered that the ice basin in the room, along with his finest brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone, had all disappeared.

A few days later, Meng Yiguang received a document of surrender from the State Preceptor.

A lighthearted, sweet romance, 1v1.

Set in an imaginary historical world. Please don't nitpick the history.

Blurb for a forthcoming novel:

Ming Yi transmigrated into the wife of the Duke who Protects the State.

Above her was a mean mother-in-law, below her a whole crowd of troublesome legitimate and illegitimate children, and the Duke's backyard was packed with his beloved concubines.

The Duke had won countless battle honors and was deeply favored by the emperor. When the emperor heard he'd been wounded on the battlefield, he personally left the palace to welcome him home in triumph.

Ming Yi's tears fell harder than the rain on the night Yiping went to ask for money.

After she finished crying, Ming Yi carried on just as before. She only knew how to pray to Buddha, swallowed her anger when the concubines bullied her, acted meek and deferential before her mother-in-law, and tended her husband day and night.

Before long, her husband's wounds worsened and he died. Her mother-in-law also fell ill and soon followed him. One concubine was so heartbroken that she took her own life for love...

A censor impeached Ming Yi, accusing her of being a murderer. The emperor tossed the memorial aside and casually found an excuse to exile the censor to a bitterly cold region.

The powerful people of the capital expressed sympathy for Ming Yi, while secretly waiting to see when the Duke's household would collapse.

Who could have guessed that years later, the Duke's household would still enjoy the emperor's favor, and its title would even become hereditary in perpetuity?

#On the Duchess who keeps Buddhist scriptures in one hand and a butcher's knife in the other#

#The Duchess planted a prairie at her husband's memorial#

Content warning: The heroine has no heart. She's promiscuous and will do anything to achieve her goals.

Not both leads' first time.

Imaginary setting, please don't nitpick.

Theme: No matter what kind of situation you face, meet it with optimism.