The Drama Queen's Beloved Concubine

#I dutifully pretend to be devoted, but my husband can read minds#

· At eighteen, Jin Qingzhi is brought back to the Duke's residence. She thinks she's finally being acknowledged by her family, only to discover she's expected to marry the dying, sickly Prince Gu Chengsi in place of her twin sister.

Her twin sister is gentle and delicate. To stay alive, Jin Qingzhi has no choice but to suppress her bold, overbearing nature, which is the complete opposite of her sister's, and play the part of a fragile beauty.

So her daily life in the prince's residence becomes:

"Boohoo, Your Highness, this is too heavy. I can't lift it."

"Wah, Your Highness, it's too far. I can't walk there."

"Ooh, Your Highness, my wound hurts so much, I... fainted."

Jin Qingzhi thinks her performance is flawless. But who knew that Gu Chengsi, sickly as he is, has no tenderness for a beauty? He turns her boohoos, wahs, and oohs into screams, hisses, and cries of pain!

Fortunately, Heaven takes pity on her. Just as she's about to lose character, the sickly prince kicks his legs, and then croaks.

Jin Qingzhi is greatly relieved and seizes the first chance to slip away.

Three months later, however, a coup breaks out in the palace. The emperor is killed, and the regicide takes the throne as the new emperor. His very first decree summons Jin Qingzhi to the palace.

* * *

In his previous life, Gu Chengsi's life was accidentally ended by the eldest daughter of the Duke's household. He opens his eyes again, reborn on the day he is to marry her.

On their wedding night, just as he's about to strike, he suddenly hears a strange voice:

"A stand-in marriage is no child's play. It all depends on acting..."

Looking at the familiar face beneath the veil, Gu Chengsi narrows his dark eyes. A stand-in marriage?

To uncover the truth, he temporarily spares her life.

Later, he discovers that this woman pretends to be weak, pretends to be pitiful, and even pretends to love him.

She's an even better actor than he is.

He refuses to accept that.

And so his daily routine of pretending to be sick becomes: acting, watching her act, giving Beauty Jin extra scenes, and listening to the elaborate drama inside her mind.

He just never expected that eventually he'd take every story involving Beauty Jin as the truth.

[Two drama queens, bickering and acting at each other every day]

[Reader's Guide]

1. The male lead is reborn. One-on-one, both virgins, happy ending.

2. This is a fictional story with a very loosely defined setting. Please don't nitpick.

3. Blurb written on June 7, 2023. Screenshot saved.

Theme: Live life with optimism.