After Winning Over My Mother-in-Law, I Became Empress

[Upcoming book: An Utterly Ordinary Quick Transmigration]

Blurb:

After Zhu Zhu gets married, everyone thinks she has fallen into a life of misery.

Her husband is a good-for-nothing who likes men, and a lecherous, shameless bastard.

Because his concubine threw a fit and cried, the marriage that should have gone to Zhu Zhu's younger half-sister fell to her instead.

Zhu Zhu cried all night, then married him with swollen eyes.

The next day, at the tea ceremony, her imposing stepmother-in-law sat above them. Her husband, who had been left waiting all night, trembled like a quail.

Zhu Zhu's eyes lit up. Hiding her fear, she gazed at her stepmother-in-law with admiration, ready to latch onto a powerful ally.

Her stepmother-in-law liked tea, so Zhu Zhu learned to brew it. Her stepmother-in-law was in poor health, so Zhu Zhu cooked medicinal dishes. The bedding was cold at night, so Zhu Zhu warmed it for her.

Zhu Zhu felt as if she had fallen into a pool of honey. In other households, mothers-in-law laid down rules for their daughters-in-law and brought in concubines to bear sons. Zhu Zhu's wonderful mother-in-law taught her to write, gave her a private kitchen, and even took care of her husband...

"Zhu Zhu." A hand, harder and colder than any ordinary woman's, gripped her chin. "You'll never have to worry about illegitimate brats bothering you again. Are you happy?"

Zhu Zhu trembled. "I-I am."

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The talk in the capital gradually changed. Everyone said Zhu Zhu had married well. Men were fickle and unfaithful. Who knew how hard it was to serve one's parents-in-law, raise stepchildren, and manage the household?

Only Zhu Zhu had won her stepmother-in-law's favor and been brought to live in her courtyard. Everything she ate, wore, and used was top quality. People said her mother-in-law couldn't bear to let her go at night, so she slept in her room.

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The day Zhu Zhu learned her mother-in-law was a man, she cried very loudly.

Who could have guessed that after losing her beloved mother-in-law, Zhu Zhu would gain a future emperor for a husband!

--Upcoming book--

Blurb for An Utterly Ordinary Quick Transmigration

The romance plot has fallen apart, so Su Ran travels to various little worlds to save the story.

World One: The male and female leads were engaged in childhood. They were supposed to grow up together as childhood sweethearts. But when the male lead was eight, his family went bankrupt.

Su Ran sees the male lead, who was supposed to become a powerful tycoon, reduced to an utterly ordinary wage worker, and gets a headache.

World Two: The male lead was supposed to be a powerful figure in a xianxia novel, and the heroine's master, protecting and cherishing her.

Who knew he wouldn't be selected to join a sect and would become an outer disciple instead?

Su Ran watches the male lead do her laundry and cook for her, and feels a pang in her heart.

World Three: The male lead is a soldier forced to change careers after becoming crippled. The heroine is a lucky charm in a period novel. The original plot was supposed to have the lucky heroine heal the male lead's leg, help his career soar, and lead to a sweet romance between them.

Who knew the male lead would die alone, while the lucky heroine married someone else?

Su Ran earnestly tries to talk him around, then stares blankly as the male lead, who would rather stay crippled than date the heroine, looks at her with barely restrained hurt and demands, "Do you look down on me because I'm a cripple?"

World Four: The male lead was supposed to be a powerful, tragic, and ruthless eunuch, while the heroine was a kind little princess in the Cold Palace. They were meant to save each other and fall in love.

Who knew the male lead wouldn't become a eunuch, and the heroine would die in the Cold Palace?

Su Ran enters the story and looks at the male lead, who's only six years old. She hesitates over whether to send him to the palace to become a eunuch, her conscience pricking at her.

Theme: Stay strong and optimistic in adversity.