Wei Shuyun was reborn. Unwilling to repeat the fate of her previous life and become a merchant's concubine, she decisively stole her cousin Cheng Chuning's marriage and wed Jiang Huaijing, the man who had been her cousin's husband in her last life. This time, she would become the official's wife everyone envied.
But she never imagined that on the day of her wedding, Cheng Chuning would throw herself into the river, only to be rescued by the Pei family, neighbors of Jiang Huaijing. Even more astonishingly, Cheng Chuning married Pei Zheng, a member of the Pei family who hadn't lived past twenty-one in his previous life.
Cheng Chuning already had a reputation for bringing misfortune to her family. If Pei Zheng died, wouldn't she be blamed for bringing misfortune to both her family and her husband?
Wei Shuyun felt ashamed for only a moment before hardening her heart. Everyone had their own fate. Cheng Chuning had been too fortunate in her previous life, while this time, it was she who had Heaven's favor.
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Cheng Chuning transmigrated into the body of an orphan who had been driven to throw herself into a river by her maternal uncle's family. The elderly Madam Pei, who had been waiting downstream, fished her out with the help of her daughter-in-law. The old lady was determined to arrange for her second grandson, Pei Zheng, to marry Cheng Chuning.
As for the rumors that she brought misfortune to her family, Madam Pei didn't believe a word of them. She treasured Cheng Chuning like the apple of her eye.
On their wedding night, Cheng Chuning finally learned the reason from her husband, Pei Zheng.
Five years earlier, Madam Pei had consulted a fortune-teller on Pei Zheng's behalf. The second half of the prophecy read:
"At dusk in deep winter, at the hour of the Rooster, the river god's daughter will be wed."
"If this comes to pass, fate will be defied and changed, bringing the greatest fortune."
And Cheng Chuning was the very girl Madam Pei had waited five years for, the one she fished out of the river at dusk in deep winter, at the hour of the Rooster.
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Wei Shuyun waited for news of Pei Zheng's death. But year after year, not only did Pei Zheng remain alive and well, he earned distinction and rose to become a grand secretary. Cheng Chuning's rank as an imperial lady was so high that Wei Shuyun could only look up to her.
Cheng Chuning: Bring misfortune to my family? Not a chance. I bring misfortune to demons and monsters.
The female lead, Cheng Chuning, is a transmigrator.
[Blurb written on September 8, 2021]
[The blurb isn't very well written and may be revised later, but the core of the story won't change]
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