I Got Caught Gossiping About Myself

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In her previous life, Song Yingshi overcame every obstacle to marry the Crown Prince Wenyang. She endured his taking three wives and four concubines after swearing eternal devotion, endured the Empress's spite and disapproval, and even endured poetry, music, needlework, and embroidery, all of which she had despised before marriage. In the end, he transferred his affections to a concubine, while she was banished to the Cold Palace and given a cup of poisoned wine.

When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn on the very day the Emperor arranged her marriage. Kneeling in the middle of the hall, Song Yingshi listened as the eunuch read out the lengthy imperial edict. Then she raised her head and calmly but firmly refused the match.

With the Crown Prince Wenyang staring at her in wounded confusion and the Emperor and Empress glaring furiously, she pointed to the Grand Princess Zhaohua, seated on the high dais, serenely eating watermelon with the cool elegance of moonlight. "This humble subject already has someone in her heart. I beg Your Majesty to grant me the marriage and let me wed the Grand Princess as her principal wife."

The moment those words left her mouth, the entire court erupted in an uproar. A highly respected monk had once predicted that because of her poor health, the Grand Princess Zhaohua would have to marry a woman to live a long life.

Still, no one had expected anyone to actually dare to ask to marry her in open court. In an instant, every gaze turned toward the Grand Princess Zhaohua, who had spent years trying to keep a low profile. She couldn't help but rub her forehead. "What a troublesome girl!"

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When you're unlucky, even water can make you choke. Xu Ruoshu stepped right into a sewer grate, and when she opened her eyes again, she had become a lowborn young lady of the Jing'an Prince's mansion in the Kingdom of Shuo, exiled from the capital.

Well, exile was exile. At least she was still a young lady from a prince's household!

But then her maid poured cold water on her hopes: her original body's mother had been a bed-climbing maid who had gone behind the principal wife's back. And most importantly, the original body's father might not even be the Prince of Jing'an!

In other words, her mother had not only offended the principal wife, but had also put a huge green hat on the prince's head!

What kind of bizarre thought process could lead someone to make such a spectacular mess of things?

She couldn't just sit around and wait for disaster. Xu Ruoshu decided she had better run for it!

But before she could sneak away, a carriage from the capital arrived to take her back!

To save her own skin, Xu Ruoshu bombarded her maid with questions all along the way. She finally learned that the current head of the Jing'an Prince's household was the eldest young lady, Xu Qingcheng. The Prince of Jing'an was away from home all year round, and the Princess Consort was holed up in the Buddhist hall and rarely came out.

So, if she could just cling to Miss Xu's coattails, she wouldn't have to worry about her life being in danger at any moment, would she?

Getting on a woman's good side was easy: first win over her stomach, then her heart!

When they finally returned to the capital and Xu Ruoshu met the fabled Xu Qingcheng, she was instantly dazzled. Wiping away her drool, she thought to herself: Actually, you don't have to win a woman's heart through her stomach. You can also win it through her body... by sharing a blanket and chatting, of course. (If your mind went somewhere else, go stand in the corner!)

Theme: Love isn't about swearing eternal devotion. It's about staying by each other's side through thick and thin.