I Want to Taste the Hardships of the Rich

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Sheng Wang's greatest wish is to get rich overnight.

Then she wouldn't have to eat instant noodles every day just to save up for a trip.

She wouldn't have to smile apologetically after her jerk of a boss yelled at her.

Sheng Wang never expected her wish to come true.

It all started when she commented on a melodramatic novel she'd recently read: "What a load of crap. What's so hard about being rich? I want to know what it's like to have rich-person problems, too."

The book has a wealthy, beautiful, carefree supporting character with the same name as her, who frets every day despite her fortune: I have money, but I can't buy his love.

Sheng Wang thinks being able to buy love is beside the point. She wants to find out what rich-person problems feel like.

And then she becomes the Sheng Wang in the book.

After becoming the Sheng Wang in the book,

she stops chasing after the male lead, accepts her family's arranged marriage, and marries her handsome, capable, wealthy, and easygoing fiance.

She stops opposing the female lead, too. When the female lead goes on a show to pursue her dreams, Sheng Wang joins as an investor and judge.

Sheng Wang says: I could put up with this kind of hardship for the rest of my life!!!

A content warning from an author who doesn't usually give them:

1. The heroine is named Sheng Wang. Sheng is her mother's surname, while Wang, which sounds like the word for "hope," comes from her father's surname. Her parents hoped she would become a phoenix among women. When I came up with the character, I didn't search the name, and it turns out a Jinjiang author's protagonist has the same name. If that bothers you, feel free to close the page. There's no need to tell me.

2. The title is The Hardships of the Rich. The original idea was that whether rich or poor, one should live life with effort and passion. This isn't a shopping spree wish-fulfillment story. If you want to read about the protagonist buying everything in sight, this book isn't for you.

3. The heroine has no grand ambitions. She just wants to be a lazy fish who lies around and collects money. If you want to see the protagonist reach the pinnacle of life through her career, this book isn't for you, either.

4. Every book has its flaws. I welcome all constructive criticism, but please don't make personal attacks!

Coming soon: The Wicked Consort Arrives with Her Villainous Persona [From Ancient Times to the Modern Day]

Blurb One

Xu Qianling is the wicked consort supporting character in a sweet historical romance.

She turns the tables on the male and female leads, seizes their son, rises from wicked consort to empress dowager, and rules as regent for over forty years. Her record speaks for itself.

Then she transmigrates and becomes the real daughter who is bullied by everyone.

The original Xu Qianling was the most beloved daughter of the Xu family. Out of jealousy, the nanny switched her with Xu Mingyue, and the two lived each other's lives for eighteen years.

When she returns to the Xu family, Xu Mingyue is the center of everyone's attention, while Xu Qianling is blamed for ruining their happy life.

Her parents dislike how she doesn't look like a proper socialite next to Xu Mingyue, and her older brothers dislike that she isn't as sweet-tongued as Xu Mingyue.

Xu Qianling: ?

Come on, have them all executed for me!

Executing them isn't really an option.

She'd probably be the only feudal remnant in the People's Republic of China.

But as a villainous supporting character who survived a palace-intrigue novel, she knows one thing well: affection is but the moon in a mirror, a flower on the water.

What truly nourishes a person is power.

So while Xu Mingyue fights for this person's affection and that person's favor,

Xu Qianling takes her eldest brother's place as heir and steals every spotlight from her second brother.

Xu Qianling, standing at the top: Now it's your turn to beg me for affection.

Blurb Two

After transmigrating, Xu Qianling, a palace-intrigue master who spent decades as empress dowager, easily takes control of the inheritance.

It's just that...

More and more "male concubines" are trying to climb into her bed.

Top-tier star No. 1: Big sis, I've got the looks.

Famous painter No. 2: I've got talent.

Wealthy family heir No. 3: I've got all sorts of tricks. Pick me, pick me, pick me!!!

Theme: Whether you're poor or rich, life is good!