I Ran Away After Becoming the Male Lead's Poor Wife

Jiang Li transmigrated and became the not-yet-wed wife of the male lead, Luo Chuanming.

To make sure he had enough money for his journey while marching with the army, and had no worries when he went off to war, she rose before dawn to raise pigs and feed chickens. In the dead of night, she even embroidered by the faint light spilling from her neighbor Yang Jing's home... For fourteen whole years, she worked herself sick more than twenty times, yet never once complained.

However, when her fiancé Luo Chuanming returned successful and celebrated, he brought back two beautiful women.

"A Li, though Wanjun comes from a humble background, she's considerate. Through so many difficult nights when I was wounded, she was there by my side. Bìrou is the daughter of the prime minister, and it was all thanks to her father that I managed to reach my current position, so you mustn't slight either of them. As for you, I saw how you struggled to take care of the household for me all these years. So after I marry Bìrou, I'll welcome you into the family as my equal wife. That won't be treating you unfairly."

Thinking of this plot, Jiang Li, a PhD in engineering, packed her things in the middle of the night and climbed over the wall into the neighboring home of Yang Jing. He had no parents, was so poor that even his wife had run off, yet kept his oil lamp burning all night and raised his son to be plump and rosy-cheeked.

Jiang Li: "Do you need someone to cook? Someone to look after your child? Need someone to keep you... company on these long nights?"

Yang Jing, who was discussing the restoration of his kingdom with his strategists through the night: "..."

Content warnings: 1. The heroine is self-reliant, not a woman content to remain in the inner chambers. But first, she needs to survive in a chaotic era.

2. In ancient times, it was difficult for a woman to establish an independent household. To leave the Luo family, she chooses to marry the male lead, who will fall ill and die in half a year according to the plot, and is also impotent.

3. The child is not the male lead's biological child, and they are not related by blood.

4. The male and female leads are both sexually inexperienced. The heroine will become very capable once she gets through the transitional period.

Ongoing historical romance: The Noble Consort Is Far Too Beautiful

Qiu Yanyue was a dancer whose beauty captivated all, the favored Noble Consort who reigned supreme over the six palaces.

Shang Youting was a young general who had won glory at Mount Langjuxu and commanded a powerful army.

During the autumn hunt, Qiu Yanyue overheard Shang Youting tell someone, "The Noble Consort? She serves men with her looks. How much favor can that earn her?"

At a palace banquet, Shang Youting heard Qiu Yanyue tell the emperor, "The Great General commands a powerful army. Sooner or later, he'll rebel."

From then on, one whispered in the emperor's ear, accusing the Great General of plotting treason.

The other submitted a petition, claiming the wicked consort had bewitched the ruler and should be banished to the Cold Palace.

Later, the emperor suddenly came down with a wind illness in the Noble Consort's palace, and countless people inside and outside the court wanted her dead.

At night, he looked at the bewitching beauty, her robe slipping open as she lay on her side on the bed, curling her finger at him and casting a flirtatious glance.

Shang Youting scoffed, utterly dismissive.

A mere beauty trap.

Later, the proud young general broke into the imperial palace at night and pressed the frail Noble Consort onto the bed.

He no longer suppressed the desire growing ever stronger in his heart. He lifted a lock of her dark hair and smiled teasingly:

"The rebel army is right outside the capital. Your Ladyship doesn't want to be hacked to death, do you?"

Theme: Work diligently and persevere through hardship to build a good life.