The Beloved Concubine's Beautiful Marriage (Both Reborn)

In her previous life, she used every trick in the book to scheme and manipulate. Even Heaven was moved (or perhaps terrified) by her shameless, heartless, utterly unhinged ways, and granted her a life of wealth and status, with children and grandchildren all around her. But her husband had never truly cared for her, and her children were selfish and cold, showing her little genuine concern. As she lay dying of old age, she watched her children rub ginger on their eyes to squeeze out tears, and heard the maids whisper that someone had just sent another beautiful concubine to her husband's chambers... Shen Yanjiao felt a bone-deep chill in her heart. For some reason, she thought of her childhood, when her legitimate elder sister had taken her hand and led her to catch butterflies beneath the sun. Laughter had filled the whole garden. It had been so warm back then. If only she could return to that moment. When she opened her eyes again, she really had returned to that sunny day. Her elder sister was looking at the lotuses on the water. Behind her, Shen Yanjiao had just raised her hands to shove her, when she heard footsteps. They belonged to the libertine she had lured there with a scheme. This time, her heart had changed. She turned over a new leaf and cherished every ray of sunshine in this life. Everything was going well. And yet, that hardhearted man from her previous life insisted on marrying her this time, all to get revenge. Gu Nanzhang: Revenge? Who, exactly, is getting revenge on whom? Shen San, come over to the bed and let's talk. PS: Both leads are reborn. HE. There's a win-her-back-after-she-leaves arc (more or less), along with everyday life and a fictional setting. If that bothers you, please don't read. Upcoming novel blurb: 1. Her Concubine Persona Is Rock-Solid Ye Qingli grew up with her reclusive grandaunt, secretly learning all sorts of petty thief skills... Later, her heartless father brought her home. She arranged for him to send her to the wealthy General's mansion, where she became a concubine brought in to bring the sick general good fortune. The general recovered. His expression cool and distant, he said, "Behave yourself. There's always room for you in this household." Then he scoffed to himself: He thought of this beautiful concubine as little more than a pet bird. Though their intimate moments had become rather addictive, his show of deep affection and doting was all for outsiders to see. Any other woman could take her place. Ye Qingli answered with a coy, timid air. Then she scoffed to herself: She didn't need a place here. Her status as the general's favored concubine gave her a cover to live in the capital, and she'd already "collected" plenty of good things. She had a long, carefree life ahead of her. Why hang herself from this one tree, especially when it was a crooked branch? With this "ulterior motive," she kept up a flawless act in the household. She competed for favor without going overboard, caused trouble in moderation, and acted frail and delicate while still managing on her own... She fooled everyone in the household, including that man. But at some point, the general's carefully crafted persona began to crumble, and their happy days of acting out their parts came to an end. Ye Qingli: "..." If you let your act fall apart, I'm going to leave, you know~ When she left, she actually felt a little reluctant to part with the madam. The general's wife was beautiful, just not much of a talker. She was a pitiful woman who received little affection from the general, yet she had always been incredibly kind to Ye Qingli. On a dark and windy night, the little courtyard where Ye Qingli lived caught fire, allowing her to fake her death perfectly. Afterward, everyone in the capital said the general and his wife seemed to have gone mad. In a small town in Jiangnan, Ye Qingli lounged in a bamboo chair beneath a pomegranate tree, waving a round fan. She stroked her belly and smiled. Keeping the child and leaving the man behind, with a storehouse full of silver, this wonderful life was only just beginning. (PS: The madam isn't really the general's wife.) A shameless thief-concubine X a possessive, dangerous general whose old heart has caught fire Please add my current novel to your reading list~ "The Villainess Wins Them Over with Farming" Shen Li worked herself to death... or so she thought. She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainess in a male-oriented political intrigue novel. The original Shen Li had just been married off when she became a widow. Her younger brother-in-law was the novel's protagonist, an important court official, handsome and ruthless. The original Shen Li had been infatuated with him, but he despised her. Unable to win over her brother-in-law, she was led astray and sought out three handsome "male companions." But they had all been forced into it, and hated her to the bone. In the story that followed, her brother-in-law, Gu Yanzhang, would win over the three men and form the protagonist's faction, then launch a rebellion and seize the throne. She and her younger brother, the puppet emperor, were both pawns of the villains. Her brother would be poisoned to death, and she would be hanged from a beam by the very men who had once been her "companions." Even the System was a male chauvinist, telling her to please men and change the story. Shen Li: "..." Stubbornly, she turned away and started farming. And so flowers and vegetables, delicious food and beauty treatments, and all sorts of health-boosting remedies came pouring forth. The powerful elites of the capital went wild over them, and even the protagonist's faction began hiding their fangs and acting obedient. But that still wasn't enough... 1. She flung one masterpiece of poetry after another in front of one of her male companions, the top-ranked candidate in the imperial exams, along with all manner of math problems, not to mention physics and chemistry... The man who used to give her the cold shoulder kept a calm face, yet leaned in close whenever he spoke to her. 2. She laid out sand tables, repeating crossbows, thunderbolts, and new medicines in front of her second "male companion," a young general. In the freezing cold, the unruly man deliberately complained of the heat, stripped off his outer robe, and showed off his abs. 3. She gave her third "male companion," a gloomy, scheming foreign hostage, one strategy after another: trade policies, customs duties, and superior breeds of horses... Yet before she could mount her horse, he knelt down, offering himself as a mounting block. Shen Li snorted. Finally, she laid out the curved plow, new crop varieties, and scented and laundry soaps, along with one new farming and trade method after another, before the young Grand Secretary. He called her sister-in-law, but his long-fingered hand landed on her face. Wait, on her face? Shen Li never expected that she would start out wanting only to grow her own food and cook delicious meals, yet end up feeding the entire world. She had only wanted to rein in a few men who acted like absolute dogs, but somehow the whole world was now wagging its tail for her. If you're interested, my darlings, please visit my author page and add it to your reading list. Kisses~ Theme: A person's happiness lies entirely in the happiness of their heart