A Delicate Knock on the Heart

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In her previous life, Linglong listened to her mother and married her cousin. She followed the three obediences and four virtues, cared for her husband and raised their children, and managed a marriage that was just barely harmonious, despite her cousin bringing one concubine after another home.

When she died after a long illness, her husband was nowhere to be seen, but her children were gathered around her. There had been no great love or hatred in her life, only a faint sense of regret.

Reborn, Linglong didn't want another bland life. So, before she agreed to a match, she went to her father. After learning about the Mu family's predicament, she decided to marry into a powerful household and secure a way forward for her family and younger brother.

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Marquis Pei Jun of Yongning was ordered to defend the border at Yongzhou. Deeply trusted by the emperor and holding great power, he was a prime target for every noble and prince seeking to win him over. After his wife died in childbirth, taking their baby with her, matchmakers nearly wore down the threshold of his mansion. They were all out to use him, especially his mean, overbearing grandmother.

To put an end to all the scheming, Pei Jun returned to the capital early, eager to find a suitable wife.

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Linglong: As long as her family isn't too much trouble, I'm fine with anyone.

Marquis Pei Jun of Yongning: As long as my wife is tough and hardy, I'm fine with anyone.

Then, not long after the New Year, Linglong married into the Marquis of Yongning's household.

After getting married, Linglong often wondered: a bland life was out of the question this time, but was married life really supposed to be this exciting?

Content notes:

1. An alternate-history, anything-goes sweet romance. Very fantastical, very sweet!

2. The heroine was married in her previous life, and the hero was widowed and has concubines. They are exclusive after marriage. Readers who prefer chaste leads, please consider carefully!

3. The excitement starts after the wedding. After the story goes premium, there will be two updates daily, at 9 p.m. and before midnight.

Blurb for My Life as a Tycoon After Being Exiled

Miao Wan only discovered she had entered a palace-intrigue novel while being exiled alongside her husband's family.

Of course, palace intrigue had nothing to do with her.

She was the cannon-fodder wife whom the heroine's childhood friend and cousin, Qiao Ruichen, had married at his parents' insistence.

The Qiao family was caught up in palace intrigue, framed, and cruelly exiled.

The original wife couldn't stand the harsh cold of the northwest. After suffering a miscarriage, she fell ill and died, appearing at the end of the novel only as a grave in an extra chapter.

Miao Wan looked at her mother-in-law, shivering in a broken-down house as she did embroidery to support the family, and her sister-in-law, whose hands were swollen like radishes from washing vegetables. She rubbed her bulging belly and sighed.

Fine. Since I'm here, I'll make the best of it. First, a small goal: avoid ending up in a grave, and make myself a little bit of money.

As for not being able to stand the harsh northwest cold and suffering a miscarriage?

She was a born-and-raised girl from the northwest, famous far and wide as a master pig farmer. She could raise more than a thousand pigs. Surely she could raise a baby?

No problem at all.

Reader notes:

1. An alternate-history anything-goes setting. The male lead and the original novel's heroine have no romantic history. She is already pregnant when she transmigrates.

2. The story starts in the northwest. It's satisfying wish fulfillment, with no frustrating setbacks.

3. The main plot is raising a baby and making money. There's little romance, and the male lead is just a supporting character.

Theme: Stay positive, and you'll always find something beautiful.