Transmigrated as the Powerful Minister's Fiancée Who Died Young

Please check out my new novel next door, Daily Life in Bianjing! Shen Lishu transmigrates into the eldest daughter of a low-ranking official's family in Bianjing. Bianjing is flourishing, with grand carriages filling Vermilion Bird Avenue, fine horses and carriages crowding the streets, the night market at Zhou Bridge teeming with traffic and visitors, and the entertainment districts alive with song and dance, indulgence and extravagance... None of this has anything to do with Shen Lishu. Having failed to transmigrate into a noble family, she clearly isn't destined to enjoy such luxuries. The capital may be prosperous, but life is hard for ordinary folk. Her father is a low-ranking government employee, and his salary barely supports a family of six. Her parents haven't even considered family planning, so Shen Lishu can already foresee a future of poverty. Unable to convince her parents to have fewer children and plant more trees, Shen Lishu can only roll up her sleeves and return to her old line of work. She hawks goods at Daxiangguo Temple and sets up a stall at the Zhou Bridge night market, determined to become Bianjing's hardest-working wage earner! Shuniang: Have you ever seen Bianjing at four in the morning? P.S. This is a fictional setting. The story is a slow burn, and the heroine focuses on everyday family life and making money. At the beginning of the novel Ascend to the Grand Hall, the male lead, Lu Shihan, bids farewell to his parents and childhood sweetheart, his betrothed, then sets off for the capital with his humble luggage to take the imperial exams. Thus begins the legendary life of a powerful chancellor. Yan Zhiyi transmigrates into that tragic fiancée, who appears in just one scene at the start and whose fate is summed up in the dialogue as "a beauty doomed to die young, her life snuffed out." To return to the modern world as soon as possible, Yan Zhiyi tries hard to maintain the original owner's persona, keeping up her sickly appearance while tending to the male lead and looking after him. At long last, she waits until he leaves for the capital to take the imperial exams. Now she can take to her bed, fall ill, and wait to die with a smile when news of his passing the highest imperial exam arrives... But the male lead has returned in glory, so why hasn't she died yet? Heroine: If following the plot still won't send me home, then I guess I'll have to become the wife of a powerful official, even if it makes me cry. * * * Coming soon from the author next door: Transmigrated as the Mother of the Dragon-Accomplished Male Lead Lu Shiyu, a destitute orphan, uses a few clever tricks to marry a rich, handsome young master of a marquis's household in the capital, and soon gives birth to a son. Although the elders of the marquis's household are a real headache, constantly sending her husband women of every sort, plump or slender, innocent or glamorous, he never gives them a second glance. So, watching her husband eventually inherit the title and knowing she'll become a noble marquise and reach the pinnacle of life, Lu Shiyu is thoroughly content. But on her son's third birthday, she suddenly learns some terrible news: she's transmigrated as the mother of the Dragon-Accomplished male lead. In the near future, among the many beautiful maids around the male lead's father, one exceptionally talented and beautiful woman will win the fierce competition and become a concubine. The male lead will then spend his childhood watching his mother and the concubine outsmart each other, making his father jump back and forth between the two women. When he turns six, the concubine will become pregnant, and his mother will use a cup of poisoned wine to take herself, her awful husband, and his mistress to their deaths. Only then will the drama end. With his parents sacrificed to the heavens, the male lead will be exiled to an estate by the head of the marquis household, who has lost his heir. There, in the fields and hills, he will begin his legendary rise from humble beginnings to the peak of power. Lu Shiyu, now holding the script of a sacrificial mother, trembles with fear, especially since she's recently begun to suspect her husband is exchanging suggestive glances with one of the maids... She grits her teeth and stamps her foot. There's no future in fighting over that awful man with his mistress. Divorce! If her son is going to be the Dragon-Accomplished male lead, wouldn't it be better to focus on raising him, then find herself a handsome young man? But can someone tell her why so many excellent men have suddenly appeared around her since her divorce? Theme: Keep holding on to hope, and you'll eventually see the light!