Do legitimate sons really have it easy?
Jiang Zhirui was born posthumously. When he was seven months in the womb, his father died on the battlefield, and his mother went into premature labor from fright, giving birth to a sickly boy who became the legitimate eldest grandson.
Everyone in the capital knew that the Jiang family's old patriarch was a founding hero and that the whole family were military men. Jiang Zhirui was the only exception: frail and sickly, no good at martial arts or military strategy, spending all day watching birds and admiring flowers, going on spring outings and painting. He held the position of eldest grandson, but little else.
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Do legitimate daughters really have it easy?
Yun Huachang had no older brothers or younger sisters. Her mother was obsessed with good looks and defied her parents to marry a merchant's son from Jiangnan. Within three years, the household was full of concubines. Her father favored sons over daughters, and her mother's heart had long since gone cold. She could only hope her one and only daughter would make a good match. When she came of age, she moved into the prime minister's residence and became a young lady living with her maternal relatives.
* The heroine is reborn with a script. The male lead is a woman who transmigrated into a man's body. No gay romance.
* This is an unconventional story. Imagine the concubines and illegitimate sons as modern mistresses and their children.
Theme: Hard work pays off
