The Noble Wife from a Poor Family

[Looking for Favorites: A Sweet Romance of the Same Type, "Jiao Di Di"] [Thieves who steal my work are not welcome to comment. Readers of the official version can criticize it all they like.] Before Consort Su fell out of favor, Su Heshu had made quite a name for herself in the capital by virtue of being Consort Su's niece. Though she had only managed to enter the circle of noble young ladies in the capital through family connections, at least she had made it in, hadn't she? So when Consort Su fell out of favor and Duke Cheng'en picked a poor scholar to be her husband, Su Heshu was utterly devastated. But a marriage arranged by her parents and matchmaker was not something she could refuse. On the first day of her marriage to Shen Qingduan, Su Heshu gazed at the cramped bridal chamber, which was too small even for her dowry chests, and wept inwardly. On the tenth day of her marriage to Shen Qingduan, Su Heshu's heart broke once again when she had to give up trying to talk with her mother-in-law, who could barely speak the official language properly. On the hundredth day of her marriage to Shen Qingduan, when she became pregnant, her mother-in-law slaughtered the only old hen in the family to nourish her. Su Heshu was speechless with emotion. A warm feeling stirred in her heart. On the nine hundred and sixty-fifth day of her marriage to Shen Qingduan, he became prime minister. And she became the prime minister's wife. On the tenth year of her marriage to Shen Qingduan, in all those ten years, he had never taken a personal maid or brought a concubine into the household. He indulged her in everything and had never once said no. When Duke Cheng'en married his legitimate daughter to a poor scholar, everyone in the capital had waited to laugh at him. Su Heshu, too, had been brought low along with him. Later, when the duke's poor son-in-law became prime minister, the people of the capital finally came around and praised him: "Duke Cheng'en truly has remarkable judgment." [Reading Guide] 1. Marriage first, love later, with domestic intrigue 2. Regular updates -------------------- [Coming Soon] -------------------- A Flower Banquet by the Stream. Fu Yunzhu wore a dress of cloud brocade worth a hundred gold pieces. Seated on a stone bench in a pavilion, she casually tossed a plate of tremella and pigeon eggs into the pond to feed the fish. A pearl from her hairpin rolled into a crack in the stone. She waved her hand, unconcerned. "It's nothing." Pei Ji passed by and saw the extravagant ways of this legitimate daughter of a marquis's household. He immediately said to the young servant beside him, "Each tremella and pigeon egg costs two taels of silver. Miss Fu is so pampered. I wonder who could afford to keep her." The servant grimaced. "You certainly couldn't afford it. Your annual salary wouldn't even cover one gold hairpin in her hair." Later, the emperor decreed their marriage. The pampered legitimate daughter of a marquis's household married Pei Ji, a commoner by birth. At first, Pei Ji entered officialdom to serve the people and keep a clear conscience. Later, Pei Ji had only one simple wish: work harder, get promoted sooner, and buy his wife the new hairpins and jewelry at the Treasure Pavilion. Theme: Blooming into the most beautiful flower in adversity