After Marrying a Sickly Man in My Sister's Place

Jiang Mingyue was born into a good family.

Her father was a small-town exam ace who made his way out of the mountains and became a prestigious Hanlin scholar in the capital.

Her legal mother came from a marquis's household, while her birth mother was from a wealthy merchant family in Jiangnan.

With money, status, and powerful connections behind her, she thrived in the capital despite being a concubine-born daughter.

Who could have expected disaster to strike and her family's ruin to be just around the corner?

Just then, Eunuch Lu, the most powerful man in the court, offered to help, on the condition that a Jiang family daughter marry his sickly only son.

To keep her family safe, Jiang Mingyue married him with tears in her eyes (and excitement in her heart).

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Jiang Mingzhu, the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family, dreamed that she saved her family by marrying the son of Eunuch Lu.

Lu Dalang was exceptionally handsome, but a strange illness had left him bitter and sinister.

In their three years of marriage, the couple were never intimate. Eunuch Lu, who desperately wanted an heir, grew dissatisfied with her, and her life in the household was miserable.

Later, father and son died one after the other, and the eunuch faction was purged.

As a daughter-in-law of the Lu family, she and her birth family met a truly wretched end.

After waking from the dream, Jiang Mingzhu avoided the Lu family marriage and, after careful planning, entered the household of the future emperor.

After their wedding, she eagerly awaited her husband's ascension so she could enjoy a life of wealth and splendor. Instead, she received news that Jiang Mingzhu had become the Crown Princess.

P.S. An alternate universe with a blend of dynasties.

Blurb written on 2026-10.10, screenshot saved on Weibo.

Theme: A happy family