Marrying into the Marquis's Manor with My Best Friend to Gawk and Watch the Drama Unfold (Transmigrate into a Book)

[The only official edition is on Jinjiang. We are not responsible for pirated copies.] Coming soon: Don’t Pick Up the Stray Man by the Roadside. It shares a setting with Besties. The male lead is the son of An Zhi. Blurb below. If you’re interested, please add it to your favorites~! - Shen Lingyue, a frail college student, dies after an all-night gaming session and transmigrates into the youngest daughter of the Ministry of Rites’ Vice Minister in the Great Ye dynasty. She is about to marry the second son of the Marquis of Changning’s household. The emperor has decreed the marriage. It looks like a glorious honor, but it’s actually fraught with danger. The reason is simple: the Marquis’s eldest legitimate son is marrying Zhou Yanyi, the daughter of the Xuanwei General and Shen Lingyue’s sworn enemy. They say the two have disliked each other since childhood, fighting over clothes, jewelry, and friends... Like roosters ready to fight, they’ve been at each other for over a decade. And now they’re supposed to marry into the same marquis’s household and become sisters-in-law? Shen’s mother is deeply worried. Her daughter has always been spoiled and fiercely competitive, but now she’ll have to take a back seat and call that Zhou girl “Big Sister-in-Law,” watching her become the heir’s wife. What’s a mother to do? Shen Lingyue rubs her hands together. “Don’t worry, Mother. Your daughter has plenty of tricks up her sleeve!” She’s read at least eight hundred palace-intrigue and household-intrigue novels. Surely she can outsmart one person from ancient times? The next day, Zhou Yanyi sends a calling card and visits. Shen Lingyue assumes she’s come to pick a fight, but then their eyes meet Oh! Isn’t this her brilliant best friend Yanyi, whom she’s known since childhood? How did you end up here too??? Shen Lingyue and Zhou Yanyi whisper together behind the bed curtains. “What should we do? Should we run away from the weddings?” “Let’s wait and see. Maybe the Pei brothers are handsome. One for you, one for me. No one loses ^_^” The Marquis of Changning’s household is powerful and prestigious. By imperial decree, the two brothers are to marry on the same day, making it a double celebration. The next day, the new brides finally find a chance to meet while serving tea. “How was last night?” Zhou Yanyi blushes faintly. “Not bad.” Shen Lingyue’s little face turns bright yellow. “He feels amazing to touch!” After an argument with Second Master Pei, Shen Lingyue clutches her pillow and goes to the elder couple’s room, crying. “Big Sister-in-Law, I’m sleeping with you tonight.” Zhou Yanyi glances silently at her husband. “Why don’t you sleep in the study tonight?” The heir, his face dark, goes to the neighboring courtyard. “Can’t you make room for your wife?” Zhou Yanyi hears that the heir has a cherished first love, and the usually gentle woman finally snaps. “Pei Jingyi, I want a divorce!” Shen Lingyue immediately chimes in. “If you leave, I’m leaving too. You divorce him today, and I’ll divorce mine tomorrow.” Pei Jinghuai, who had been enjoying the commotion in the elder branch, is dumbfounded. Since when does getting divorced come with a buy-one-get-one-free deal? He storms off to find his older brother. “Hurry up and make your wife happy again, or I’ll be left a bachelor too!” All of the capital is waiting to see the Marquis of Changning’s household descend into chaos. The Pei brothers already have a terrible relationship, and now they’ve married a pair of women who don’t get along. Surely the wives will turn the household upside down? But instead of fighting each other, the two young mistresses gleefully gossip about everyone else’s business. Shocking! The top scorer who passed all three imperial examinations secretly loves to go to... Breaking! The benevolent Prince An is actually a beast in human clothing... Wow! The Minister of Justice has apparently been involved with them... Shen Lingyue and Zhou Yanyi successfully replace the capital’s four notorious wastrels, becoming the new “Terrors of the Town.” Their accomplishments, though the list is incomplete, include: taking down X powerful families, unmasking Y hypocrites, and breaking up Z “happy marriages.” They jointly take the top spot on the list of “Guests No One in the Capital Wants to Invite to a Banquet.” Shen Lingyue spreads her hands in helplessness. “Honestly, you might not believe it, but at first I just thought life was too boring ╮(╯▽╰)╭” The capital’s families, knocked flat by their antics: ...Please, find something useful to do! Have children, compete for control of the household, push your husbands to improve themselves and win titles! Young Masters Pei, come take your wives away! [Reader’s Guide] A fictional setting. Some official posts are modeled on the Ming dynasty, but the overall setting is a hodgepodge. Everything serves the plot. Main viewpoint: Shen Lingyue. A frail, sunny gossip addict x a skilled martial artist with abs that are amazing to touch, a clingy big dog. Second female lead: Zhou Yanyi. A cool-headed, studious good girl x a calculating, possessive black-hearted green tea leopard. #Married the Right Man with the Wrong Script# #My Bestie and I Gossip About the Whole Capital Every Day# A slice-of-life story focused on gossip and watching the drama unfold, packed with melodrama and a little childish bickering as they fall in love after an arranged marriage. [Please don’t offer unsolicited writing advice. You don’t need to tell me if you drop the story. Read in a friendly, harmonious spirit. Personal attacks and baseless rumors disguised as criticism are forbidden. Any malicious comments will bounce right back at you. Sending love~] - PPS: The heroine was not born into this world as a baby, and didn’t have more than a decade to adjust to ancient customs. She had a three-month crash course before her wedding and will continue to grow~ ---- Blurb for upcoming novel Don’t Pick Up the Stray Man by the Roadside ---- Ming Qiao was born into this world. Though her family was ordinary, they were loving, owned farmland and shops, and never lacked food or drink. In her previous life, she was a top food blogger on a major platform. She worked tirelessly to improve her cooking and filming, until she worked herself to death. Given another chance at life, she decides to love herself and help her family grow the Ming family snack shop into a thriving business, counting money until her hands cramp! The Nth time her parents and older brother and sister-in-law try to talk her into meeting someone for marriage, Ming Qiao brings a man home from the roadside and announces, “I’m marrying him!” The man is elegant and handsome, as lovely as an orchid. Even unconscious, he hasn’t lost a bit of his beauty. Ming Qiao takes care of him for half a month. She’s seen what she shouldn’t have seen and touched what she shouldn’t have touched, and has decided to make it official after getting him into bed. Whatever! Even a forcibly picked melon is sweet! At last, the man wakes up. His eyes are as cold as stars, and his face shines like a sword drawn from its sheath. He’s somehow even more beautiful than when he was unconscious. The bad news: He has amnesia and remembers only his name. The good news: He believes everything Ming Qiao tells him, including that he is her distant cousin and fiancé, bound to her by a childhood betrothal. The man gets himself cleaned up and steps out of the room to bow solemnly to Ming Qiao. “You’ve worked hard taking care of me all this time, Cousin. I’ll do my best to earn money and support the family. I won’t freeload.” Ming Qiao waves her hands quickly and says it’s unnecessary. Just looking at that pretty face lets her eat an extra half bowl of rice (*^▽^*) Two months after Xiao Hanzhang wakes up, Ming Qiao notices unfamiliar white pigeons often circling her home, darting into his room whenever they get the chance. Drawing on a lifetime of chicken-catching skills, Ming Qiao catches every single one and stews them all to help her cheap cousin regain his strength. One day, she has an urgent errand to run. Knowing the pigeons are due to arrive, she rushes home in a panic. As soon as she enters the courtyard, she sees Xiao Hanzhang sitting on a little stool, carefully plucking a pigeon. He turns and smiles brightly at her. “Qiao Qiao, how about roast pigeon for dinner?” While casually hiding the message tube tied to the pigeon’s leg behind his back. When a full imperial procession arrives, Ming Qiao finally learns that the man she picked up isn’t some homeless stray at all. He is Xiao Hanzhang, the only son of the current Tong’an Empress. The courtyard is packed with people kneeling on the ground, begging the Crown Prince to return to the palace as soon as possible. Ming Qiao hastily writes a divorce letter and presents it with both hands. Xiao Hanzhang doesn’t take it. His gaze is so heavy it seems ready to swallow her whole. She curses inwardly, but still has to squeeze out a few tears. They say a night together earns a hundred nights of affection. Surely there’s no need to be so cruel as to divorce her? Xiao Hanzhang finally takes the letter. His long, strong fingers grip it tightly before he slowly tears it to shreds. His face wears the gentle, harmless smile the villagers have long grown used to seeing from the Ming family’s little son-in-law. He leans close to Ming Qiao’s ear and speaks each word slowly: “My dear wife, you don’t want to support me anymore?” “What if I chop an extra pile of firewood today and eat one less steamed bun? Would that be all right?” Reader’s Guide: 1. A money-loving, lecherous shopkeeper who takes what she wants by force (?) x a Crown Prince who plays the pig to eat the tiger and goes along with the act. He never had amnesia, it’s all acting ^_^ 2. A fictional setting that shares its dynasty with the author’s previous novel Besties, but without any major characters from that story. A fresh start with a new story, essentially a light, healing, sweet little farming-and-food story (maybe). The first version of this blurb was screenshotted and archived on July 1, 2026. Theme: Wherever you are, never forget who you are