The Foolish Beauty's Survival Guide

Su Miao had a graceful figure and breathtaking beauty.

Her gentle, indulgent cousin, the aloof heir who stood like a flower atop a high peak, and her childhood sweetheart, her betrothed, all adored and pampered her.

Su Miao had always been smug about it, flaunting her beauty and acting spoiled and arrogant.

Then one day, she accidentally hit her head, and a voice suddenly appeared in her mind.

The voice told her that the cousin who doted on her only wanted to keep her as a possession, while her betrothed would one day send her to another man's bed to gain supreme power.

The heir, who had fallen for her at first sight, only loved her face...

She had been indulging in their sweet talk, heedlessly doing as she pleased and ignoring all propriety. Once her father got into trouble and she lost his protection, those men would show their true colors and treat her as nothing but a plaything.

They would even send her to the incompetent, tyrannical emperor in the palace. In the end, she would be reviled as a wicked consort and die by the rebels' swords.

Su Miao didn't believe it, but when every unknown event unfolded exactly as she had seen, she had no choice but to admit that she was afraid, and that she believed it.

Su Miao didn't want to die. Those men were no good, and she had to get rid of them.

But shaking off those persistent men wouldn't be easy. She needed an excuse and a powerful ally.

After weighing her options, Su Miao set her sights on Lu Zhan, whom she had once looked down on in her dreams: a rigid, self-restrained man who wasn't swayed by her beauty and had been her teacher for a few days. He would later become a powerful chief minister who helped enthrone a new emperor.

At the time, Lu Zhan was still just a poor scholar staying at her residence.

Su Miao thought the timing was perfect.

But could someone tell her why this man was gradually becoming so different from the one in her dreams? He was cunning, skilled in underhanded schemes, and openly tried to seduce her, using threats and promises to make her marry him.

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Lu Zhan had spent his life holding himself to strict standards, aloof and restrained. To him, power, fame, and all the things of this world were no more than fleeting clouds.

It was only when the rebels stormed the palace and cut down Su Miao, the wanton, unruly wicked consort, that he realized there was something he cared about after all.

The spoiled young woman, who knew nothing of rules or propriety, was the only bright, tumultuous color his life had ever known.

Reborn, he sheltered the young woman and raised her under his protection, teaching her the art of open and covert schemes so she could make her own way in the world.

But as he taught her, he gradually began to harbor selfish desires...

Reader note: The male lead is reborn, while the female lead has a kind of awakening through her dreams.

The female lead was deliberately spoiled as she grew up and knows nothing of rules or ethics. Only after awakening does she gradually learn and pay attention to them. She is not a traditional, native-born heroine.

In her previous life, the female lead was not a virgin. In this life, both leads are virgins.

Theme: There is a kind of love that means loving all of you.