Climbing into the House of Nobility (Both Reborn)

"Shen Yanshu has lived two lives, and in both, she marries into a powerful family."

Shen Yanshu, the third young lady of the Zhou family's branch, was breathtakingly beautiful and charming in every way. Though low in status, she had lofty ambitions and only wanted to marry into a powerful family.

In the twentieth year of Xinqing, Shen Yanshu married into a powerful family. In the twenty-fifth year of Xinqing, she died in August, amid endless rain.

Shen Yanshu was reborn.

A powerful household was a den of danger. Anyone who had already died once should have settled for an ordinary life, but Shen Yanshu refused.

If you want something in this world, you have to fight for it. Keeping your head down is a coward's excuse.

The capital is full of powerful families. If one won't have her, why not try another?

Her cousin couldn't protect her, and the young duke was a notorious playboy. Shen Yanshu looked around and set her sights on the poor scholar whose marriage proposal she had rejected in her previous life.

The poor scholar was about to become the hottest new jinshi in the spring examination the following year. Blushing, he asked which family she belonged to and said that if he passed, he would come to ask for her hand.

Shen Yanshu shyly wished him success in the examinations, but in her heart she thought, You will definitely pass.

Everyone in the capital said that the Zhou family's young lady and the newly minted jinshi would soon be married. But only Shen Yanshu knew that the Jade-Faced Yama visited her bedchamber every night.

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Jiang Shuo knew from the first time he saw Shen Yanshu that they were alike.

Heartless and selfish.

He watched her charm her way into the Duke's household. Amid the clamor of gongs and drums, he followed the procession through the crowd.

The night Shen Yanshu died, he had already been made a prince. He raced a thousand miles to attend her funeral, then slaughtered all 130 members of the Duke's household in a single night.

Jiang Shuo died at her funeral, then was reborn.

He imitated the heroes in storybooks who rescued beautiful women, playing the young man he thought she would like.

But she still didn't choose him.

Later, on her wedding night, Jiang Shuo pointed a knife at the groom, his eyes bloodshot. Gripping Shen Yanshu by the neck, he threatened her bluntly: "Come with me, and I'll let your groom go."

Dressed in a bright red wedding gown, Shen Yanshu weighed the pros and cons. After a long pause, she knelt and said in a trembling voice, "I only want to live in peace. Please grant me that, Your Highness."

Jiang Shuo laughed coldly and exposed her lie. "Shen Yanshu, it's been two lifetimes, and you're still not the sort to keep your head down."

Theme: Live life well