Scraping By Under the Family Head's Authority

Su Muxin's father was a grain escort officer for the imperial court. He died in an enemy kingdom while escorting grain, and since there were no boys in the family, his relatives seized both the court's reward and the family property. With nowhere else to turn, Su Muxin's mother could only take her and remarry.

Ten years later, her father, who had died in the enemy kingdom, came back to life!

But Su Muxin's family was not reunited. Instead, they suffered another wrenching separation: her parents died under mysterious circumstances, and rumors quickly spread.

With her parents and stepfather gone one after another, she became the least welcome person in the Anping Marquis household. Later, the new Anping Marquis, Liang Xiao, even struck her name from the family register. Overnight, she went from being the Marquis's seventh young lady to an outsider lodging in the manor, and her life was turned upside down.

She didn't ask for much. She only wanted a ray of light to shine into her dark life. But Liang Xiao was like a demon, blocking every ray that might reach her. Under the family head's authority, all she could do was scrape by in fear.

A mistaken beginning conceals a plot against Liang Xiao, the Anping Marquis. Can they escape it?

For women, surviving in the inner chambers is hard. Must the weak really turn on one another to gain status and stay alive?

Are people born good by nature? Can there truly be no one born evil?

Content warnings:

1. Set in a feudal dynasty. The male lead enters a political marriage to secure his position.

2. This is an ensemble cast with many characters. Please point out anything that seems inaccurate.

3. There's a mystery, with quite a few clues.

4. There is a secondary couple, woven into the clues given to the female lead.

Theme: Resisting fate is also part of fate.