Days of Gossip and Spectacle in Ancient Times

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The Gu family of the capital had twelve daughters between its two branches. As a concubine-born daughter of the second branch, Gu Yuner was ninth in line.

Gu Yun had been born into this life from the womb, and in her previous life she had died from overwork. No matter what, she refused to push herself in this life. She was quicker and more decisive than anyone at doing absolutely nothing.

Besides, what kind of society was ancient China? Girls had to marry by the age of fifteen or sixteen at the latest. Gu Yun saw marriage as a sentence of hard labor, so while she could still stay at home, she planned to enjoy herself as much as possible.

Defy her legitimate mother? Not happening!

Compete with her legitimate sisters for favor? No way!

Play mind games in the household? She didn't have the talent!

She just walked around with her hands behind her back, going fishing and riding horses with her grandfather, who had retired from office. She lounged in her grandmother's room every day, mooching food and drink. When she got bored, she went to visit her married sisters and looked around their homes.

She was more comfortable and content than anyone!

One day, the great-great-nephew of her grandmother's family came to propose marriage.

Gu Yun craned her neck and let out an "Ah." A few seconds later, she said, "Isn't that the wrong generation?"

Everyone: "..."

Reborn: Marrying with an Ancestral Tablet in My Arms

Blurb:

Later, whenever people mentioned Jin Baohan, they spoke of her with disgust.

They called her shallow, vain, deceitful, and vicious.

After she died, everyone clapped and cheered, wishing only that she had died sooner.

Jin Baohan never thought she would open her eyes again.

In her previous life, she had tried to cling to Prince Jin and break off her engagement to Shen Hengzhi. But through a chain of unfortunate coincidences, she indirectly caused Shen Hengzhi's death.

Unfortunately, her feelings for Prince Jin had been entirely one-sided. She had misread his intentions; he had never been interested in her.

Jin Baohan became a laughingstock and lost everything.

A year later, Shen Hengzhi's younger brother, Shen Chilie, returned from the battlefield and forced Jin Baohan to enter the Shen household carrying Shen Hengzhi's ancestral tablet.

She had run away in her previous life. That was why so many things happened afterward, why she made so many mistakes, and why her parents died tragically, her brother and sister-in-law were murdered, the Jin family's reputation was ruined, and she ended up abandoned in the wilderness.

This time, Jin Baohan opened her eyes.

It was just as the Shen family arrived, their faces cold, to propose marriage on behalf of their deceased eldest son.

In her previous life, Jin Baohan had gone mad and cursed them out.

This time, Jin Baohan stepped out barefoot, like a wandering ghost, and said two words:

"I'll marry him."

She owed Shen Hengzhi this from her previous life. She would repay him.

P.S. The female lead was a bad woman in her previous life.

The male lead is a young general. Yes, he's the one who forced the female lead to marry into his family carrying his brother's ancestral tablet. He ends up regretting it terribly.

Theme: Life is precious. Do not take it for granted