A Nineteenth-Century Marriage Swap Romance

Also known as: The Western Version of Marrying the Right Groom by Mistake Both Norman sisters are engaged, yet the whole family is downcast. The kind and innocent younger sister is about to be used as a pawn and married into the treacherous Duke's household. The wise and composed older sister is to marry a nouveau riche upstart, newly elevated to nobility and eager to spruce up his image. A white rabbit sent into a den of wolves, a swan dropped into a swamp. Old Norman rolled his eyes back and nearly kicked the bucket. Isabelle, the older sister who transmigrated into a book, presses her father's philtrum with one hand and wipes her sister Audrey's tears with the other. Calmly, she says, "Let's switch, darling." They say the youngest Norman daughter is a complete simpleton. The people in the Duke of Spencer's household all have ulterior motives, setting traps and waiting to laugh at her. Who could have guessed that the supposedly foolish young lady would be so graceful, her ice-blue eyes seeming to see through every scheme? She counters every move, all the way to the pinnacle of power. As for the forgotten duke himself? Isabelle: Oh, sorry. I think you should know that a career-minded woman doesn't need a man. To avoid being looked down on by her noble daughter-in-law, Mrs. White awkwardly puts on an upper-class air, for the eighteenth time wondering if the pattern on her brooch is too flashy. A little head peeks through the doorway, with pale golden curls and watery blue eyes. The girl smiles shyly. "Hi, beautiful lady. Please allow me to greet you. Your brooch is lovely." Mrs. White is stunned, all her imposing air gone. "Er, hi. Hello." Young Master Herman, who has no interest in his fiancee and always wears a cold expression, pauses his gaze on her before quickly looking away. Audrey beams. "Good afternoon, Mr. White." Herman White: ... Elegant, all-around capable, career-minded older sister x self-deluded, love-brained, fake-badass duke Kind, adorable little angel younger sister x aloof, ruthless, ambitious nouveau riche Synopsis finalized on May 16, 2023, and archived. My other novel, The Two Brides in Disguise, is currently updating. Please add it to your collection! Laid-back transmigrator forced to take another woman's place as a princess consort x gloomy, twisted regent Gentle, reborn daughter of a prime minister x young wandering martial artist The regent wields immense power and is notorious for his brutality. To pledge his loyalty, the prime minister offers his legitimate daughter as a concubine. The deal is done, but on the eve of the engagement, the prime minister's daughter runs away. If the truth comes out, it will spell disaster for the Cui family. The matriarch of the Cui family anxiously searches for a substitute, setting her sights on the young cousin who lives in their home: An orphan with a poor family background, whose features look about seventy percent like the young lady's and who should be easy to manipulate. Zhuang Yunfu really is easy to manipulate. As an overworked office drone, she can't do anything right. Now she's transmigrated into a short-lived background character in a chaotic era, and she's brought along a cat that eats like a horse! Is this really transmigrating into a book? She's not going to survive! The Cui matriarch prepares to use both threats and persuasion to force her into the marriage. But just as she opens her mouth... Zhuang Yunfu: Take her place as a bride? Sure! Off to the prince's residence for a life of luxury and fine food! Zhuang Yunfu: No dignity as a concubine? As if earning 3,500 a month without social insurance gave me any dignity! Zhuang Yunfu: The regent is a twisted villain in the book? Whatever. I'm already here. When trouble comes, just sleep through it.jpg Zhuang Yunfu: That's how a slacker lives, QVQ. I'll just stay alive for now. If all else fails, I can always die. The girl and her cat devote themselves to a quiet, adorable life in ancient times. But the regent from the original book, who was cold and ruthless and tormented both the hero and heroine nearly to death, seems to have changed a little? Meanwhile, Cui Lingyi didn't run away from her wedding. She had simply decided to die. She had learned that she was the heroine of a tragic romance novel. Strict parents, a marriage offered up as a sacrifice, and even meeting her destined hero after running away and spending half her life entangled with him were all part of a story already written for her. But no one had asked if this was what she wanted. She had lived her whole life by the rules. This one time, she wanted to defy fate by ending her life in a brutal way. At the very last moment, someone came falling from the sky. Cui Lingyi looked up. Against the sunset, a young man with a high ponytail and a foxtail grass stalk in his mouth asked carelessly, "Hey, I saved you. How are you going to thank me?" Cui Lingyi replied politely, "Hero, please take my life back." The young man: ?! He, Huo Siwei, had roamed the martial world for years and never met anyone who repaid a debt like this! She must be trying to cling to him! As if! He was a hero! How could he travel the world with a burden in tow? He looked back at the delicate young lady limping along and couldn't understand how he had let himself agree. It must have been that flattery when she called him "hero" that made him lose his head! At the next turn, he'd ditch her for sure! But when Cui Lingyi was forcibly bundled into a carriage by soldiers from her family, he chased after them alone for hundreds of miles. A prime minister's daughter and a wandering martial artist were worlds apart. But it didn't matter. He would catch up to her eventually. Theme: Create a beautiful life suited to your circumstances