Marrying Up

A seemingly upright but secretly cunning young lord × a clever, beautiful commoner girl

In her previous life, Meng Zhiyi thought the match was beneath her, so she rejected the prestigious marriage her maternal family had arranged and chose a husband she believed was her equal.

Unfortunately, being well matched in status couldn't guarantee a happy marriage. Instead, she got a whole lot of misery, and the poorer version of it, too.

Her husband wasn't as ambitious as he'd seemed before marriage. All he wanted was romance, a beautiful wife, and concubines. Her mother-in-law wasn't as kind as she'd seemed, either. All she wanted was to lord it over Meng Zhiyi, whose family background was better than her own.

Faced with this predicament, Meng Zhiyi struggled and endured, trying to manage both her marriage and her relationship with her mother-in-law, while also worrying about putting food on the table. In the end, the stress wore her down, and she died before she was thirty. When she died, she didn't even have one person by her side who truly understood her.

In a daze, she seemed to return to the age of sixteen. Back then, she was the eldest legitimate daughter of the Meng family. Her father valued her, and even her stepmother didn't dare look down on her. Two marriage proposals lay before her, ready for her to choose. This time, she wouldn't make the wrong choice.

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The Duke of Zhenguo's residence was one of the most prestigious noble households in the capital, and its heir, Cui Lin, was the ideal husband whom every young lady in the capital adored.

They said he excelled at both literature and martial arts, was handsome and refined, and was highly regarded by the emperor. Even a princess had declared she would marry no one but him.

Yet this young lord ended up marrying the daughter of a minor official, all because of a favor owed by someone in some past generation. The news left everyone in the capital speechless.

They all wanted to see who had landed such a huge stroke of luck.

Meng Zhiyi: Thanks for the offer, but whether it's a stroke of luck or not doesn't matter. The main thing is that I don't want to work hard anymore.

Theme: Never underestimate yourself or make yourself small