Pei Leyi read an old tragic romance novel: to restore her family's prosperity, the heroine struggles to marry the Crown Prince and become empress. But only when she's dying does she realize she backed the wrong man, doing all the work just so someone else could reap the rewards.
She reads this and nearly faints. When she opens her eyes again, she's transmigrated into the heroine, shortly after her coming-of-age ceremony.
To avoid a tragic death, Pei Leyi thinks it over and schemes as hard as she can. But what's the point? The one who still gets to reap the rewards is the vicious Regent, Wei Cheng.
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The powerful minister Wei Cheng appears refined and noble, but in truth he's violent and cruel.
The Pei and Wei families have been enemies for generations, and in their generation they've clashed openly and covertly a hundred times.
Pei Leyi uses her charms to seduce the powerful. He watches coldly from the sidelines. But one day, for some reason, her fake smile turns toward him.
Wei Cheng has never shown kindness to this woman of endless schemes.
After a long time getting nowhere with him, Pei Leyi wisely changes targets, with remarkable results. The King of Beiyue, the top scholar, the Chancellor's eldest son... invitations come one after another, until an imperial decree ordering her marriage to Wei Cheng arrives.
In the dim bedroom, the young woman who had been about to go on a date just half an hour earlier is now pressed against the bed curtains, stammering out an explanation. "I swear I had nothing to do with this marriage decree..."
Wei Cheng pinches her soft cheek and curls his lips into a mocking smile. "I know."
Because he was the one who arranged it.
● She chases, he runs. She stops, and he wonders why. She turns away, and he panics, then locks her up in a dark room.
● Beauty x rebellious minister. The heroine transmigrates into a book, and the hero is reborn.
● Light, easy historical romance in an alternate setting. The main plot is romance, and the side plot is also romance^
The "Cheng" in the name Wei Cheng means "willful and reckless."
Theme: Knowing the times is the mark of a great person
