Married to Another Powerful Official [Reborn]

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A frail but resilient orphaned girl x a sweet-faced, dark-hearted man with an unshakable mind

1.

Li Man was known throughout the capital for her ill-fated life.

Born into a prominent family, she lost her closest relatives in the war and was left utterly alone. Though she married the son of a duke, she died young from illness.

Only on her deathbed did she learn that the Battle of Yanbei had been the result of a plot.

Her family had been wronged, and she had married the wrong man.

She could not accept it.

Reborn, she confronted her former mother-in-law at the empress's feet, then solemnly bowed before the emperor.

She would escape the pit of her past life and seek a new world for herself.

"I would rather marry a peddler or a laborer than set foot in the Duke Dingguo household."

2.

Lu Wener, second son of the richest family in the capital, was as bright as the moon and as handsome as a pine tree. Everyone admired him and lamented his fate.

At seventeen, he passed the imperial examinations and made a name for himself in the capital. Then an accident left him with disabled legs, seemingly ending any hope of an official career.

Lu Wenyen was indifferent to the sudden imperial marriage decree. At most, he thought, he had gained a pawn whose usefulness remained to be seen.

Now and then, he would hear that she was expanding the family's bookshop business, and it would make him smile briefly.

His beautiful wife, with her many secrets, was truly interesting, rather like an exceptionally clever little bird.

But later, when she stood before him, slender and delicate, her brows knit and tears in her eyes, looking up at him...

Lu Wenyen suddenly felt unbearable pain in his heart.

3.

Li Man also could not understand: Lu Wenyen's legs were disabled, so how had he returned to court in her previous life and risen to the position of Chief Councilor, reaching the peak of power at such a young age?

But since they both stood to gain, she had decided to take advantage of the opportunity and focus only on uncovering the truth behind her family's wrongful conviction.

She did not want to be a bird in a cage.

So Lu Wenyen decided he should become the wind over the open plains, so that a breath from him could send the grass spreading endlessly, forever.

Only then could he keep her firmly in his grasp.

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, in their past and present lives alike.

2. The hero has a remarkably advanced mindset, and his legs will recover.

3. Originally titled I Feel Inferior to You.

Theme: Encouraging everyone to work hard and build a prosperous life.