The Sweet Beauty Never Meant to Climb the Princess's Social Ladder

Hua Jia transmigrates into the body of the most beautiful woman in Baizhao.

This beauty is so frail that a cold breeze can leave her bedridden for three months. The Imperial Preceptor declares she won't live to see her eighteenth year.

Because her fate matches the princess's, she's sent to the palace as a disposable extra to cure the eldest princess, who has been poisoned by a wicked aphrodisiac.

When Hua Jia arrives, she's being taken to Qiwudian.

The beautiful princess's hair is damp with sweat, and though she's flushed and panting, she grits her teeth and bears it.

Remembering the gruesome fate awaiting the original owner for failing her mission, Hua Jia's pale face turns even whiter. She weakly says, "I'll help the princess undress and cure the poison right away. After today, I'll be mute!"

Afterward, the rescued princess isn't grateful. She turns away and tosses out a single remark: "You know so many tricks, you wicked girl!"

After leaving the palace, Hua Jia continues to lie flat and wait for death, but her life begins to turn around.

An imperial decree of marriage arrives at the Chancellor's residence, making her Li Luoxu's princess consort.

They say the eldest princess is the highest, most untouchable branch: dignified and beautiful, with no one in the world worthy of her notice.

But Hua Jia never expected that after their wedding,

if she looked at someone else for too long, the princess got angry;

if she said one extra word to someone, the princess got angry;

if she smiled at a flower, the princess got angry too;

and at the Mid-Autumn Festival, she painted Chang'e flying to the moon, and the princess was angry enough to ignore her for three days...

Hua Jia understood: the princess wanted her all to herself. She would have to become the one and only princess in her entire world.

Scene 1:

"Call the princess consort."

"Yes, Your Highness? Why has your poison flared up again?--"

"Does the princess consort have a problem with this princess wanting her poison to flare up?"

"No, I wouldn't dare."

Scene 2:

"Who is the woman in your painting, consort?"

"The immortal Chang'e."

"Do you like Chang'e?"

"No, I wouldn't dare."

"Do you like immortals?"

"I only like the princess."

"Such a silver tongue, you wicked girl!"...

(The first soft beauty, innocent and obedient, who thinks of herself only as an antidote)

VS

(The jealous princess, already bent around like a mosquito coil, but refusing to admit it)

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Blurb:

Chen Mengruan transmigrates into a novel as a beautiful young widow whose marriage had been arranged but who never made it to the wedding. With nothing to do but eat and wait to die, she decides to go back to school.

At the academy is a student named Xun Tang. She can never afford her tuition or a scholar's gown, but she excels in her studies and has a very graceful figure.

Brilliant and exceptionally talented, she is the object of fierce competition among all the noble young ladies. Everyone wants to help her, but none of them ever succeeds.

Chen Mengruan decides to try her luck and goes to considerable effort to corner Xun Tang.

Her role as a widow whose marriage had been arranged has saddled her with a cruelly binding "can't talk about love" System. All she can use are her beauty and money.

"W-would you... let me take c-care of you?"

All the noble young ladies laugh at her. "Chen Mengruan, what are you even dreaming about?"

Everyone waits for her to embarrass herself, but Xun Tang just smiles warmly and says, "All right! How would you like to take c-care of me?"

After that, Xun Tang is supported by Chen Mengruan in a gorgeous house near the academy.

Chen Mengruan believes that helping people is its own reward. She doesn't deny that Xun Tang is her ideal type, but she doesn't dare entertain improper thoughts.

However, the rumors outside grow more and more outrageous, until Xun Tang is said to be Chen Mengruan's kept lover.

Everyone says she's using poverty relief as an excuse to keep a pretty girl hidden away! She's lecherous and morally depraved!

Even her cousin says, "Little sister, this is a bit too... wolfish of you."

Chen Mengruan is terribly troubled. Whenever she visits, she acts even more proper, not daring to say a single extra word for fear Xun Tang will think she's infatuated with her looks or accuse her of expecting favors in return.

Strangely, Xun Tang's gaze grows more and more direct, passionate, and unrestrained.

One day, she asks, "People say we've already consummated our marriage. What do you think, little Ruan?"

Chen Mengruan replies, "R-rumors stop with the wise."

Not long after, Xun Tang says again, "A drop of kindness should be repaid with a flood of gratitude. I have no way to repay you, so how about I offer myself to you?"

Chen Mengruan: "I-I'd be happy to, n-not because I expect you to repay me."

Later, Xun Tang corners Chen Mengruan against the wall. "It costs you a fortune to support me. You might as well make it official sooner rather than later. If I run away, won't you be out of pocket?"

Chen Mengruan: "I-I shouldn't..."

But her hands honestly climb around Xun Tang's slender waist.

I've been taking care of her for so long. Why would I still want to run away?

Note: A widow whose marriage had been arranged is a woman whose intended spouse died before they could marry.

Theme: Everyone's share of good fortune is set by fate.