The Lowborn Daughter's Mistaken Marriage to a Dandy

Upcoming titles in my column: Jealous of Flowers, My Grandmaster's Wife, and Reborn: Doting on My Wife. Please add them to your reading lists

In her previous life, Su Niantan suffered greatly at the hands of her birth family. Though she started from nothing and became a small business owner, her old wounds never truly healed.

She never expected to transmigrate, only to find things even worse. Her birth mother had died young, and her birth father took pride in selling off his daughters. Six months after she transmigrated, he forced her to marry a notorious wastrel in the capital.

But in this life, she seemed to have better luck. Her husband was unreliable, but her mother-in-law treated her even better than her own daughter.

Before she could enjoy the warmth of family for long, however, her husband's family was confiscated. Her mother-in-law secured a chance for her to survive, but never came back herself.

Su Niantan thought she must be cursed, destined to live a lonely life.

And just then, Xiao Xun, who had coveted her for a long time, took advantage of her vulnerability.

Su Niantan: I'm cursed to bring misfortune to my loved ones. Anyone who's good to me will come to grief.

Xiao Xun: I've spent more than a decade fighting on the battlefield. I'm sure I can beat your curse with sheer force.

It was only years after they married that Su Niantan finally understood the other meaning behind his words, "beat it with sheer force."

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Shang Wanyu is the daughter of the prefect of Anzhou. Her breathtaking beauty brings suitors to her door in droves, but on the very night she marries, her family is seized and her father becomes a criminal.

Her husband, Chu Xiaoshen, continues to treat her with the utmost care, but on the fourth day of their marriage, she has an accident at the Chu family home and falls into a lake.

After a long illness, she narrowly survives, but Shang Wanyu becomes Wanwan, a "memoryless" girl who has forgotten everything about her past.

Chu Xiaoshen goes from suspicion to trust, then falls deeply in love. He begins to live in constant fear, afraid that she'll regain her memories and leave him.

Lu Huaining saw Shang Wanyu once when they were young, and could never forget her.

He clawed his way up from the gutter, eventually becoming the infamous chief of the Dark Night Bureau. When he saw her again, she was already another man's cherished wife, and had forgotten him completely.

He was unwilling to accept it. He was in pain, but still willingly became a blade in her hand.

Wherever Shang Wanyu pointed, Lu Huaining would go, even if it cost him his life.

Yan Yunping was once the young top scholar whose name was known throughout the capital, and later became the foremost upright official at court.

Just after his promotion to Vice Minister of Justice, the first case he presided over was the corruption case against the prefect of Anzhou. The case was full of questions, and its only witness, Shang Wanyu, was already married.

He entered the Chu household to investigate, but unexpectedly rescued the young mistress of the Chu family after she fell into a lake.

Before the girl lost consciousness, she clutched his sleeve tightly. "My lord, please save my life!"

For many years afterward, he could never let her go, saving her again and again.

On the day the Shang family was exonerated, the innocent and naive Wanwan became the composed and self-possessed Shang Wanyu once more.

Chu Xiaoshen, now a prisoner, asked her with bloodshot eyes, "Shang Wanyu, do you really have a heart?"

Shang Wanyu smiled faintly. "Of course I have no heart for someone who has none."

Her gaze turned in a certain direction, and warmth softened her expression. "My heart already has a home."

Theme: Cherish yourself, and never stop.