The Proud Young Lady

[The main story is complete and undergoing edits. Bonus chapters will update slowly.]

The princess, born to wealth and honor, died at fifteen.

Reborn fifteen years later.

Her new identity is that of an ill-fated girl sent to a nunnery.

Her father and brothers dislike her, and a cousin has usurped her place in the household, seeming more like the legitimate daughter than she does.

The princess shakes her head. "I've never suffered like this before. I can't take any of it."

At thirteen, Xie Jue, the legitimate son of a noble clan, entered the palace as a companion scholar. He was assigned not to the Crown Prince, but to the princess. He ranked first among the six companions.

In three years, he learned one word: obedience.

The princess was quick to anger, though she never realized it. Her temper flared in ways no one could predict.

When he wore a blue robe with a red sash, she stayed angry for ages, saying he looked like "a cucumber tied up with red silk, not even fit to be presented to the Kitchen God."

Oh, the princess never realized how harshly she spoke, either.

Fortunately, he had grown quite used to it.

The princess died young, and for a whole year he felt as if his ears were empty.

At twenty, when he came of age, he gave himself the courtesy name Youque, "Imperfect."

At thirty, he had yet to speak of marriage.

The year he turned thirty-one, a beautiful young woman climbed into his carriage at midnight. Frowning, she said, "Your beard is ugly. How are you any different from a wild monkey?"

He felt a little nostalgic.

At last, he had met another woman who spoke so rudely.

It was wonderful. Man or ghost, this time she could say such things only to him.

1. An alternate world with a mix of settings and original elements. No need to nitpick the historical details.

2. The heroine's appearance and body will change to match her own.

3. There are ghosts but no demons. The investigation focuses on evidence.

4. Many characters are in love with the heroine. The heroine and hero are mutually in love, with a gradual development.

★This novel is also known as After I Died, They All Became Lonely.

★No children. Everyone is devoted. The male lead has two sides, one restrained and one greedy, as a human and a ghost.

Tags: Witchcraft and ghosts, sickly beauty, light mystery, transmigrated female side character, imperial examinations for women

Theme: Pursuing the truth for thirty years, clearing her name in the world of the living