The Laid-Back Girl Just Wants to Watch the Drama

[Has the Anonymous Matchmaker's Identity Been Exposed? is now underway. See the end for the blurb.]

Zhang Yueying, a recent college graduate, got into a car accident. When she opened her eyes, she had become the Fifth Miss of the Changxing Earl's residence, whose parents had just died.

She ate, drank, and lay flat, coasting through life until she was fifteen. Then she returned to the capital with her grandmother and moved into the earl's residence.

The residence looked like a grand mansion, but inside, it was full of bizarre happenings...

The two senior madams were arguing again over which of them was the rightful mistress of the household.

The Second Young Master had fallen for his father's concubine and secretly climbed over the wall every night.

The Third Miss came home crying because she had suddenly discovered that her husband liked men.

So...

Yueying spent every day lounging in her grandmother's room, freeloading on food and drink. Now and then, she managed the cosmetics shop, and when she was bored, she listened to the maids gossip about the household, treating the earl's residence like one giant stage play.

She was more content and carefree than anyone.

Until one day, the gossip hit a little too close to home.

The beloved and pampered Fourth Miss of the residence had fallen in love with someone and wanted Yueying to take her place as the bride of the frail Fourth Prince.

Yueying thought it over. Great!

She would become a first-rank princess consort, inherit a fortune, and have a husband who wouldn't live long.

A promotion! A fortune! A dead husband!

It was practically tailor-made for her.

Yueying agreed on the spot.

Everyone: "..." She just said yes?

Shen Hongying was born into the imperial family and had been targeted since childhood. To make the people behind the schemes lower their guard, he concealed his talents and pretended to be frail. He believed he had no interest in love.

So when his imperial grandmother changed his betrothed from the Fourth Miss of the Changxing Earl's residence to the Fifth Miss, he didn't mind.

As long as his new bride knew her place, he would treat her well.

After his new bride arrived, she spent no more than an hour and a half a day handling household affairs, yet managed the prince's residence perfectly.

Shen Hongying was very satisfied. Thinking he had married a virtuous wife, he couldn't help but feel affection for her.

Until he discovered that in private, his new bride knew all the gossip from every noble household in the capital and listened to it with keen interest.

She even discussed with her personal maid, "I wonder how His Highness is feeling lately. How much longer until I can become a widow?"

Shen Hongying gritted his teeth. Give up on that idea! It's impossible! It'll never happen!

[Completed novels: The Camellia Teaching Guide [Pride and Prejudice Crossover], Cultivating Immortality with Daiyu [Dream of the Red Chamber]]

###Reader's Guide###

1. First published on Jinjiang. Chapter comments are open. 50% anti-piracy protection. Nearing the end, with updates around 11 p.m.

2. Both leads are each other's first and only. Happy ending. Sweet romance after an arranged marriage.

3. A slice-of-life story that may involve family squabbles and all kinds of bizarre incidents.

4. The heroine will never let anyone bully her.

#Has the Anonymous Matchmaker's Identity Been Exposed? Blurb#

Yu Nanzhi, the real daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household, was delicate and timid, with nothing going for her but her looks. She was a nobody in Chang'an.

Everyone said she was nowhere near as refined or likable as her adopted older sister.

Yu Nanzhi: Who cares?

She listened to the big orange cat and the willow tree mutter to each other, writing as if inspired...

Orange Cat: There's nothing in the Duke of Zhenguo's residence I don't know.

Willow Tree: The Heir of the Marquis of Wu'an has been on his eighth blind date this month, and still no young lady has taken a liking to him.

That day, every noble young lady carried a newsletter published by Nanzhi Que, excitedly discussing the ideal types of various talented young men and hoping to win them over.

The anonymous matchmaker, Yu Nanzhi, merely smiled and said nothing.

When she learned that her family had drawn up a list of potential husbands for her, Yu Nanzhi decided to investigate each one.

But...

At the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, the legitimate second son of the Marquis of Qu Ling fell in love at first sight with a famous courtesan;

on a boat trip on Qujiang Lake, the only son of the Minister of Revenue got drunk and couldn't make their meeting;

during a spring outing at Youle Plain, Li Wulang fell from his horse...

Yu Nanzhi teased the snow-white cat in her arms. Then, without thinking, she looked up at its owner, a man in white and a gold crown, his eyes like snow on distant mountain peaks.

Yu Nanzhi smiled and said, "Your Highness, the Prince of Jun, why is it that every time I arrange to meet a young man, something unexpected happens?"

The young man leaned closer, his warm breath brushing her neck. "Little magpie, haven't you figured it out yet?"

Cui Zixu, the Prince of Qinghe, was said by all to be as elegant as a jade tree and the finest son of the Cui clan. He was the secret dream of half the young women in Chang'an.

Yet he alone was stern and cold toward others.

He was past twenty and still had no sweetheart. The Grand Princess was deeply worried.

On the ninth day of the second month of the fifth year of Xihe, Nanzhi Que's article, "Speculation on Suitable Marriage Partners for the Cui Clan's Finest Son," set the city of Chang'an abuzz.

Learning that he had become the subject of gossip, Cui Zixu was not angry. He quietly took out a little notebook and made a note.

Until one day, he caught his little magpie in his hand and pointed to the notebook. "This article left out the noble young lady of your household, my dear. She is the best match for me."

[Other upcoming novels: Why Are We Pointing Our Swords at Each Other, a Mr. and Mrs. Smith premise where she gets stabbed after marrying her sworn enemy; After I Abandoned the Third Prince, Ne Zha, she reunites with her ex-husband and faces a fiery reckoning. If you like them, add them to your favorites!]

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