A Guide to Surviving as a Concubine in the Marquis's Manor

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Blurb:

Ye Zhiwei makes one wrong move and finds herself transported to ancient times, as a beautiful woman who has been abducted.

She does everything she can to save herself. Just when she thinks she has met a good person, she is turned around and offered as a favor to the bed of a marquis of great renown.

As a woman of the modern age, Ye Zhiwei has never suffered such a great loss, so she decides:

When you're under someone else's roof, you have to bow your head. A person should know when to bend and when to stand tall.

She treats being a concubine as a well-paid job that comes with room and board, and resolves to live out her days at the marquis's residence.

Besides, the marquis is tall and muscular, with eight-pack abs. She's getting a great deal.

Gu Mingjue has a sixteen-year-old concubine, a beauty so captivating that fish would forget to swim and the moon would hide its face.

The only thing he dislikes is that his beloved concubine is too timid to even step on an ant.

Until one day, Gu Mingjue sees with his own eyes as the timid, meek concubine he knows plunges a knife straight into the chest of the person who harmed her. Blood splashes all over her face, and she doesn't even blink.

Ye Zhiwei turns and sees him. At last, her cold little face shows some expression, but her voice is no longer delicate. It is edged with frost. "My lord, you've finally arrived."

At that moment, the heart of the decisive and invincible marquis begins to pound in utter panic.

Fake damsel-in-distress flower vs. pretentious old man

A few warnings before you read:

This is a character-growth story. The heroine grows stronger little by little.

There's lots of food, so it may make you hungry. Identities change.

The hero has to win her back. There is a thirteen-year age gap, and the male lead is not a virgin. If that bothers you, please click away. Thanks.

My new novel, What Does It Matter If She's My Sister-in-Law?, is now available. Here's the blurb:

Qin Furong is transported into the body of the eldest daughter of a declining earl's family. Her father dislikes her, her stepmother mistreats her, and from the start she is being dragged off, half-dead, to marry for good luck.

When she hears that the husband she is supposed to bring luck to is a dying marquis, she decides that being the marchioness might not be so bad. Promotion, wealth, and a dead husband: she might get it all.

So she claims the betrothal gifts and wedding dowry, and before long, she has secured her place as the head of the household at the marquis's residence.

When the old man finally dies, she takes on the weighty responsibilities of the marquis's household and manages it all with impeccable order.

Only she fails to notice that the way her stepson, known as the most handsome man in the capital, and her muscular general brother-in-law look at her is growing stranger by the day.

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Pei Muan has guarded the border for five years. One day, he receives a letter saying his elder brother is gravely ill. He rides three horses to death in his desperate rush home, only to crash into his sister-in-law, who has married into the family to bring his brother good luck, just as he enters the manor.

She is warm and soft in his arms, dressed in red and radiant as the morning clouds. His heart gives an inexplicable thump.

After a victorious return from war, he sees her slap her stepson across the room. She takes out an embroidered handkerchief and wipes the hand she used to hit him, speaking in an even tone. "You know your mother has always held a grudge. Three strikes and you're out. Next time, I'll take her life."

But his nephew, the arrogant darling of heaven, only chuckles and turns his other cheek toward her. "Does your hand hurt, Mother? If you're still angry, why not give your son one more slap?"

He sneers, strides over, and slaps his nephew himself. "Good nephew, let your uncle do it. Then your mother's hand won't hurt."

Sweet-tongued, ruthless beauty vs. handsome, loyal general

A note: One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins. A sweet story. The romance begins after the uncle and sister-in-law relationship is no longer an obstacle. I'll add more if I think of anything.

Theme: Strive to stay alive