After the Marriage Swap, I Wed the Sickly Heir

In her previous life, the scholar Lu Yun came to her door with a jade pendant and demanded that their parents’ betrothal agreement be honored. Since the Lu family had fallen on hard times, her stepmother couldn’t bear to see her legitimate elder sister suffer, so she married Liang Qingzhi to Lu Yun instead. Her elder sister, meanwhile, married in grand style and became the heir’s wife of the Yongchang Marquis household, the talk of the town.

As it turned out, Shen Yan’an of the Yongchang Marquis household had been frail and sickly since childhood. Liang Qingzhi’s elder sister was married to the heir for less than three months, yet spent the rest of her life a widow.

Meanwhile, the unpopular Lu Yun passed the highest imperial examination, rose swiftly through the ranks, and became a celebrated general and statesman. He was also endlessly devoted and tender toward his wife, and the two were like a couple from a fairy tale, renowned in the capital.

Reborn into a new life, Liang Qingzhi hadn’t yet decided what she wanted to do with it when her elder sister started crying, throwing a fit, and pressuring their stepmother to swap their marriages.

That left Liang Qingzhi as the already-promised bride of the Yongchang Marquis household.

She had no idea why her elder sister had suddenly changed her mind.

But since her elder sister and Lu Yun were in love in this life, she would let them be together.

After all, she’d had a pretty comfortable life in her previous one.

Even though her husband, Lu Yun, had fallen in love with her elder sister at first sight and kept his idealized beloved in his heart, once Liang Qingzhi married him, she was in charge of everything at home. No matter how high Lu Yun rose in office or how unhappy he felt, if she said she wanted Eight-Treasure Cake from the Zhenbao Bakery on a stormy day, he had to take an umbrella and go all the way from the east of the city to the west to buy it for her himself.

When she was in the mood to replace all the flowers in the garden, Lu Yun had to pick up a hoe, pull up every old plant with his own hands, and replace them one by one.

All in all, she had nothing to complain about.

Marrying Shen Yan’an in this life would probably be much the same as before.

The marquis household had high status, plenty of money, and a deep legacy. Shen Yan’an had no brothers, and once he died three months later, all she had to do was get pregnant and have a child inherit his title. Then the whole vast marquis household would be hers to command.

With money, power, and a child, Liang Qingzhi could hardly imagine how wonderful the rest of her life would be.

On their wedding night, Shen Yan’an was about to leave his bride behind and go chat with the little songbird he kept outside the household, when he saw his new wife looking at him with pity. “I know you’re in poor health, my husband. As for... marital relations, I understand. Go ahead.”

Shen Yan’an: “...” No, wait. What do you understand?

After every intimate encounter, Liang Qingzhi would smile gently and considerately, expressing her understanding of the heir’s frail health and inability to perform as a husband. Since she needed to get pregnant before Shen Yan’an died of illness three months later, just as she expected, he went mad and exhausted himself trying to prove her wrong night after night.

Later, once Liang Qingzhi became pregnant, she grew increasingly impatient and dismissive toward Shen Yan’an. When he learned the truth, he nearly ground his teeth to dust.

Fine, very fine! While he was racking his brains and paving the way for their future, she was hoping he would die!!!!

P.S. One-on-one, both leads are inexperienced. The little songbird outside the household is just a cover. The female supporting character transmigrates, so this is a modern person transmigrating into ancient times.

Theme: People who know how to live well will thrive anywhere