Playing the Green Tea in a Household-Intrigue Novel

Chu Yufu accidentally transmigrated into a book and became a side-character concubine daughter who wouldn't survive past chapter sixty. In the original story, her legitimate elder sister and her cousin were fighting over the heir to a marquis. Meanwhile, her stepmother was about to package her off to a scumbag, using her as a stepping stone for her younger brother. Before the matchmaking meeting with the scumbag, her stepmother specifically instructed her, "Dress brightly so you can catch Young Master Li's eye." At the chrysanthemum-viewing banquet the next day, she made a grand entrance dressed head to toe in pink, smiling with affected sweetness. "Mother, am I dressed brightly enough?" After finally shaking off the scumbag, her stepmother turned around and promised her to a minor military officer her elder sister had rejected. Seeing the officer's name, she decided not to stir up trouble this time. He's going to be the future Great General Who Guards the North. No one else wants him, so I'll take him. But on the day their birth charts were matched, news of victory arrived from the border, and the minor officer became a great general. Her stepmother snatched the red paper away. "Yufu's fate brings misfortune to her husband. I'm afraid this match won't do." Then she gave the betrothal to her own daughter instead. - Pei Yue first saw Chu Yufu at the Li family's chrysanthemum-viewing banquet. Her hair was covered in jewels, and she wore a pink dress, making her stand out from the other young ladies in their understated attire. She looked foolish and tacky. The next time he saw Chu Yufu was at a pharmacy during the Lantern Festival. She was composed, speaking fluently as she debated medical theory with the physician. "Since you know so much, how can you not know that in this situation you have to boost yang and induce sweating first? Only then will Ma Huang Decoction work." Standing on the second floor of the pharmacy, Commandant Pei gazed down at her fair, pretty face. He was taken aback, then lifted a brow and tapped his long fingers on the table twice. He hadn't expected Second Miss Chu to have "two sides." He had intended to refuse the marriage his uncle had arranged, but suddenly he thought that perhaps it wouldn't be so bad. Two months later, after a great victory in the war, Pei Yue returned home and abruptly heard that his fiancée was to be replaced. He curled his lip. What was the Chu family thinking? Did they really think he'd marry just anyone? - Here's another upcoming story of the same type: The Young Lady Is as Unassuming as a Chrysanthemum After learning she was the supporting female character in a domestic-strife novel, meant to be a foil for her concubine-born younger sister, Qiao Youwei had an epiphany: Music, chess, calligraphy, painting? Flower arranging and embroidery? Why bother competing! Even if she wore herself out, she could never beat her younger sister Qiao Youyi, who came with a System! The harder she tried, the more miserable she felt. She might as well lie flat and go with the flow! Her motto: "Just get by!" Her younger sister steals the spotlight with a dance that captivates the whole city. Her: That's great, that's great. Nice! Give us another one. Her birth mother complains she's not ambitious? Her: Yes, yes, Mother, this is just how I am. How about a cup of chrysanthemum tea to cool you down? But who could have guessed that once she was as calm as a chrysanthemum, the whole world would come kissing her! The noble, aloof young heir thinks she's "refreshing, refined, and genuine"? The discerning empress dowager praises her "detached temperament and good fortune"? Even the free-spirited young lord of the Duke of An's household comes to propose, asking for her hand in marriage? Later, Qiao Youwei becomes the empress dowager's adopted daughter and the Duke's wife. She hears people praise her: "Miss Qiao is the one who knows how to play the game! As they say, not competing is the best way to win!" Qiao Youwei points at herself, completely baffled. Huh??? No, I really wasn't competing! [A laid-back, truly lazy heroine x a carefree young lord who loves doting on his wife and imagining things] Theme: Live earnestly and be the protagonist of your own life.