No, My Lord, This Really Isn't Okay!

As the saying goes, it's important to know yourself.

Liu Lanfang knew from a young age that she was a couch potato. She had no grand ambitions and was suited to marrying a rich young master, spending her life eating, drinking, and having fun, then lounging comfortably into old age.

So, at the emperor's selection ceremony, she performed thoroughly unremarkably, successfully failed to make the cut, and even landed herself an ideal husband-to-be.

Because she was the daughter of a high-ranking official, the emperor specially arranged for her to marry the younger son of Prince Xuan.

This young heir was a notorious wastrel, uninterested in a career in government and skilled at every kind of eating, drinking, and having fun.

Liu Lanfang: A match made in heaven!

After happily marrying into the young heir's household, she found that her wastrel husband never once set foot in their bridal chamber. Meanwhile, she got to manage all the household expenses and choose all the food and necessities.

Marrying the right person really is better than living like an immortal~

Until one night, she happened to catch her husband plotting in whispers with someone. Listening more closely, she heard two words: rebellion.

Liu Lanfang: ...Can I pretend I didn't hear that? (bitter smile)

Her husband grabbed her by the throat and gave her a sinister smile. "You have only one choice now: help me seize the throne."

Liu Lanfang's legs gave way on the spot. "No! Husband, you really can't ask me to do that!"

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After she boarded the pirate ship, her husband's attitude changed.

Now he often came to the bridal chamber to give her assignments.

"This time, you need to get close to Consort Lin. She likes playing chess."

"No way!" Liu Lanfang cried in alarm. "I don't know how to play chess."

"I'll teach you."

Her husband gave her another sinister smile.

"If you can't learn it in a day, don't sleep tonight. Wash every one of these chess pieces clean."

After a month of tearfully washing chess pieces, Liu Lanfang finally made up her mind:

She was going to run away!

A life this demanding just isn't for a couch potato!

Unfortunately, she was caught and brought back.

"Now that I take a closer look, you're rather pretty. Since you're no good at anything else, then... do something you are good at."

Watching the man approach as he undressed, Liu Lanfang screamed through her tears: "No! Husband, you really can't ask me to do that!"

Theme: Keep striving to live, even in adversity.