A Battle Royale at the Widow's Door

Shen Jiayan is unfortunate enough to transmigrate into the body of a widow in a war-torn age.

The good news: Her husband's family commands a powerful army and rules over a vast territory. Her mother-in-law is kind and doting, and she has fine clothes, delicious food, and servants all around her.

The bad news: Her mother-in-law wants her younger brother-in-law to marry into both branches of the family.

Shen Jiayan weeps as she reminisces about her late husband, her love so deep it moves heaven and earth.

Her mother-in-law, the Dowager Princess of Jingbei, is moved to tears and promises never to bring up remarriage again.

In the middle of the night, Ling Qilang softly knocks on her door.

"Sister-in-law, Sixth Brother and I look exactly alike. Since you can't forget him, why not marry me? You can treat me as if I were him."

Behind the carved door, Shen Jiayan is trapped on the bed by a man just returned from the battlefield. "Was Sixth Brother really that wonderful, that you can't stop thinking of him? Could he have pleased you like this?"

Reader advisory:

1. Old-school melodrama and a marriage by force.

Theme: Your own happiness matters most.