Forced to Marry My Nemesis

Warning: Please read the content warning below first! After coming down with a chill, Xue Ying unexpectedly dreamed of her past life. Her birth mother was a servant in the marquis's household. Years ago, in a moment of madness, she conspired with the midwife to switch the First Madam's baby. That was how Xue Ying became the marquis's eldest daughter. She was doted on and spoiled rotten, growing up willful and headstrong. But later, the real young master who had been switched away came to the capital with a token and a dying letter from an old servant to claim his family. At last, the family was reunited. Afraid she would be cast aside, Xue Ying did everything she could to dig her own grave, using every trick she could think of to compete for affection and frame him. In the end, her parents were disappointed in her, her elder brother refused to acknowledge her as his sister, and even her grandmother, who had always cherished her, said, “She isn't of the Xue bloodline after all. She has not an ounce of our family’s backbone.” Xue Ying fell from the clouds into the mire, and in the end met a miserable death. When she awoke from the dream, Xue Ying was drenched in cold sweat. Determined not to repeat the same mistakes, she decided to go all in and hired assassins at great expense to kill the other person. It was a little unscrupulous, but a person had to look out for herself. Who could have guessed that he would evade her every time? He still made it to the capital, became a student her father valued, and was brought to the marquis's residence as a guest. Xue Ying guarded against him at every turn, remaining vigilant day and night for fear that her identity as the fake heiress would be exposed. At last, she found a perfect opportunity to push him into the river when no one was around. But somehow, she slipped first and plunged into the water with a splash. When she woke, her clothes were soaked through and he was holding her in his arms. Her parents had rushed over to save her, and all the servants saw the two of them, drenched and embracing! Her father's face flushed red, and he arranged their marriage that very day. Damn it all! Xue Ying, forced into marriage: I really want to be a widow. A foolish, spoiled beauty x a younger, scheming green tea One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only. All male characters are chaste in body and heart. The leads are not typical reborn characters. Several male supporting characters have a lot of scenes. This is a reverse-harem story where everyone loves her. The heroine has toyed with the male supporting characters' feelings, so readers with strong moral sensibilities should beware. This is a romance for women: what's wrong with a little fun? The leads fall in love after marriage, with melodramatic past and present lives, deranged male side characters who worship her, possessive pursuit, and rivalry. If that's not your thing, please leave now. The first-ever contest to crown the ultimate simp is about to begin. Contestants, please enter in an orderly fashion. Content warning (IMPORTANT!! Please read!!!): A whole bunch of brainless simps. The heroine is selfish and self-serving, a foolish beauty with low intelligence and little sense of right and wrong. She will not get smarter!!! At heart, she is a spoiled young heiress who acts as she pleases. That's just who she is. (P.S. The heroine is affected by the ending of her past life in her dream. Most of the time, she is only cruel to the male lead. At heart, she is a softie with no penchant for harming people. Why does she try to kill the male lead but act meekly around everyone else? Because in her mind, he was the direct cause of her death in her previous life, which puts him in a different category from everyone else.) This is just a melodramatic reverse-harem story (highlighted: melodramatic reverse harem, reverse harem! Everyone loves her. The story will repeatedly describe the heroine's appearance, as well as the male characters' looks. If that makes you uncomfortable, please stop reading). A third-rate story by a third-rate author, an escapist read written to indulge my tastes (IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT). There's no need to make a big deal of it. If this isn't your thing, please steer clear. Everyone has different tastes, so respect other people's preferences and don't attack one another. If you insult me or the characters, I'll just raise both hands and kneel, saying, “You're absolutely right.” There's no need to announce that you're dropping the story, thank you. I've given you this much warning, so please cut me some slack. (P.S. If someone's comment disappears, please appeal to an administrator. I've never deleted comments. If repeated provocative language triggers the bot and gets you muted, you can't blame me for that, can you? If you insult me, I'll just kneel down, orz.) One more thing: The male lead has never harmed the heroine. The past-life events are told only from the heroine's point of view, so please don't invent nonexistent scenes and issue false warnings. One more, one more thing: I've already highlighted all the warning points in the blurb and pinned author's notes from every angle. I'm begging you, please read the warnings before carefully deciding whether to open this story, ahhhhh! Subscribe one chapter at a time. Don't impulsively subscribe to the whole thing right away, sob sob sob. Another note: Please don't ship the male lead with the male supporting characters in the comments. I'm strictly a BG shipper, so don't do that right in front of me. Check out my other upcoming historical romance reverse-harem story, “Sister-in-Law, Open the Door, It's Your Brother.” Lin Zhan did not like his sister-in-law. She was the woman his elder brother had married while posted to the frontier. Unlike the refined young ladies of the capital, she wasn't pretty, was dull-witted, and came from a lowly background. She was a coarse woman who butchered pigs. His elder brother, meanwhile, came from a distinguished family. He was upright, handsome as the moon, and held an important post at court at a young age. His future was boundless. They were a terrible match. Lin Zhan was convinced that the woman had used underhanded means to make his brother marry her. After his posting ended, his brother returned to the capital. The clan wanted to arrange another marriage for him, but his brother, that shining paragon of a man, actually defied his elders and took the woman's hand, declaring that she was the wife he had properly married and the only woman he would ever have. Lin Zhan gave a scoff of disdain. She must have put a spell on his brother. She had gone from a pig butcher to a scholar's wife, rising from obscurity to become a phoenix. Lin Zhan was certain that her greedy, base nature would show itself one day. As his sister-in-law, she naturally took great care of him. But Lin Zhan disliked her and opposed her at every turn. She was always meek and obedient, never getting angry, as though all his teasing was nothing more than childish behavior. Lin Zhan disliked her more and more, yet she kept appearing in his damp, stifling dreams. * In the second year after she married into the family, Lin Zhan's elder brother died. * A straightforward woman x a cold, aristocratic young master x a sharp-tongued mad dog Theme: Life goes on