A Maid's Rise in the Marquis's Manor

What should you do if you're reborn as a little maid in a marquis's household? The maids there have three prospects: become a concubine, marry a male servant, or leave the household and marry an ordinary man as his proper wife.

Yin Cui faces just such a dilemma. Her mistress tells her about Qin Canzhi, the son of the household's fourth master: a handsome young man of refined manners, a newly crowned top scorer in the imperial examinations, and someone with a bright future.

But none of that seems to have much to do with Yin Cui. To stay in the household, she can only become a concubine or marry a junior steward's descendant and remain a hereditary servant for the rest of her life.

Qin Canzhi has no interest in women and devotes himself entirely to the classics. He seems to have no human feelings at all. Faced with a master like that, Yin Cui would be driven away even if she tried to become his wet nurse, let alone his concubine. Yet Qin Canzhi takes her everywhere he goes. He had assumed Yin Cui would always stay by his side, never imagining she would want to buy her freedom.

That won't do. He's already unable to live without this little maid.

The male lead is sweet on the outside, dark on the inside.

Theme: Strive to live well