I Want Palace Intrigue, Not Martial Arts!

"Body-swap premise"

The eldest daughter of the Minister Yu's household, who had always been timid and conventional, changed overnight.

Her stepmother told her to embroider, so she grabbed a big saber and chased her from the back courtyard to the front.

Her father punished her by making her kneel in the ancestral hall, so she set the ancestral tablets on fire.

Her family was terrified and summoned a Taoist priest to exorcise her. In front of everyone, Miss Yu stuffed a yellow talisman into her father's mouth...

That same day, the most troublesome young master of the Duke of Zhenguo's household also became a different person.

The capital's notorious young bully suddenly began behaving in a refined and courteous manner. He stopped skipping classes at the academy and stopped getting into fights.

Most importantly, when he saw his father, he actually called him "Father."

The Duke of Zhenguo was so moved that he burned incense and offered thanks at his ancestors' graves all night.

Xi Ran, the capital's notorious number-one wastrel, was the second son of the Duke of Zhenguo.

He had a prestigious family background and a handsome face. When the duke chased him down the street to beat him, passersby couldn't help thinking as they looked at him: How could someone with a life like that have anything to worry about?

One night, he ran away from home again. On the way, he did a good deed for once and rescued a girl who had fallen into the water.

Then a bolt of lightning struck him, and his soul swapped places with hers.

Worried the girl might do something reckless and jump into the water in his body, Xi Ran kindly set about counseling her.

He soon learned the reason: a mother who died young, a cold father, and an evil stepmother. Small stuff!

Xi Ran smiled brightly. "I'm the best at household intrigue!"

Yu Xingwan looked at the knife in his hand and suddenly felt that something was off.

Poor little cabbage, yellow in the field. Yu Xingwan lost her mother before she was even a year old.

Her stepmother disliked her, her father didn't love her, and one younger sibling after another was born.

Yu Xingwan endured contempt within her own home, meekly putting up with it all until she was fourteen. What she longed for most was to grow up and get married as soon as possible, so she could escape.

She had not even come of age when her parents secretly swapped her betrothal agreement, intending to marry her off to a notorious libertine with a venereal disease.

Yu Xingwan had studied the virtues expected of women since childhood and dutifully observed filial piety. After enduring everything until now, even her last hope had been taken away.

With nowhere to run, she decided to die. She stole the keys in the night, ran away, and threw herself into the river in tears.

But the jump didn't kill her.

When she opened her eyes again, someone with a face exactly like hers was sitting across from her.

He said, "I'll help you."

Content warnings:

1. At first: an arrogant, temperamental young master x a timid young lady. The characters develop slowly.

2. Not serious household intrigue. It's a slice-of-life, puppy-love romance! Really, it's just two people walking around with knives.

3. An imaginary ancient setting, with plenty of author's inventions.

Premise: Break through your limits.