The Substitute Bride, the Eldest Sister-in-Law

Only after Jiang Zhen married Li Ting did she learn that he had long loved someone else. He had married her only to fulfill the wishes of their fathers.

After the wedding, Li Ting resented her for taking his beloved's place and treated her coldly. Her mother-in-law blamed her for being weak and unable to persuade her husband to mend his ways and strive for success. Her unmarried sister-in-law, who had secured a marriage into the prestigious Prince Su's household, also showed her little respect.

Later, when the heir to Prince Su died, the sister-in-law refused to marry into the household and become a widow. Doting on his younger sister, Li Ting simply pushed the meek, long-suffering Jiang Zhen out in her place.

On her first night at Prince Su's residence, Jiang Zhen hung a strip of white silk from a beam, intending to hang herself.

Who could have guessed that a "gentleman of the rafters" would suddenly leap down from above? His face was unmistakably that of the deceased heir to Prince Su.

Jiang Zhen thought she was seeing a ghost and turned deathly pale with fright. Xiao Yun hooked a finger under the sash of her wedding dress. "What's this, Li Ting? He sent his wife over?"

Theme: Rely on yourself