The Villain's Child Bride in an Imperial Exam Novel

Ye Rong transmigrated into the child bride of Yu Xuejian, the villain in an imperial-examination novel.

According to the original story, once Yu Xuejian passed the exams, he would take her child away from her, and she would fall off a cliff and die.

Yu Xuejian was destined to become the top scholar. He would marry into a powerful family in the capital for the sake of his career, then ultimately die at the hands of his only son, Yu Lulin. Father and son would destroy each other, and neither would meet a good end...

Now, Ye Rong had arrived at the moment she was sold into the Yu family. Her father was counting the copper coins Yu Xuejian had given him.

Dizzy with hunger, Ye Rong snatched Yu Xuejian's white-flour bun and vowed bitterly: Once I'm full, I'll find a way to escape!

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There was endless work to do in the Yu household.

Ye Rong never got enough to eat, so she couldn't work; if she didn't finish her work, she'd get even less to eat.

Everyone in the Yu family thought she was a burden.

Only Yu Xuejian brought her hot soup and buns every night.

Later on,

Ye Rong's restaurant grew bigger and bigger, and the Yu family's attitude toward her changed.

Her mother-in-law, brothers, and sisters-in-law said they would cherish her like a daughter and a younger sister.

Even Yu Xuejian refused a marriage to a prominent family after placing first in the imperial exams, publicly declaring that Ye Rong was the wife who had stood by him through hardship.

Theme: Be self-reliant and love yourself.