The Lady Has a Stronger Fate

Xie Youmin, daughter of a declining earl's household, wants nothing more in this life than to live peacefully to a ripe old age.

Unfortunately, her parents divorced, and her father doesn't care for her.

But Xie Youmin doesn't mind. As long as she has money and free time, with food and drink in plenty, she's content.

After she came of age, her grandmother wanted to use her marriage to pave the way for her younger siblings.

Unfortunately, her first betrothed died of illness, and her second was left disabled.

From then on, the reputation of Second Miss Xie as a husband-killer spread far and wide, and she remained unmarried as she neared twenty.

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The Pingxi General's household is a rising power at court. The second son, Xiao Zheng, is a renowned young warrior, but his marriage prospects have been just as unlucky as Second Miss Xie's.

His first betrothed broke off their engagement after he was sent to the border for years and never returned. His second betrothed chose another man after he was killed in battle at the frontier.

The people of Shangdu sighed: in the end, Second Miss Xie had the stronger fate!

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After her second grandson died in battle, Old Madam Xiao was so devastated that she insisted on arranging a ghost marriage for him. By a twist of fate, Xie Youmin became his bride.

Unable to vent her grief, the old madam spent her days making the younger generation wait on her.

Xie Youmin said,