The Hidden-Wedded Actress: The Madam Reigns Supreme

In her previous life, Jin Jiayi was a treacherous minister, the only female chancellor in the history of the Jiaye Dynasty. She was a smooth operator who plunged an entire dynasty into misery. By all rights, she should have gone to hell after she died, doomed to suffer for all eternity.

But she never expected to close her eyes and open them again to find herself reborn in a life of luxury.

In this life, Jin Jiayi has been living the good life ever since she was a child.

Her father, Jin Zhu, is Yao City’s number-one nouveau riche. He wears gold prayer beads, has gold teeth, and sports a pair of enormous gold earrings, living up to his name as a vulgar, wealthy landowner.

Her mother, Yao Cui, is Yao City’s number-one mahjong player. As long as the mahjong table stays open, she’ll live forever.

But Jin Jiayi, who has always been the one scheming against others, never expected to slip up one day.

A marriage contract made her a married woman, even though she and her husband had never met before!

Xi Chen: The man in charge of the empire’s most powerful family. Orphaned young, he is decisive and swift in all his dealings, and a figure whom every major family in the capital fears.

He said, “My rules are the rules of the entertainment industry, and there are only three words: Do as I say!”

She smiled. “My rules are the rules of the Xi family, and those rules also boil down to three words: Do as I say!”

Excerpt One:

The spirited Jin Jiayi faints on set?

The paparazzi in the entertainment industry immediately catch a whiff of something fishy and flood into the hospital.

The doctor says, “You’re pregnant.”

Jin Jiayi: ...

The doctor continues, “About eight weeks along.”

Jin Jiayi: Is modern technology really that advanced? You can get pregnant without even having a sex life?

The doctor says gravely, “I know someone in your position may be wary of marriage and children, but the baby is innocent.”

Jin Jiayi never had children in her previous life, but she did see the princes and grandsons of emperors. Her first thought is that she absolutely cannot have this baby!

“Get rid of it,” she says without hesitation.

Excerpt Two:

Jin Jiayi senses something is wrong, very wrong. Why is her belly getting bigger and bigger?

As usual, Xi Chen makes a point of seeing her once a day, whether in the wilderness or at a fashion show overseas.

Today, though, he feels that something is off about the way she’s looking at him.

Jin Jiayi asks solemnly, “Have I gained weight?”

Xi Chen shakes his head. “You were too thin before.”

Jin Jiayi frowns. “Haven’t you noticed my belly is covered in fat?” As if to prove her point, she pinches it hard.

Xi Chen’s expression turns stern. He stops her without showing it. “No, it’s just right.”

Jin Jiayi gives him a sidelong glance and swears she’ll start dieting tomorrow.

That is, until the baby arrives.

Jin Jiayi: Go on, keep making things up. What is this thing?

Xi Chen: Your flesh and blood...

Excerpt Three:

For Jin Jiayi, who rarely gets caught up in scandals, even a lack of news calls for a story to be made.

A reporter asks, “Rumor has it Miss Jin does whatever she wants on set and changes the script whenever she feels like it. Is that true?”

Xi Chen replies without batting an eye, “I spoil her.”

The reporter asks again, “They say Miss Jin looks down on everyone and even bosses her seniors around?”

Xi Chen answers seriously, “I spoil her.”

The reporter presses on. “They say Miss Jin is jealous and spiteful, and ignores every other actress?”

Xi Chen declares righteously, “I spoil her!”

Reporter... deceased.