The Fake Heiress Wants My Life? I'll Make My Name in the Capital with Mystical Arts

After Jiang Caifu returned home from the Taoist temple, she felt that fate had dealt her a miserable hand. It was bad enough that everyone thought she was a bringer of misfortune. She also had a clueless father who mistook a worthless pebble for a treasure, a stepmother desperately trying to bear a child and gain status through motherhood, a half-sister who dreamed of marrying well and saw her as a thorn in her side, and an old lady who had no respect for her age and kept trying to embezzle the dowry her mother had left her... In a fit of anger, she decided she was done playing nice! With a wave of her delicate hand, she read fortunes, practiced geomancy, beat some sense into her ridiculous relatives, helped her two older brothers rise to high positions, and casually gathered a whole pack of powerful officials in the capital as her underlings. Before long, her name was famous all over the city. But one certain Brocade Guard commander watched her running around all day without giving him so much as a glance. He stood there in heartbreak, trying to convince himself. I'll pretend she's got me completely smitten. It's all part of my plan. This time, I absolutely will not be fooled by Jiang Caifu again. I'll stick to my own pace! “Mr. Pace, I just bought a new mansion and I'm out of money. Give me some silver notes.” “...Coming right up. Will a thousand taels do?”