The Spoiled Daughter of the Concubine

[Everyday household drama x Marriage First, Love Later] Yinyin knew she was the daughter of a concubine, with lowly status, and had to suppress her nature and mind her manners in the household. She was a dutiful granddaughter who served and pleased her elders, pouring tea, fetching water, and keeping them company; a natural foil who got along with her brothers and deferred to her sisters; and a proper young lady who excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, bringing honor to the family. But all three hundred and sixty days of the year, she was relentlessly pressed by adversity. When her family fell overnight, she became a pawn in a marriage alliance. Just as her grandmother was about to send her off to become some general’s mistress, she finally came to her senses, flipped the table, and declared, “I’m done pretending!”

He was the eldest son of a noble household, raised in wealth and privilege. When his family fell on hard times, he shouldered its burdens at just fifteen. Skilled in both letters and arms, he stirred up storms in the succession struggle. Yet despite rising with the tide, fate was against his family, and neither of his two wives met a good end. Facing this young woman ten years his junior, he sneered, “Aren’t you afraid to die? Are you really going to wade into the mess that is my household?”