The Whole Household Torments Me? The Regent Has My Back. Wipe Them All Out!

Jiang Yuning was born with six toes on one foot. Her mother suffered a massive hemorrhage giving birth to her, and her grandfather died soon after, so she was branded a bringer of misfortune. Yet it was precisely because of her that the Jiang family rose in rank and prospered. Her mother constantly kept her in check, warning her not to grow conceited, while repeatedly using her to pave the way for her eldest brother, win fame for her second brother, and help her younger sister marry into the imperial family. Jiang Yuning could not help asking: Why is Mother so biased? Why does she never make plans for me? Her mother smiled faintly. “If you can find a cure for the plague, I’ll petition to have you made a county lady.” Jiang Yuning cured the plague, but her mother repaid her by setting her up to die in a fire. People in the capital marveled that the Jiang family had risen from a minor official’s household to the Marquises of Anping, then to the Dukes of Anguo, all in just three years. No one remembered that the Jiang family’s glory had been bought with Jiang Yuning’s sacrifice. Reborn, Jiang Yuning understands that a heart set on someone else cannot be won by force. When her eldest brother tries to use her marriage to advance his career, she cuts ties with him. When her second brother wants to use her money to buy a reputation, she refuses to give him a single coin. When her younger sister tries to exploit Jiang Yuning’s good name to pose as a noble lady and marry into the imperial family, Jiang Yuning strikes first. Why, then, is the regent who promised they would only pretend to marry and never share a bed climbing into hers in the middle of the night? “Your Highness, stop! Don’t you love the Empress?”