The Bride Swap Skips the Ceremony, and Five Fake Young Lords Fight to Take the Throne

A concubine-born daughter who takes another woman's place in marriage is unfit to be a principal wife.

She replaced her legitimate elder sister as the bride entering the Yongchang Marquis's residence, yet in the end, she didn't even get to become a concubine.

On her wedding night, there was no bowing ceremony, no exchange of formalities, and no entry into the family register.

In front of the assembled guests, heir Xiao Jingheng sneered, "What makes you think you're the heir's wife? This place will always belong to Ruyan."

Then he secretly took out the family's ancestral face-changing pearl, had his five best friends take turns impersonating him to "keep his mother in the dark," and slipped away that very night to chase after his banished first love.

Her gentle cousin left a bloody kiss on her lips on the first night.

A scheming strategist held the lamp for her, his gaze burning brighter than the red candles.

The innocent general tensed all eight of his abs when she so much as glanced at him.

The aloof prince had only been a bystander watching the show, but somehow he fell under a love curse, their souls and dreams entwined in a bond that lasted until death.

The sweet, soft-spoken man she'd taken in was even more unhinged, willing to summon a hundred thousand enemy troops to besiege the city for her.

Gu Xiaozhi was gentle and obedient in public, but behind closed doors, the corners of her eyes faintly red, her voice soft yet cool, she would ask, "Don't get me pregnant, okay?"

The men gripped her waist, breathing in the sweet scent of her neck, and gritted their teeth. "Why not?"

She pressed a finger to their chests, looking innocent and tempting. "You tell me."

Xiao Jingheng returned to the residence in grand fashion with his first love and tossed down a divorce agreement.

Gu Xiaozhi signed without hesitation, took all the family assets, and left to live on her own.

His good friends gathered around her and refused to leave. At last, they could claim their place at her side openly and honorably.

Until Gu Xiaozhi unexpectedly became pregnant and ran off in the middle of the night, leaving behind a note: "Thank you all for your devoted service."