The Lie-Flat Princess’s Working Days

Lin Xiaoman is twenty-six and works as a copywriter and planner at an advertising agency in a second-tier city. Her monthly salary is four thousand, her rent is two thousand, and she owes twelve thousand on Huabei. Her motto in life is: “If I can lie down, I won’t sit. If I can sit, I won’t stand. If I can stand, I won’t walk.” One night, she worked overtime until three in the morning and fell asleep at her desk. When she woke up, she had become the illegitimate daughter of the Minister of Works in the Great Liang Dynasty. Her new name was Lin Xiaoman, too. The good news: Her predecessor was so forgettable that nobody paid her any attention. The bad news: Her father had accepted a betrothal gift from the Marquis of Zhenbei’s household to curry favor with the powerful, and planned to marry her off to Pei Jin, the Marquis of Zhenbei, who was rumored to kill without batting an eye. Pei Jin: “...Do you think I’m easy to deal with?” Lin Xiaoman: “No, no. I just think you seem like a really nice person. Truly.”