The Cowed Matriarch's Bloodbath

[Master and servant reborn, swapping marriages + love that grows over time + a sickly groom brought good fortune through marriage + a timid heroine who kills and burns her way through life]

When Yu Baozhu hears that Madam wants her to marry the sickly young master of the Marquis's household in place of Yu Jinhe, she knows that both she and her young mistress have been reborn.

In their previous lives, she married a poor scholar who was lodging at the Yu residence, while her young mistress married into the Loyal and Brave Marquis's household as the heir's wife.

A noblewoman paired with the heir, a maid paired with a poor scholar: both matches had seemed suitable to their stations.

Who could have guessed that the poor scholar would later place first in all three imperial examinations and rise to the highest court office, winning her the title of an honored lady?

But only after her young mistress married into the marquis's household did she discover that they had deceived her into a marriage meant to bring good fortune to a sick man. Her stepmother-in-law framed her, her half-brother-in-law coveted her, and in the end, after being reduced to the streets, she stabbed her to death.

When Yu Baozhu opens her eyes again, she discovers that her young mistress has set her sights on the husband Yu Baozhu had in her previous life and wants her to marry into the marquis's household in her place.

Fine. Getting married is hard enough, and rich families have their troubles just like poor ones.

After all, a woman has every right to seek wealth. All she wants is money and status.

As for that useless