Living Off My Wife While Acting the Part? I'm Done Being the Top Scholar's Wife

She married a poor scholar with a vast fortune, spent every last coin, and secured him a bright future.

Later, his career flourished. Yet on the very night he was named chancellor, he slaughtered her entire family.

As she lay dying, he coldly revealed the truth.

"Shen Nian, I hate you with all my heart. If you hadn't insisted on marrying me, Fu'er wouldn't have died so tragically."

In this life, he even showed up with a pregnant courtesan to provoke her. "Shen Nian, you're jealous and unfilial. You're a merchant's daughter, talentless and lacking virtue. You're unfit to be the mistress of the Gu family. Taking you as a concubine is already the greatest favor I can grant you."

Shen Nian sneered, broke off the engagement, and entered the exam hall with her writing brush in hand. She went on to take the top scholar's place from him.

In this world, they all say a woman cannot hold office at court. She intends to swim against the tide.