A Lifetime of Filial Obedience, Then I Cut Ties with My Family After Becoming a Substitute Bride

[Substitute bride + love after marriage + the whole family faces its comeuppance, cool beauty vs. scheming powerful official]

Mu Ying's younger sister climbed into the bed of a corrupt official at court, thinking she would rise to the top.

But the official pulled up his pants and denied her, then promptly arranged for her to marry a cripple.

Her sister threw a fit and refused to marry him.

To protect her sister, the very family she had supported without question cast her aside.

Her brother said, “Xiuxiu is frail. You marry him instead!”

Her parents said, “You owe this to Xiuxiu. You're not even worth one of her fingers!”

Mu Ying managed the household to earn money and support her mother, pored over ancient texts and personally brewed medicine for her father, and treasured the toys her brother carelessly discarded...

She had exhausted herself for them, yet none of it mattered as much as a single tear from her sister.

At last, Mu Ying came to her senses. She stopped yearning for family affection and agreed to marry.

But later...

The crippled husband everyone looked down on became a powerful rising official, while she was honored with an elaborate bridal crown and robes and made a first-rank lady.

Her parents and brother, who had always treated her as if she were nothing, fell to their knees before her, weeping and begging her to look at them...

Too late!

Mu Ying never looks back.