I'd Rather Marry a Memorial Tablet Than Be a Concubine: I Call the Shots at the Duke's Estate

[Swapped Marriages] [Household Battles and Face-Slapping] [Sisters as Foils] [Trash Men and Women Get Their Comeuppance]

My cousin and I were betrothed at the same time.

She was to marry the Duke's heir, while I was to marry his second son.

Two cousins marrying two brothers: a match that would make a lovely story.

Who could have known the heir would die on the battlefield, leaving the ducal title to the second son?

To escape her reputation as a husband-killer, my cousin turned around and went after my fiance.

On the eve of the wedding, my fiance told me to ask to be taken as a concubine.

"You may be a concubine, and that is a little unfair to you, but you get to marry into the Duke's household. What more could an orphan like you want?

Your cousin is the legitimate daughter of a marquis. Don't tell me you want to outrank her and become the principal wife?"

Everyone thought I would either swallow the humiliation or stand firm and refuse to marry.

Instead, I told them all, "I want to switch marriages and wed the late young lord."

Become a concubine?

I might as well become their elder sister-in-law instead!