The Unlucky Koi Who Was Spoiled Rotten in the Prince’s Manor

Chang Li’s father hoped his daughter would enjoy a life as smooth and fortunate as a koi fish, so he named her Chang Li.

But Chang Li never got to share in the good fortune her name promised. Her mother died when she was young, her father died when she was a teenager, and a local thug tried to force himself on her. At last, she happened upon a handsome, strong husband, but before they could even marry, war broke out. Her country lost, and she was sent to the Xiao Dynasty as tribute from the defeated nation.

By a twist of fate, Chang Li ends up in the powerful Prince Jing’s manor in the Xiao Kingdom. Why does the heir look exactly like the husband she got by sheer luck?! She hears that Xiao Xian already has someone in his heart. Chang Li doesn’t expect a loving marriage; she only wants a peaceful life, to stay alive, save enough money, and escape the manor to return to her homeland.

But after one night together, Chang Li discovers she is pregnant. From then on, she is swept into the whirlpool of the inner household and the imperial court, and her dream of going home grows harder and harder to achieve.

But why, after she gives birth, does her koi-like good fortune finally kick in? The Marquis’s enemies keep digging their own graves, one after another, and the emperor hands over the throne. Before she knows it, she’s reached the pinnacle of life!

Still, Chang Li is convinced that everyone in the Xiao Dynasty is a wolf or a tiger, and none of them deserve her trust. When the time finally comes, she prepares to flee the Xiao Kingdom. Her usually cold husband, Xiao Heng, watches her at the city gate with red-rimmed eyes. “You faithless woman! You’re abandoning your husband and child!”