Flirting with the Crimson Robe

Originally titled "She Insisted on Becoming the Chancellor's Wife"

[False Forbidden Romance] [Powerful Man Bows His Head] [Angsty Push and Pull] [Marriage Before Love] [Palace and Household Intrigue] [The Chase Is On]

[Clear-Headed, Optimistic Noblewoman x Cold, Powerful, Deeply Devoted Minister]

After waking from a fall off a cliff, noblewoman Luo Wantang is hit by one piece of bad news after another. Her identity has been stolen by her legitimate elder sister, her mother's madness is worsening, and her scheming adoptive brother is sending her to become the concubine of a licentious playboy confined to his bed, supposedly to bring him good fortune...

To stay alive, she climbs into the bed of Gu Yanzhou, the uncle of her deceased fiance.

Unfortunately, she is young and shy, and nothing comes of it.

Luckily, he is clever enough to grit his teeth and marry her anyway.

She becomes the scheming woman whom the capital's noblewomen both despise and envy.

He treats her coldly, while she tries to charm him. She wants the title of Chancellor's Wife. She wants to use his influence to open a publishing house, earn money, and uncover the truth...

Nothing else matters.

Once she has earned enough value, she can switch between emotions at the drop of a hat.

He despises women who scheme, have no shame, and use their looks to seduce men. She embodies every one of those things.

At first, he is cold and indifferent, intending to leave her to fend for herself.

But gradually, he realizes that his words and actions don't match.

He makes excuses for her flaws, until at last he gives up. She is resourceful, fearless, and dazzling. He was the one who failed to see it.

He trusts her, spoils her, and wants her.

Then he discovers that the sky has fallen: he has married his deceased nephew's childhood sweetheart, and worse still, his nephew has come back from the dead.

The apricot blossom he raised with his own hands is climbing over the wall for her childhood sweetheart.

She climbs one foot higher, and he builds the wall two feet taller. She climbs again, and he raises it again...